Display pager with supplemental display means

Claim 2

A pager comprising: casing means for accommodating said pager; display means mounted on the front side of said casing means for displaying a message; clip means mounted on the back side of said casing means; mirror means foldably attached to said front side for reflecting a message displayed on said display means; switch means for providing a switch signal in response to the movement of said mirror means; and control means responsive to said switch signal for causing said display means to produce an inverted display of said message.

Claim 3

A pager as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mirror means comprises a plastic member and a member coating said plastic member to provide a mirror surface on said mirror means.

Claim 4

A pager as claimed in claim 2, wherein said coating member comprises silver.

Claim 5

A pager as claimed in claim 2, wherein said coating member comprises aluminum.

Claim 6

A pager as claimed in claim 1, wherein said casing means comprises a recess for accommodating said switch means and said mirror means, said recess having two axial projections, two pairs of holes and a projection receiving recess, and wherein said mirror means comprises two axial holes for engagement with said axial projections, respectively; two projections for engagement with respective two holes of said two pairs of holes; a projection for engagement with said projection receiving recess; and a knob.

Claim 7

A pager comprising: receiving means for receiving and demodulating a paging signal including a paging number and a message to produce a demodulated paging number and message; store means for storing a paging number assigned to said pager; comparing means for comparing said demodulated paging number and said paging number assigned to said pager and for, if these paging numbers are identical to each other, providing a control signal and an alert signal; decoder means responsive to said control signal for decoding said demodulated message to produce a decoded message; display means for displaying said decoded message and for, responsive to a switch signal, making an inverted display of said decoded message; moveable mirror means for reflecting said inverted display; and switch means responsive to the movement of said mirror means for providing said switch signal.

Claim 8

A pager comprising: receiving means for receiving and demodulating a paging signal including a paging number and a message to produce a demodulated paging number and message; store means for storing a paging number assigned to said pager; comparing means for comparing said demodulated paging number and said paging number assigned to said pager and for, if these paging numbers are identical to each other, providing a control signal and an alert signal; decoder means responsive to said control signal for decoding said demodulated message to produce a decoded message; display means for displaying said decoded message and for, responsive to a switch signal, making an inverted display of said decoded message; moveable mirror means for reflecting said inverted display; and switch means responsive to the movement of said mirror means for providing said switch signal.

Claim 9

A pager as claimed in claim 6, wherein said pager further comprises a housing for accommodating said pager, said display means being mounted on the front side of said housing, and wherein said housing has a recess on the front side thereof for accommodating said switch means and said mirror means, and a clip on the back side thereof.

Claim 10

A pager as claimed in claim 6, wherein said mirror means comprises a plastic member and a coating member coating said plastic member to provide a mirror surface thereon.

Claim 11

A paging receiver comprising: means for receiving a radio frequency signal including a paging number and a message to produce a received message display means for displaying information corresponding to said received message: control means for causing said display means to invert the displayed information to produce an inverted display thereon; and reflecting means for reflecting said inverted display.

Claim 12

A paging receiver comprising: means for receiving a radio frequency signal including a paging number and a message to produce a received message display means for displaying information corresponding to said received message: control means for causing said display means to invert the displayed information to produce an inverted display thereon; and reflecting means for reflecting said inverted display.

Claim 13

A paging receiver as claimed in claim 9, wherein said control means comprises switch means for producing a switch signal, said control means causing producing a switch signal, said control means causing said display means to produce said inverted display in response to said switch signal.

Claim 14

A paging receiver as claimed in claim 10, wherein said reflecting means has a foldable structure, and wherein said switch means produces said switch signal in accordance with the movement of said reflecting means.

Claim 15

A paging receiver as claimed in claim 11, wherein said reflecting means comprises a mirror composed of plastics coated with a coating member.

Claim 16

A paging receiver as claimed in claim 12, wherein said coating member comprises one of silver and aluminum.

Claim 17

A paging receiver as claimed in claim 9, wherein said display means comprises a liquid crystal display.

Claim 18

A receiver having a display, comprising: casing means for accommodating said receiver, said display being mounted on the front side of said casing means; control means for inverting a display on said display in response to a switch signal; mirror means foldably mounted on said front side for mirroring the inverted displays; and switch means for producing said switch signal in response to the movement of said mirror means.

Claim 19

A receiver having a display, comprising: casing means for accommodating said receiver, said display being mounted on the front side of said casing means; control means for inverting a display on said display in response to a switch signal; mirror means foldably mounted on said front side for mirroring the inverted displays; and switch means for producing said switch signal in response to the movement of said mirror means.

Claim 20

A receiver as claimed in claim 15 further comprising: receiver means for receiving and demodulating a paging signal to produce a paging number and a message; and decoding means for decoding said message to produce a decoded message, wherein said display comprises means for displaying said decoded message.

Claim 23

A method as claimed in claim 17 further comprising the following steps of: storing a paging number assigned to said pager; comparing said demodulated paging number and said paging number assigned to said pager and producing an alert signal if these numbers are identical to each other; responsive to said alert signal, producing alert sound; and storing said decoded message.