Pager watch system utilizing time slot communication

Claim 1

A portable electronic pager for receiving a transmitted signal containing paging and timing data during a short time slot assigned to the pager comprising: an oscillator; timing means connected to the oscillator for generating a time indicating signal; power up means responsive to the timing means for providing power only during the pager's assigned time slot; receiving means for detecting the transmitted signal powered by the power up means and connected to the oscillator; decoding means powered by the power up means and connected to the receiving means for extracting the paging and timing data from the transmitted signal; first synchronization means powered by the power up means and responsive to the timing data for synchronizing the timing means; and indicating means powered by the power up means and responsive to the paging data for indicating when a page is detected.

Claim 9

A system for transmitting timing and paging information received from blocks of incoming data each block comprising a pager identification number and a message selector, during assigned time slots, comprising: -- . means for collecting blocks of incoming data from a number of incoming calls; means for assigning an error detection code to each block; means for sorting the blocks by identification number into the assigned time slots; means for inserting a time slot identification code in'each time slot; means for producing a reference time signal; means for inserting the reference time signal in a first time slot;

Claim 10

A system for transmitting timing and paging information received from blocks of incoming data each block comprising a pager identification number and a message selector, during assigned time slots, comprising: -- . means for collecting blocks of incoming data from a number of incoming calls; means for assigning an error detection code to each block; means for sorting the blocks by identification number into the assigned time slots; means for inserting a time slot identification code in'each time slot; means for producing a reference time signal; means for inserting the reference time signal in a first time slot;

Claim 11

A system for transmitting and receiving timing and paging information received from blocks of incoming data, each block comprising a pager identification number and a message selector, during assigned time slots, comprising: means for collecting blocks of incoming data; means for assigning an error detection code to each block; means for sorting the blocks by identification number into the assigned time slots; means for appending an end of message code after the last block in each time slot which is not filled; means for inserting a time slot identification code at the beginning of each time slot; means for producing a reference time signal; means for inserting the reference time signal in a first time slot; means for converting the time slot data into modulating format data; means for modulating a carrier frequency with the modulating format data; means for,transmitting the modulated carrier frequency during the assigned time slots; oscillator means in a remote pager; timer means coupled to said oscillator means for producing a time indicating signal; time display means responsive to said time indicating signal for indicating the time; power up means coupled to said timer means for supplying power only during the pager's assigned time slot; means powered by the power up means and coupled to the oscillator for receiving the transmitted signal at the remote pager; means powered by the power up means for demodulating the transmitted signal to recover the modulating data; means powered by the power up means for decoding the modulating data to recover the time slot data; means powered by the power up means and responsive to an error detection code in the time slot data for correcting any errors in each block of data; means powered by the power up means for comparing the transmitted time slot identification code contained in the time slot data to the pager's assigned time slot identification code; means powered by the power up means for correcting the time slot alignment of the pager unit when the transmitted time slot identification code is not identical to the pager's assigned time slot identification code; means powered by the power up means and coupled to said timer means for synchronizing the timer means to the reference time data; means powered by the power up means and coupled to said decoding means for comparing the pager identification number address to the identification number address of each received block of data; means for producing an indicating signal when the pager identification number address is identical to an identification number address in a block of data; means coupled to said decoding means and responsive to the message selector data in the time slot data for activating a message indicator; means coupled to said decoding means and responsive to said end of message code for causing the power up means to withhold power; and means coupled to said timer means for causing the power up means to withhold power at the end of the time slot.

Claim 12

A system for transmitting and receiving timing and paging information received from blocks of incoming data, each block comprising a pager identification number and a message selector, during assigned time slots, comprising: means for collecting blocks of incoming data; means for assigning an error detection code to each block; means for sorting the blocks by identification number into the assigned time slots; means for appending an end of message code after the last block in each time slot which is not filled; means for inserting a time slot identification code at the beginning of each time slot; means for producing a reference time signal; means for inserting the reference time signal in a first time slot; means for converting the time slot data into modulating format data; means for modulating a carrier frequency with the modulating format data; means for,transmitting the modulated carrier frequency during the assigned time slots; oscillator means in a remote pager; timer means coupled to said oscillator means for producing a time indicating signal; time display means responsive to said time indicating signal for indicating the time; power up means coupled to said timer means for supplying power only during the pager's assigned time slot; means powered by the power up means and coupled to the oscillator for receiving the transmitted signal at the remote pager; means powered by the power up means for demodulating the transmitted signal to recover the modulating data; means powered by the power up means for decoding the modulating data to recover the time slot data; means powered by the power up means and responsive to an error detection code in the time slot data for correcting any errors in each block of data; means powered by the power up means for comparing the transmitted time slot identification code contained in the time slot data to the pager's assigned time slot identification code; means powered by the power up means for correcting the time slot alignment of the pager unit when the transmitted time slot identification code is not identical to the pager's assigned time slot identification code; means powered by the power up means and coupled to said timer means for synchronizing the timer means to the reference time data; means powered by the power up means and coupled to said decoding means for comparing the pager identification number address to the identification number address of each received block of data; means for producing an indicating signal when the pager identification number address is identical to an identification number address in a block of data; means coupled to said decoding means and responsive to the message selector data in the time slot data for activating a message indicator; means coupled to said decoding means and responsive to said end of message code for causing the power up means to withhold power; and means coupled to said timer means for causing the power up means to withhold power at the end of the time slot.

Claim 13

A method for transmitting timing and paging information received from blocks of incoming data, each block comprising a pager identification number and a message selector, during assigned time slots, comprising: collecting blocks of incoming data; assigning an error detection code to each block; sorting the blocks by identification number into the assigned time slots; inserting a time slot identification code in each time slot; producing a reference time signal; inserting the reference time signal in a first time slot; converting the time slot data into modulating format data; modulating a carrier frequency with the modulating format data;.-and transmitting the modulated carrier frequency during the assigned time slots.

Claim 14

A method for transmitting timing and paging information received from blocks of incoming data, each block comprising a pager identification number and a message selector, during assigned time slots, comprising: collecting blocks of incoming data; assigning an error detection code to each block; sorting the blocks by identification number into the assigned time slots; inserting a time slot identification code in each time slot; producing a reference time signal; inserting the reference time signal in a first time slot; converting the time slot data into modulating format data; modulating a carrier frequency with the modulating format data;.-and transmitting the modulated carrier frequency during the assigned time slots.