Abstract:
A two-way messaging system using an inbound overlay system (50) to an outbound paging system (10) having a user access terminal (12) with a subscriber list, a controller (14), and a base station transmitter (16), the inbound overlay comprises a plurality of subscriber units (56), each of the plurality of subscriber units being capable of receiving and decoding outbound selective call messages from a base station transmitter and for transmitting inbound signals (57), a plurality of overlay base receivers (54) wherein at least one of the plurality of overlay base receivers receives and decodes the inbound signals from the subscriber unit to provide inbound decoded information, and an overlay user access terminal (52) for managing and correlating the inbound decoded information with the subscriber list.