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Abstract

A paging transceiver and method for selectively paging provides a page to a paging transceiver but does not automatically provide an associated message. The paging transceiver receives the page and alerts the user that information is waiting and provides an identifier for the information. The user can then download or otherwise act on the information at a time and at a place convenient to the user. The paging system conserves air time and the paging transceiver conserves memory by not automatically receiving the associated information. The paging transceiver can receive transmissions during off-peak hours and has a timer which can be programmed so that information is delivered at a desired time. The paging transceiver allows a user to erase information stored at the paging transceiver and corresponding information stored at a remote system. When information is erased, the paging transceiver preferably keeps the identifier in memory and does not write over the message. Thus, if a user subsequently desires to retrieve the message, the paging transceiver can either recover the information from its memory or it can transmit the message identifier to the system and the system can redeliver the message. By being able to remotely erase information, a user can conserve memory space in remote systems and otherwise control remotely stored information.

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