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The Mobile Subscriber Station paging system makes use of a Standalone Home Location Register SHLR, where the mobile subscriber station records are removed from the present Mobile Switching Center and placed on a processor that manages only the subscriber's records and does not process call service r

The Mobile Subscriber Station paging system makes use of a Standalone Home Location Register SHLR, where the mobile subscriber station records are removed from the present Mobile Switching Center and placed on a processor that manages only the subscriber's records and does not process call service requests. The ANSI-41 standard is then adapted to add a new parameter (CALLTIMEFEATURE) which includes the information required to apply Short MIN paging to a mobile subscriber station when certain conditions are met. These conditions are: the mobile subscriber station is capable of responding to a Short MIN page (the last 24 bits that represent the last 7 digits of the mobile subscriber station number), and the System ID that is immutably entered into the mobile subscriber station is the same as the System ID that is being broadcast by the cell on the overhead message train. When these conditions are met, the paging message can be reduced in length by using a sub-address paging scheme to thereby diminish the control channel overhead.

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The Mobile Subscriber Station paging system makes use of a Standalone Home Location Register SHLR, where the mobile subscriber station records are removed from the present Mobile Switching Center and placed on a processor that manages only the subscriber's records and does not process call service r

The Mobile Subscriber Station paging system makes use of a Standalone Home Location Register SHLR, where the mobile subscriber station records are removed from the present Mobile Switching Center and placed on a processor that manages only the subscriber's records and does not process call service requests. The ANSI-41 standard is then adapted to add a new parameter (CALLTIMEFEATURE) which includes the information required to apply Short MIN paging to a mobile subscriber station when certain conditions are met. These conditions are: the mobile subscriber station is capable of responding to a Short MIN page (the last 24 bits that represent the last 7 digits of the mobile subscriber station number), and the System ID that is immutably entered into the mobile subscriber station is the same as the System ID that is being broadcast by the cell on the overhead message train. When these conditions are met, the paging message can be reduced in length by using a sub-address paging scheme to thereby diminish the control channel overhead. to recognize the steering code and to force the reply to the message to include the response identified by the steering code. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pager communicates over the GSM/GPRS network by utilizing a Short Message Service (SMS) of the GSM/GPRS network.3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the at least one of the steering codes indicates that the GSM/GPRS message received by the pager is time-critical, wherein when the pager message corresponding to the GSM/GPRS message is received by the processor, the processor analyzes the pager message to determine whether or not the steering code indicates that the pager message is time-critical, wherein if the processor determines that the pager message is time-critical, the processor sets a timer to expire at the end of a predetermined time-out period and determines when the time-out period has expired, wherein if the user has not generated a response to the pager message via the user interface component before the time-out period expires, the processor will not allow a response to the pager message to be transmitted by the pager.4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code indicates that the pager message is time-critical, the processor analyzes the steering code to determine whether or not the steering code indicates that the user must respond by actuating a predetermined button on the input device, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code indicates that the user must respond by actuating a predetermined button on the input device, the processor determines whether or not the user actuated the predetermined button before the time-out period expired, wherein if the user actuated the predetermined button on the input device before the time-out period expired, a GSM/GPRS response corresponding to the predetermined button is transmitted by the front-end component.5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein if the processor determines that the user did not actuate the predetermined button on the input device before the time-out period expired, the processor does not allow the pager to transmit the corresponding GSM/GPRS response.6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code does not indicate that the pager message is time-critical, then the processor determines whether or not the steering code indicates that the pager must automatically transmit an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS response indicating that the pager message was received, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code indicates that the pager must respond by automatically transmitting an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS response, the pager transmits an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS response.7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code does not indicate that the pager must respond automatically with an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS response, the processor determines whether or not the steering code indicates that the user must manually generate an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS response by manually actuating a predetermined button on the input device, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code does not indicate that the user must manually generate an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS response by manually actuating a predetermined button on the input device, then the processor determines whether or not the steering code indicates that the user must manually generate an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS response by causing one of a plurality of preprogrammed answers stored in the memory device to be read from the memory device and transmitted by the pager.8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the communications driver component is software being executed by the processor.9. A method for utilizing a two-way pager to communicate over the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM/GPRS) network, the method comprising the steps of: transmitting GSM/GPRS responses from the pager to the GSM/GPRS n etwork; receiving GSM/GPRS messages in the pager transmitted from the GSM/GPRS network; converting the GSM/GPRS messages which are formatted in accordance with a GSM/GPRS standard into pager messages; and processing the pager messages and generating pager responses to the pager messages, the pager responses being converted by the processor into GSM/GPRS responses formatted in accordance with the GSM/GPRS standard and transmitted by the pager over the GSM/GPRS network; wherein each GSM/GPRS message received by the pager includes one or more steering codes, said steering code of the message indicates that a reply to the message must include a response from the user, and said processor is further operable to recognize the steering code and to force the reply to the message to include the response identified by the steering code. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the at least one of the steering codes indicates whether or not the GSM/GPRS message received by the pager is time-critical, wherein when the pager message corresponding to the GSM/GPRS message is received by the processor, the processor analyzes the pager message to determine whether or not the steering code indicates that the pager message is time-critical, wherein if the processor determines that the pager message is time-critical, the processor sets a timer to calculate a time-out period and determines when the time-out period has expired, wherein if the GSM/GPRS response has not been sent before the time-out period, the processor will not allow a GSM/GPRS response to be transmitted by the pager.11. The method of claim 10, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code indicates that the GSM/GPRS message is time-critical, the processor analyzes the steering code to determine whether or not the steering code indicates that the user must respond by actuating a predetermined button on an input device comprised by a user interface of the pager, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code indicates that the user must respond by actuating a predetermined button on the input device, the processor determines whether or not the user actuated the predetermined button before the time-out period expired, wherein if the user actuated the predetermined button before the time-out period expired, a GSM/GPRS response corresponding to the predetermined button is transmitted by the pager.12. The method of claim 11, wherein if the processor determines that the user did not actuate the predetermined button on the input device before the time-out period expired, the processor does not allow the pager to transmit a GSM/GPRS response.13. The method of claim 12, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code does not indicate that the GSM/GPRS message is time-critical, then the processor determines whether or not the steering code indicates that the pager must automatically transmit an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS signal indicating that the GSM/GPRS message was received by the pager, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code indicates that the pager must respond by automatically transmitting an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS signal, the pager automatically generates and transmits an acknowledgment GSM/GPRS signal.14. The method of claim 13, wherein if the processor determines that the steering code does not indicate that the pager must respond automatically, the processor determines whether or not the steering code indicates that the user must manually acknowledge that the pager has received the GSM/GPRS message by manually actuating a predetermined button on the input device.15. A two-way pager for communicating over a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM/GPRS) network, the pager comprising. means for receiving and transmitting signals over the GSM/GPRS network, the signals transmitted corresponding to GSM/GPRS responses being transmitted by the pager over the GSM/GPRS network, the signals received corresponding to GSM/GPRS