Method and apparatus for prioritizing deletion of received messages based on message source and message order
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1. A method, in a radio receiver for receiving messages from a plurality of sources, for prioritizing a deletion order for received messages, the method comprising the steps of:
- designating each of the plurality of sources as anchored sources or unanchored sources; and
flagging at least last received messages from the anchored sources as anchored messages, wherein the anchored messages are deleted only after deletion of stored messages which are not flagged as anchored messages, and wherein each of the at least last received messages is automatically flagged without user input in response to reception of each of the at least last received messages.
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Abstract
A radio receiver (110) for receiving messages from a plurality of sources includes a message database (252) for storing the messages and sources from which the messages originate and a processing unit (220) for determining whether each source has a status of anchored or unanchored. The processing unit (220) further flags last received messages from anchored sources to indicate that the last received messages are anchored messages which are to be deleted only after deletion of unanchored messages which are not flagged as anchored messages.
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25 Claims
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1. A method, in a radio receiver for receiving messages from a plurality of sources, for prioritizing a deletion order for received messages, the method comprising the steps of:
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designating each of the plurality of sources as anchored sources or unanchored sources; and flagging at least last received messages from the anchored sources as anchored messages, wherein the anchored messages are deleted only after deletion of stored messages which are not flagged as anchored messages, and wherein each of the at least last received messages is automatically flagged without user input in response to reception of each of the at least last received messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A radio receiver for receiving messages from a plurality of sources, the radio receiver comprising:
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first designating means for designating each of the plurality of sources as anchored sources or unanchored sources; and flagging means coupled to the first designating means for flagging at least last received messages from the anchored sources as anchored messages, wherein the anchored messages are deleted only after deletion of stored message which are not flagged as anchored messages, and wherein each of the at least last received messages is automatically flagged without user input in response to reception of each of the at least last received messages. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A radio receiver for receiving messages from a plurality of sources, the radio receiver comprising:
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a message database for storing the messages and sources from which the messages originate; a processing unit for determining whether each source has a status of anchored or unanchored and for automatically flagging, without user input, last received messages from anchored sources to indicate that the last received messages are anchored messages which are to be deleted only after deletion of unanchored messages which are not flagged as anchored messages. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. The radio receiver according to claim 25, further comprising controls coupled to the processing unit for receiving user inputs for programming the status of each of the plurality of sources in the status database.
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