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Abstract

A caller (11) may communicate a message to a predetermined group of paging devices (14.sub.1-14.sub.m) by entering a virtual Personal Identification Number associated with that group of devices, rather than a single actual device. Upon its receipt, a paging system (10) determines whether the caller-entered PIN constitutes a virtual PIN, and if so, then determines the paging devices within the associated group by accessing a database (28) containing such information. Once the predetermined group of paging devices is identified, the paging system communicates a caller-entered message thereto.

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