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A pager transceiver and method for selectively paging provides a page to a paging transceiver but does not automatically provide associated information. The paging transceiver receives the page and alerts the user that information is waiting and preferably provides a short description of the informa

A pager transceiver and method for selectively paging provides a page to a paging transceiver but does not automatically provide associated information. The paging transceiver receives the page and alerts the user that information is waiting and preferably provides a short description of 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 user can therefore place the paging transceiver in a location where it can easily receive and reply to the message. The paging system conserves air time and the paging transceiver conserves memory by not automatically receiving the associated messages. The messages stored by the systems and delivered to the paging transceiver may be of different types, such as voice, text, audio, or even video. In addition to messages, the paging system can store other information for the user, such as songs or video clips that the user can sample or updates on weather or stock rates. The paging transceiver includes a timer so that the desired action taken on the information may be performed at a desired time. The timer may be set so that the action may occur at a certain time, for instance at an off-peak hour to lower costs to the user. The timer may be programmed by the user so that messages are delivered after a certain time delay or at any other desired time.

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[ What is claimed is:] [23.]23. A transmitting and receiving device for transmitting data to and receiving data from a communication system, comprising:a receiver for receiving a selective call signal comprising a message identifier identifying a message, said receiver adapted to receive the message

[ What is claimed is:] [23.]23. A transmitting and receiving device for transmitting data to and receiving data from a communication system, comprising:a receiver for receiving a selective call signal comprising a message identifier identifying a message, said receiver adapted to receive the message identifier without the identified message;a transmitter for transmitting signals;a user interface for receiving from a user an input including an action to be performed on the message and a condition to be satisfied for controlling when the action is to be performed on the message; anda processor for detecting when said condition is satisfied and for generating a request signal in response to the user interface receiving the input from the user, wherein the request signal comprises an action identifier identifying the action, and for delaying the transmission of the request signal by the transmitter for a period of time, wherein the length of said period of time is based on the message identified by said received message identifier satisfying the condition set by the user of the transmitting and receiving device, and when the processor detects the condition is satisfied, the processor directs the transmitter to transmit the request signal to the communication system.