Unified paging

1. A method for paging from a pagor to a pager, where the pager is associated with a pagee, the method comprising steps of:

receiving one or more alert criterion from one or more of the pagor and the pagee;

sending a page wirelessly to the pager;

determining the pagee has not responded to the page for a predetermined time period;

determining at least one of the alert criterion is satisfied; and

upon the determining the pagee has not responded and the at least one alert criterion is satisfied, converting the page to a message in a communication mode agnostic format, storing the message, and activating a message-waiting indicator associated with the pager.

2. The method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 1 , wherein the message is stored remote to the pager.

3. The method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 1 , wherein the converting step comprises a step of converting the page to the message with a unified messaging system that stores messages associated with devices other than pagers.

4. The method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a step of receiving a selection from the pagor of at least one of a plurality of predetermined messages to associate with the page.

5. The method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 1 , further comprising a step of storing information relating to one or more communication modes for the pagor that the pagee can use when returning the page.

6. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the computer-implementable method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 1 .

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein automatically activating the message-waiting indicator comprises activating one of a light indicator or a sensory indicator associated with the pagor.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the alert criterion is based upon caller I.D. information associated with the page.

9. A method for paging from a pagor at a first location to a pager, where the pager is associated with a pagee, the method comprising steps of:

storing information relating to a communication mode for the pagor that the pagee can use when returning the page;

sending a page wirelessly to the pager at a second location;

waiting until a predetermined time period has expired without the pagee responding to the page;

converting the page to a message away from the second location;

upon expiration of the predetermined time period, activating a message-waiting indicator associated with the pager;

receiving a voice message from the pagee;

converting the voice message to a second format;

transmitting the message in the second format to the pagor;

wherein the second format comprises a text format; and

wherein transmitting the message to the pagor comprises transmitting an e-mail.

10. The method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 9 , wherein the converting step comprises a step of converting the page to the message with a unified messaging system that stores messages associated with devices other than pagers.

11. The method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 9 , further comprising a step of receiving a selection from the pagor of at least one of a plurality of predetermined messages to associate with the page.

12. The method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 9 , further comprising a step of storing information relating to a plurality of communication modes for the pagor that the pagee can use when returning the page.

13. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the computer-implementable method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 9 .

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein activating the message-waiting indicator comprises activating one of a light indicator, a sensory indicator, or an auditory indicator.

15. A method for paging from a pagor to a pager, where the pager is associated with a pagee, the method comprising steps of:

receiving a first alert criterion from one of the pagor or the pagee;

receiving a second alert criterion from one of the pagor or the pagee;

receiving a page from the pagor at a first location;

receiving a selection from the pagor of at least one of a plurality of predetermined messages to associate with the page;

storing information relating to a communication mode for the pagor that the pagee can use when returning the page;

sending the page wirelessly to the pager at a second location;

waiting a predetermined time period has expired without the pagee responding to the page;

converting the page to a message away from the second location with a unified messaging system that stores messages associated with devices other than pagers;

determining the first alert criterion is satisfied;

upon expiration of the predetermined time period and the determining the first alert criterion is satisfied, activating a first message-waiting indicator associated with the pager;

determining the second alert criterion is satisfied; and

upon determining the second alert criterion is satisfied, activating a second indicator associated with the pager.

16. The method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 15 , further comprising steps of:

receiving a call from the pagee at the unified messaging system;

retrieving the information relating to the communication mode for the pagor; and automatically connecting the pagee to the pagor using the communication mode.

17. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing the computer-implementable method for paging from the pagor to the pager as recited in claim 15 .

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein activating the message-waiting indicator comprises activating one of a light indicator, a sensory indicator, or an auditory indicator.

19. A method for paging from a pagor at a first location to a pager, where the pager is associated with a pagee, the method comprising steps of:

storing information relating to a communication mode for the pagor that the pagee can use when returning the page;

sending a page wirelessly to the pager at a second location;

waiting until a predetermined time period has expired without the pagee responding to the page;

converting the page to a message away from the second location;

upon expiration of the predetermined time period, activating a message-waiting indicator associated with the pager;

receiving a voice message from the pagee;

converting the voice message to a second format;

transmitting the message in the second format to the pagor;

wherein the second format comprises a fax format; and

wherein transmitting the message to the pagor comprises transmitting a fax.