Communication system having adaptable message information formats
First Claim
1. A communication system for communicating messages received from input devices, comprising:
- means for receiving message information in a first or second format from input devices;
control means for detecting a measure of communication activity of the system and for comparing the measure of communication activity of the system to a threshold; and
means, coupled to the control means and the receiving means, for accepting the message information in the first format and the second format when the measure of communication activity of the system is below the threshold, and for accepting the message information in the second format and not accepting the message information in the first format when the measure of communication activity of the system is above the threshold.
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Abstract
A communication system includes an input (202) for requesting and receiving a first message information format and for requesting and receiving a second message information format, and controller (210) for detecting a measure of communication activity and for comparing the measure of communication activity to a threshold that is adaptable by the controller (210) as a function of the communication activity. The communication system accepts the first message information format when the measure of communication activity is below the threshold (604, 610, 606, and 608), and accepts the second message information format when the measure of communication activity is above the threshold (604, 610, 612, 614, and 616).
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44 Claims
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1. A communication system for communicating messages received from input devices, comprising:
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means for receiving message information in a first or second format from input devices; control means for detecting a measure of communication activity of the system and for comparing the measure of communication activity of the system to a threshold; and means, coupled to the control means and the receiving means, for accepting the message information in the first format and the second format when the measure of communication activity of the system is below the threshold, and for accepting the message information in the second format and not accepting the message information in the first format when the measure of communication activity of the system is above the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method in a communication system for communicating messages received from input devices, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting a measure of communication activity of the system; (b) comparing the measure of communication activity of the system to a threshold; and (c) accepting message information in a first formal and not accepting the message information in a second format when the measure of communication activity is below the threshold, and further accepting the message information in the second format and not accepting the message information in the first format when the measure of communication activity of the system is above the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A communication system, comprising:
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first receiving means for receiving a first message information format; second receiving means for receiving a second message information format; control means for detecting a measure of communication activity of the system and for comparing the measure of communication activity of the system to a threshold; and means, coupled to the control means, the first receiving means, and the second receiving means, for accepting the first message information format and the second message information format when the measure of communication activity of the system is below the threshold, and for accepting the second messsage information format and not accepting the first message information format when the measure of communication activity of the system is above the threshold. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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29. The communication system of clailm 27, wherein the means for requesting the first message information format comprises tone prompting.
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42. A paging system for communicating messages received from input devices, comprising:
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means for requesting and receiving a voice message format; means for requesting and receiving a numeric display message format; control means for detecting a measure of paging activity, the measure comprising a measure of paging channel activity, and for comparing the measure of paging activity to a threshold adaptable by the control means as a function of the paging activity; and means, coupled to the voice message format receiving means, the numeric dispaly message format receiving means, and the control means for requesting and accepting the voice message format and the numeric display message format when the measure of paging activity is below the threshold, and further for requesting and accepting the numeric display message format but not requesting and not accepting the voice messge format when the measure of paging activity is above the threshold.
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43. A paging system for communicating messages received from input devices, comprising:
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means for requesting and receiving an alphanumeric display message format; means for requesting and receiving a numeric display message format; control means for detecting a measure of paging activity, the measure comprising a measure of paging channel activity, and for comparing the measure of paging activity to a threshold adaptable by the control means as a function of the paging activity; and means, coupled ot the alphanumeric display message format receiving means, the numeric display message format receiving means, and the control means, for requesting and accepting the alphanumeric display message format and the numeric display message format when the measure of paging activity is below the threshold, and further for requesting and accepting the numeric display message format but not requesting and not accepting the alphanumeric display message format when the measure of paging activity is above the threshold.
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44. A paging system for communicating messages received from input devices, comprising:
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means for requesting and receiving an alphanumeric display message format of a first length or a second length, wherein the first length is greater than the second length; control means for detecting a measure of paging activity, the measure comprising a measure of paging channel activity and for comparing the measure of paging activity to a threshold adaptable by the control means as a function of the paging activity; and means, coupled to the alphanumeric display message format receiving means and the control means, for requesting and accepting the alphanumeric display message format of the first length or the second length when the measure of paging activity is below the threshold and requesting and accepting the alphanumeric display message format of the second length and not the first length when the measure of paging activity is above the threshold.
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Specification