Miniature pager receiver with digital display and memory
First Claim
1. In a portable page receiver responsive to transmitted message signals, each message containing a digitized multi-digit number,alarm means for alerting the user of the page receiver of the arrival of a message,video display means for visually displaying the number,an electronic memory for off-line storage of the number, and having sufficient capacity for storing more than said number,means for initially actuating said alarm means and substantially concurrently displaying said multi-digit number in said video display means upon the arrival of a message,time delay means for automatically transferring the displayed number into the memory and resetting the video display in the absence of a response from the user of the page receiver after the number has been displayed for a period of time,and means for recalling from the memory into the video display means the stored multi-digit number for subsequent visual display.
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Abstract
A miniature receiver for a paging system having a digital display for displaying a received multi-digit number, and a memory for storing the received number to permit its retrieval and display at a later time. The received digital number may be automatically transferred into the memory and automatically retrieved upon command. Plural numbers may also be received successively displayed, and stored for later retrieval, in either an automatic or a manually controlled mode.
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10 Claims
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1. In a portable page receiver responsive to transmitted message signals, each message containing a digitized multi-digit number,
alarm means for alerting the user of the page receiver of the arrival of a message, video display means for visually displaying the number, an electronic memory for off-line storage of the number, and having sufficient capacity for storing more than said number, means for initially actuating said alarm means and substantially concurrently displaying said multi-digit number in said video display means upon the arrival of a message, time delay means for automatically transferring the displayed number into the memory and resetting the video display in the absence of a response from the user of the page receiver after the number has been displayed for a period of time, and means for recalling from the memory into the video display means the stored multi-digit number for subsequent visual display.
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