Method of and apparatus for acknowledging and answering a paging signal

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A paging system with a remote pager which includes a transmitter with a plurality of individually selectable encoded acknowledge signals. The system includes apparatus at the paging terminal for composing messages with a primary message and a plurality of alternate responses each response, corresponding to one of the acknowledge signals. Upon reception of the page, the pager is operated by selecting the acknowledge signal corresponding with the desired response to the primary message. Transmission of the selected acknowledge signal acknowledges reception of the page and simultaneously, answers the primary message.