Paging receiver displaying place of origin of pages
First Claim
1. A RF paging receiver for receiving and displaying a place of origin of a page as either originating from an area in which the page is received or originating from another area which is displaced from the area in which the page is received, the page containing a paging receiver identification code identifying the paging receiver, a command controlling display of the place of origin of the page as being either from the area in which the page is received or from the another area, a decoding process used for decoding the page and display of characters within the page comprising:
- (a) a RF tuner for receiving the commands;
(b) a display for displaying a place of origin of a page as either originating from the area in which the page was received or originating from the another area and for displaying the characters within the page accompanying the command; and
(c) a controller, coupled to the RF tuner, for decoding the at least one command accompanying the page, controlling the decoding of the page in accordance with the decoded command, the display of the place of origin of the page and the display of the page on the display.
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Abstract
A paging receiver is disclosed which is compatible with transmissions from analog or digital paging transmitters. The paging receiver has a command structure which permits it to be dynamically programmable to change its functionality including programming of the channels which the paging receiver is to receive. The programmability of the channels permits the paging receiver to be used for making national, regional, remote area, local area, and sublocal area pages, and pages to a group in the local area and to switch from channels which are heavily used during peak paging times to lesser used channels. The paging receiver transmits the paging receiver identification code digits in an order of increasing significance which significantly lessens power consumption for all paging receivers tuned to a particular channel for determining if a page is to be received which prolongs paging receiver battery life. The paging receiver displays the place of origin of pages as either being of local origin or from other areas. The paging receiver antenna is continuously tunable to permit compensation for variation in antenna gain caused by environmental factors which can seriously degrade signal strength.
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9 Claims
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1. A RF paging receiver for receiving and displaying a place of origin of a page as either originating from an area in which the page is received or originating from another area which is displaced from the area in which the page is received, the page containing a paging receiver identification code identifying the paging receiver, a command controlling display of the place of origin of the page as being either from the area in which the page is received or from the another area, a decoding process used for decoding the page and display of characters within the page comprising:
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(a) a RF tuner for receiving the commands; (b) a display for displaying a place of origin of a page as either originating from the area in which the page was received or originating from the another area and for displaying the characters within the page accompanying the command; and (c) a controller, coupled to the RF tuner, for decoding the at least one command accompanying the page, controlling the decoding of the page in accordance with the decoded command, the display of the place of origin of the page and the display of the page on the display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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