Debit message authorization system for radio receivers
First Claim
1. A radio receiver for establishing a message debiting system, comprising:
- receiver means for receiving message information;
memory means for storing the received message information;
presentation means for presenting the stored message information;
a debit meter for indicating an available number of credit units assigned to said radio receiver;
processing means, coupled to the debit meter and the memory means, for processing the stored message information and for calculating from a parameter of the stored message information a number of debit units to be debited from the available number of credit units of the debit meter for presenting the stored message information to a user; and
disabling means, coupled to said debit meter and said memory means, for disabling access to the stored message information when the available credit units of the debit meter is depleted.
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Abstract
A radio receiver (50) for establishing a message debiting system has a receiver (54) for receiving message information and a memory (104) for storing the received message information to be presented to a user of the radio receiver (50). The radio receiver (50) includes a debit meter (72) which indicates a number of available credit units for enabling the presentation of the stored message information. The stored message information is processed a decoder/controller (56) and a number of debit units is calculated from a parameter of the stored message information. The number of debit units of the stored message is debited from the indicated number of credit units of the debit meter to enable the presentation of the stored message information. The stored message is disabled from being presented to the user when the number of available credit units of the debit meter (72) is depleted.
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19 Claims
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1. A radio receiver for establishing a message debiting system, comprising:
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receiver means for receiving message information; memory means for storing the received message information; presentation means for presenting the stored message information; a debit meter for indicating an available number of credit units assigned to said radio receiver; processing means, coupled to the debit meter and the memory means, for processing the stored message information and for calculating from a parameter of the stored message information a number of debit units to be debited from the available number of credit units of the debit meter for presenting the stored message information to a user; and disabling means, coupled to said debit meter and said memory means, for disabling access to the stored message information when the available credit units of the debit meter is depleted. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15)
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7. A method for establishing a message debiting system in radio receivers, comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving and storing messages; (b) presenting the stored messages; (c) determining a number of debit units from a parameter of the stored message for presenting the stored message to a user of the radio receiver; (d) debiting the determined number of debit units from the message debiting system indicating a number of credit units; and (e) disabling access for presenting the stored message when the number of credit units of the message debit lug system is depleted. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A selective call receiver for establishing a message debiting system, comprising:
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receiver means for receiving message information; memory means for storing the received message information; presentation means for presenting the stored message information; a debit meter for indicating an available number of credit units to said selective call receiver; processing means, coupled to the debit meter and the memory means, for processing the stored message information and for calculating from a parameter of the stored message information a number of debit units for debiting the available number of credit units of the debit meter for presenting the stored message information to a user; and disabling means, coupled to said debit meter and said memory means, for disabling access to the stored message information when the credit units of the debit meter is depleted. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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16. A selective call receiver for establishing a message debiting system, comprising:
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receiver means for receiving message information; memory means for storing the received message information; presentation means for presenting the stored message information; a debit meter for indicating an available number of credit units assigned to said radio receiver; processing means, coupled to the debit meter and the memory means, for processing the stored message information and for calculating from a parameter of the stored message information a number of debit units to be debited from the available number of credit units of the debit meter for presenting the stored message information to a user;
disabling means, coupled to said debit meter and said memory means, for disabling access to the stored message information when the available credit units of the debit meter is depleted;said receiver means capable of receiving information to replenish the number of available credit units; and replenishing means coupled to the debit meter for replenishing the available credit units of the debit meter. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A selective call receiver for establishing a message debiting system, comprising:
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receiver means for receiving message information; memory means for storing the received message information; presentation means for presenting the stored message information; a debit meter for indicating an available number of credit units assigned to said radio receiver; processing means, coupled to the debit meter and the memory means, for processing the stored message information and for calculating from a parameter of the stored message information a number of debit units to be debited from the available number of credit units of the debit meter for presenting the stored message information to a user;
disabling means, coupled to said debit meter and said memory means, for disabling access to the stored message information when the available credit units of the debit meter is depleted; andsaid receiver means capable of receiving information to replenish the number of available credit units; determining means coupled to the receiver means for determining when the information to replenish the available credit units is received; replenishing means coupled to the debit meter for replenishing the available credit units of the debit meter in response to the determining means; and enabling means coupled to the memory means for enabling access to the stored message information.
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