Indication unit for a portable wireless device
First Claim
1. An indication unit for use with a portable wireless device, the indication unit comprising:
- a proximity detector for detecting when a user has returned to the vicinity of the portable wireless device and for generating a signal indicating that the user has returned;
a user notification unit for providing a message indication to a user; and
a controller responsive to receipt of said signal for activating said user notification unit to notify a user that a message arrived while said user was not in the vicinity of the portable wireless device.
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Abstract
An indication unit for use with a portable wireless device is provided. The indication unit senses, via a proximity detector, that the user has returned to the vicinity of the portable wireless device sometime after the device has been in a stationary position and reminds the user of some important pending message through the use of a predetermined user indication. The portable wireless device may be a wireless telephone unit, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a short message service (SMS) device, a pager, or any other portable wireless device capable of storing a message of such a nature that a user would want to be notified and/or reminded of its existence in quick fashion upon returning to the vicinity of the wireless device.
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1. An indication unit for use with a portable wireless device, the indication unit comprising:
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a proximity detector for detecting when a user has returned to the vicinity of the portable wireless device and for generating a signal indicating that the user has returned;
a user notification unit for providing a message indication to a user; and
a controller responsive to receipt of said signal for activating said user notification unit to notify a user that a message arrived while said user was not in the vicinity of the portable wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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18. A portable wireless device comprising:
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an indication unit, said indication unit comprising;
a proximity detector for detecting when a user has returned to the vicinity of the portable wireless device and for generating a signal indicating that the user has returned;
a user notification unit for providing a message indication to a user; and
a controller responsive to receipt of said signal for activating said user notification unit to notify a user that a message arrived while said user was not in the vicinity of the portable wireless device.
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36. A method for operating a portable wireless device, the method comprising:
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detecting when a user has returned to the vicinity of said portable wireless device; and
notifying the user that a message had occurred while the user was not in the vicinty of the portable wireless device.
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