US 12,445,999 B1
Two way pager system
Michael J. Maciolek, Kerrville, TX (US); Manfred Amann, San Antonio, TX (US); Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US); Timothy Frank Davison, San Antonio, TX (US); Snehal Desai, Richardson, TX (US); Nicole Ferretti, Dallas, TX (US); Rachel Michelle Ballew, San Antonio, TX (US); Kelsey Anne O'Brien, Austin, TX (US); Sayeef Rahim, Allen, TX (US); Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US); Steven J. Schroeder, Oak Point, TX (US); Joseph Michael Vesco, Sparks, NV (US); Justin Dax Haslam, San Antonio, TX (US); and Melissa Jane Porter, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/161,513.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/267,356, filed on Jan. 31, 2022.
Int. Cl. H04W 68/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 68/005 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pager to provide access for a user of the pager to resources after an emergency, comprising:
switches on the pager set to represent availability of resources for the user of the pager;
at least one processor configured to:
read the settings of the switches on the pager set to represent the availability of resources for the user of the pager;
convert the settings of the switches to a first coded numeric representation;
send the first coded numeric representation to a central server as a page;
receive a second coded numeric representation from the central server as a page;
decode the second coded numeric representation to identify at least one source of a resource to be used by the user of the pager; and
provide information about at least one location of the at least one source of the resource to the user of the pager using a display of the pager.