Method of fast-forwarding and reversing through digitally stored voice messages

Claim 1

A paging receiver having means for receiving transmitted analog voice messages, said paging receiver comprising: timing means, for generating timing signals at a first data bit rate; conversion means, coupled to the receiving means, for converting at the first data bit rate the received analog voice messages into digital signals which are representative of a replica of the analog voice message, and further for converting the digital signals into analog voice signals; message storage means, for sequentially storing digital signals; controller means, coupled to said conversion means, to said timing means and to said message storage means, for controlling the storage of the digital signals at the first data bit rate in said message storage means, and further for controlling the retrieval of the digital signals from said message storage means; first switch means, coupled to said controller means, for enabling the sequential retrieval of the digital signals from said message storage means at the first data bit rate and conversion thereof to analog voice message signals at a first playback rate; second switch means, coupled to said controller means, for further enabling the sequential retrieval of every Nth bit of the digital signals from said message storage means of the first data bit rate, wherein N is not equal to one, and conversion thereof to analog voice message signals at a second playback rate; and annunciating means, coupled to said controller means and to said conversion means, for audibly delivering the analog voice message signals as analog voice messages delivered at the first playback rate, and at the second playback rate.