US5801638A
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Selective call receiver with independent control of displayed service area data and selected radio channel
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1996-04-17
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Granted: 1998-09-01
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Expires: 2016-04-17
Abstract
Abstract A selective call receiver includes a relational data memory and a call number display processor in addition to a service area selector. The relational data memory stores plural data groups each corresponding to a different service area. The call number display processor selects a data group from the relational data memory according to the user's instruction. A call number and a service area name of the selected data group is displayed on screen. The receiving channel is determined by the service area selector selecting a data group from the memory according to a user's instruction independently of the call number display processor.
Inventors
- 👤 Ichiro Ozaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 11:43
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08B; G08B5/00; G08B5/22; G08B5/222; G08B5/223; G08B5/224; G08B5/225; H; H04; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04W88/022; G08B5/227
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A selective call receiver comprising: a display; a receiving section receiving a call signal on a radio channel selected from a plurality of predetermined radio channels corresponding to a plurality of service areas, respectively; a memory storing a plurality of data groups associated with service areas, respectively, and each of the data groups including area channel data and area attribute data; a first selector selecting one of the predetermined radio channels; a second selector selecting one of the data groups to display area attribute data of a selected data group; and a controller controlling so that the area attribute data of the selected data group is displayed on the display independently of changing a selected radio channel.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
117 words
A selective call receiver comprising: a display; a receiving section receiving a call signal on a radio channel selected from a plurality of predetermined radio channels corresponding to a plurality of service areas, respectively; a memory storing a plurality of data groups associated with service areas, respectively, and each of the data groups including area channel data and area attribute data; a first selector selecting one of the predetermined radio channels; a second selector selecting one of the data groups to display area attribute data of a selected data group; and a controller controlling so that the area attribute data of the selected data group is displayed on the display independently of changing a selected radio channel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the second selector initially selects a data group including area channel data corresponding to the selected radio channel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the attribute data associated with each of the service areas comprises a service area name and a call number, the call number being previously assigned to the selective call receiver.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 3, wherein at least the call number of the attribute data included in the selected data group is displayed on the display.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
49 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the first selector comprises: an area switch controller reading a desired data group from the memory according to an input instruction; and a channel selector selecting a radio channel depending on area channel data included in the desired data group.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 5, wherein the area switch controller sequentially reads the data groups one by one from the memory until the desired data group is found.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the second selector comprises: a display controller reading a desired data group from the memory according to an input instruction to display the area attribute data of the desired data group on the display.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 7, wherein the display controller initially reads a data group including area channel data corresponding to the selected radio channel.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 7, wherein the attribute data associated with each of the service areas comprises a service area name and a call number, the call number being previously assigned to the selective call receiver.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The selective call receiver according to claim 9, wherein at least the call number of the attribute data included in the selected data group is displayed on the display.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
119 words
A method for displaying specifying information on a display in a selective call receiver, the selective call receiver having a receiver for receiving a call signal on a radio channel selected from predetermined radio channels which have previously been assigned to a plurality of service areas, respectively, the method comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of data groups associated with service areas, respectively, and each of the data groups including area channel data and attribute data; selecting one of the predetermined radio channels; selecting one of the data groups to display area attribute data of a selected data group; displaying the area attribute data of the selected data group on the display without changing the selected radio channel.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
119 words
A method for displaying specifying information on a display in a selective call receiver, the selective call receiver having a receiver for receiving a call signal on a radio channel selected from predetermined radio channels which have previously been assigned to a plurality of service areas, respectively, the method comprising the steps of: storing a plurality of data groups associated with service areas, respectively, and each of the data groups including area channel data and attribute data; selecting one of the predetermined radio channels; selecting one of the data groups to display area attribute data of a selected data group; displaying the area attribute data of the selected data group on the display without changing the selected radio channel.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method according to claim 11, wherein a data group including area channel data corresponding to the selected radio channel is initially selected when a first display selection instruction is input.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method according to claim 11, wherein the attribute data associated with each of the service areas comprises a service area name and a call number, the call number being previously assigned to the selective call receiver.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 13, wherein at least the call number is extracted from the attribute data included in a second data group and is displayed on the display.
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