Selective call message management
DCFirst Claim
1. A method in a communication receiver for saving a message transmitted to the communication receiver individually, said message having transmitted therewith a message source signal indicating an originator of said message and the communication receiver having a plurality of source files, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving said message and said message source signal;
decoding the message source signal; and
storing said message in one of said plurality of source files, said one of said plurality of source files determined by the message source signal.
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Abstract
Messages received by a selective call receiver are stored in source files with a user allocated number of message storage slots in response to a message source signal indicating the source of the message. Messages are retrieved utilizing the source files facilitating message location in large memories. Source files are retrieved on a priority basis which is a function of a predetermined priority associated with each source file and the status of messages stored therein.
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19 Claims
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1. A method in a communication receiver for saving a message transmitted to the communication receiver individually, said message having transmitted therewith a message source signal indicating an originator of said message and the communication receiver having a plurality of source files, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving said message and said message source signal; decoding the message source signal; and storing said message in one of said plurality of source files, said one of said plurality of source files determined by the message source signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A message storage apparatus for storing information having an information originator indicator indicating an originator of said information, said information received by said message storage apparatus in conjunction with a destination address, said message storage apparatus comprising:
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memory means comprising a plurality of source files; and control means for storing said information in a one of said plurality of source files in response to said information originator signal if said destination address corresponds to a predetermined address of said message storage apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A selective call receiver comprising:
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receiving means for receiving selective call messages having selective call addresses and message source signals, said message source signals indicating the originator of said selective call messages; storage means for storing at least one predetermined selective call address; a plurality of source files, each source file comprising at least one message storage slot, for storing each of the selective call messages comprising selective call addresses substantially equivalent to one of said at least one predetermined selective call address; display means for displaying the stored selective call messages; and control means comprising; address correlation means for determining whether the selective call messages comprise selective call addresses substantially equivalent to one of said at least one predetermined selective call address; storage control means for storing each of the selective call messages comprising said message source signals in one of said message storage slots of one of said plurality of source files, said one of said plurality of source files determined in response to said message source signals; and source file selection means for selecting one of said plurality of source files for displaying the selective call messages stored therein by said display means. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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