EP0780819A2
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Selective call receiver
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1996-12-18
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-12-18
Abstract
Abstract A selective calling receiver previously stores a predetermined number of calling numbers (CN 1 , CN 2 , CN 3 ,...) and selectively receives a message according to one of the calling numbers. The received message and its corresponding calling number are sequentially stored onto a message memory (105). A font data memory (106) stores a plurality of message fonts each corresponding to a different calling number group. In the font data memory (106), the calling numbers is divided into a plurality of caller groups (G 1 , G 2 , ...) each consisting of at least one calling number. In response to the user's instruction, the font data memory (106) is searched for a message font based on the corresponding calling number to display the message with the message font on a display (109).
Inventors
- 👤 Toshiro Nishiyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 16:09
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04W88/022; G; G08; G08B; G08B5/00; G08B5/22; G08B5/222; G08B5/223; G08B5/224; G08B5/225; G08B5/227; H04W4/00; H04W4/12; H04W88/023
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
A selective calling receiver comprising: a display (109); input means (107) for inputting a user's instruction; receiving means (101, 102, 103, 104) for selectively receiving a first message from a first caller according to a first caller identifier and selectively receiving a second message from a second caller according to a second caller identifier; and message storage means (105) for storing the first message associated with the first caller identifier and the second message associated with the second caller identifier, characterized by: font storage means (106) for storing a plurality of message fonts each corresponding to a different caller identifier; and control means (104) in response to the user's instruction, for selecting a first message font according to the first caller identifier and the first message to display the first message with the first message font and selecting a second message font according to the second caller identifier and the second message to display the second message with the second message font.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
27 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the font storage means (106) stores a plurality of message fonts each corresponding to a different caller identifier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the font storage means (106) stores a plurality of message fonts each corresponding to a different caller identifier group which consists of at least one caller identifier.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the message storage means (105) stores a plurality of messages associated with caller identifiers, respectively.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
48 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 4, wherein the control means (104) sequentially reads a message associated with a caller identifier from the message storage means and searches the font storage means for a message font based on the caller identifier read from the message storage means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
149 words
A selective calling receiver comprising: a display (109); input means (107) for inputting a user's instruction; first storage means (103) for storing a predetermined number of calling numbers (CN 1 , CN 2 , CN 3 ); receiving means (101, 102, 104) for selectively receiving a message according to a calling number; and second storage means (105) for storing the message and the calling number, characterized by: third storage means (106) for storing a plurality of message fonts each corresponding to a different caller group, the predetermined number of calling numbers being divided into a plurality of caller groups (G 1 , G 2 ) each consisting of at least one calling number; and control means (104) in response to the user's instruction, for searching the third storage means for a message font based on the calling number to display the message with the message font on the display.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 6, wherein each of the caller groups consists of a single calling number.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 6, wherein each of the caller groups consists of a plurality of calling numbers.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
89 words
A method for displaying a received message on a display according to a user's instruction in a selective calling receiver, comprising the steps of: selectively receiving the received message from a caller according to a caller identifier; and storing the received message associated with the caller identifier, characterized by the steps of: storing a plurality of message fonts each corresponding to a different caller identifier; selecting a message font from the message fonts stored according to the caller identifier; and displaying the received message with the message font selected.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
122 words
A method for displaying a received message on a display according to a user's instruction in a selective calling receiver, comprising the steps of: selectively receiving a plurality of received messages according to a plurality of calling numbers; and storing the received messages associated with the calling numbers, respectively, characterized by the steps of: dividing the calling numbers into a plurality of calling groups each consisting of at least one calling number; storing a plurality of message fonts each corresponding to a different calling group; reading a message associated with a calling number in response to the user's instruction; selecting a message font from the message fonts stored according to the calling number; and displaying the message with the message font selected.
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