Animated data display interleaving
First Claim
1. A portable communications receiver comprising:
- a receiver for receiving and detecting transmitted selective call paging signals and periodically updated data signals, the data signals indicating the present position of a plurality of moving objects each time the data signals are updated;
a decoder, responsive to the detected selective call paging signals, for generating control signals in response thereto;
display means; and
processing means, coupled to said display means and responsive to the control signals and periodically updated data signals, for generating for display graphic characterizations depicting the moving objects, wherein movement of the displayed graphic characterizations is produced when the periodically updated data signals representing the present position of the moving objects are received and displayed.
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Abstract
A portable communications receiver is disclosed having a receiver for receiving and detecting periodically transmitted selective call paging signals and data signals. In response to the selective call paging signal, a decoder generates control signals which allow storage of the data signals in a memory, and the display of the latest stored signals. A graphic characterization is provided for depicting the moving object. The effect of movement of the object is generated as the data signals are periodically updated and displayed. By individually animating the graphic characterization between updates, the effect of movement is enhanced. The data signals are periodically updated and include an absolute position signal for depicting an absolute position of the moving object. The data signals further include a relative position signal for depicting a relative position of the moving object relative to another moving object.
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23 Claims
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1. A portable communications receiver comprising:
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a receiver for receiving and detecting transmitted selective call paging signals and periodically updated data signals, the data signals indicating the present position of a plurality of moving objects each time the data signals are updated; a decoder, responsive to the detected selective call paging signals, for generating control signals in response thereto; display means; and processing means, coupled to said display means and responsive to the control signals and periodically updated data signals, for generating for display graphic characterizations depicting the moving objects, wherein movement of the displayed graphic characterizations is produced when the periodically updated data signals representing the present position of the moving objects are received and displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing an animated display of a current event involving a plurality of moving objects using a portable communication receiver having a graphic display, said method comprising the steps of:
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periodically updating an absolute position of a predetermined one of the plurality of moving objects at a plurality of incremental positions between a start and a finish point, and generating absolute position signals in response thereto; transmitting selective call paging signals and periodically updated data signals, wherein said data signals include said absolute position signals; receiving the paging signals and the data signals at the portable communication receiver; displaying the updated absolute position signals with a scale comprising a bar graph-type display having a plurality of predetermined incremental positions spaced between a start and a finish reference, thereby providing the current position of the predetermined moving object as the absolute position signals are periodically updated. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method for providing a display of the position of at least two moving objects participating in an event using a portable communication receiver having a graphic display, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing graphic characterizations depicting the moving objects; receiving selective call paging signals and periodically updated relative position signals indicating the relative position between the moving objects at the portable communication receiver; and displaying the relative position signals as the graphic characterizations depicting the moving objects, wherein movement of the displayed graphic characterizations is produced when the relative position signals representing the present positions of the moving objects are received and displayed. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A portable communications receiver comprising:
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a receiver for receiving and detecting transmitted selective call paging signals; a decoder, responsive to the detected selective call paging signals, for generating control signals in response thereto; processing means, responsive to the control signals, for sequentially generating a sequence of icon segments depicting a receiver function; and display means, coupled to said processing means for displaying said sequentially generated sequence of icon segments, whereby an animated visual indication of the receiver function activated in response to the selective call signals is provided on said display means. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for animating a display providing an indication of a receiver function, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving and decoding a selective call paging signal and providing control signals in response thereto; sequentially accessing a sequence of icon segments stored in a memory indicating the receiver function; and displaying the sequentially accessed sequence of icon segments, thereby providing the effect of animation of the receiver function icon.
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