Remotely programmable pager

Claim 1

A POCSAG coding protocol pager comprising: a selectively activated receiver for receiving a radio signal organized into frames of information and demodulating the radio signal into a data stream comprised of address data, function data and message data, a capcode memory for storing a plurality of capcodes, a message memory for storing message data, and a controller for activating the receiver during a frame assigned to the pager under the POCSAG protocol and comparing the address data in the assigned frame to the capcodes and, upon detection of a match between the address data and a capcode, for reading the function data and message data from the assigned frame, said controller being programmed to disable the pager upon reception of address data corresponding to a control capcode and function data having a first state, said address data and function data being contained in the assigned frame.

Claim 5

A method for over-the-air programming of a pager which selectively receives a radio signal transmitted in the POCSAG format wherein a data stream is arranged in a sequence of frames, each frame comprising an address codeword comprised of address data and function data or a message codeword comprised of message data, said pager having at least a storage capcode and a control capcode, said method comprising the steps of: receiving the radio signal during a designated frame, comparing the address data from the designated frame to the storage and control capcodes for identity, processing for storage and display any message data following the address data if the address data from the designated frame coincides with a storage capcode, and disabling the pager upon reception of address data corresponding to a control capcode and function data having a first state, said address data and function data being contained in the designated frame.

Claim 6

A method for over-the-air programming of a pager which selectively receives a radio signal transmitted in the POCSAG format wherein a data stream is arranged in a sequence of frames, each frame comprising an address codeword comprised of address data and function data or a message codeword comprised of message data, said pager having at least a storage capcode and a control capcode, said method comprising the steps of: receiving the radio signal during a designated frame, comparing the address data from the designated frame to the storage and control capcodes for identity, processing for storage and display any message data following the address data if the address data from the designated frame coincides with a storage capcode, and disabling the pager upon reception of address data corresponding to a control capcode and function data having a first state, said address data and function data being contained in the designated frame.