Lost call detection display pager with repeat call discrimination capability
First Claim
1. A radio display pager comprising:
- receiver means for receiving from a paging station a sequence of repeat calls and non-repeat calls addressed to the radio pager, each of said repeat and non-repeat calls containing a message and a message number identifying the message, the message numbers of repeat calls containing identical messages being equal to each other;
first memory means for storing the message numbers of calls received by the receiver means;
second memory means;
mismatch detector means for comparing a call currently received by the receiver means with each of the calls previously stored in the first memory means for detecting a mismatch therebetween;
lost call detector means responsive to the detection of a mismatch by the mismatch detector means for detecting the message number of a lost call which may exist between a call currently received by the receiver means and a call stored last in the first memory means storing the detected message number into the second memory means as a lost message number, and removing from the second memory means the lost message number when a call having the same message number is received by the receiver means; and
display means for displaying the message number which remains in said second memory means.
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Abstract
From a paging station a radio display pager receives a sequence of repeat calls and non-repeat calls. Each of the repeat and non-repeat calls contains a message and a message number identifying the message, the same message numbers being repeated for the repeat calls of the sequence. The message numbers of received calls are stored in a first memory. A currently received call is compared with each of the previously stored calls to detect a mismatch. Upon detection of the mismatch, a lost call detector determines the message number of a lost call which may exist between the currently received call and a call stored last in the first memory. The determined message number is stored into a second memory as a lost message number. The stored lost message number is erased if a call bearing the same message number is received. The lost message number that remains in the second memory is put on display to allow the owner of the pager to inform the system center of the lost message number to obtain the lost message.
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9 Claims
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1. A radio display pager comprising:
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receiver means for receiving from a paging station a sequence of repeat calls and non-repeat calls addressed to the radio pager, each of said repeat and non-repeat calls containing a message and a message number identifying the message, the message numbers of repeat calls containing identical messages being equal to each other; first memory means for storing the message numbers of calls received by the receiver means; second memory means; mismatch detector means for comparing a call currently received by the receiver means with each of the calls previously stored in the first memory means for detecting a mismatch therebetween; lost call detector means responsive to the detection of a mismatch by the mismatch detector means for detecting the message number of a lost call which may exist between a call currently received by the receiver means and a call stored last in the first memory means storing the detected message number into the second memory means as a lost message number, and removing from the second memory means the lost message number when a call having the same message number is received by the receiver means; and display means for displaying the message number which remains in said second memory means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A radio pager receiving messages having associated message numbers and storing the received messages and the associated message numbers in a memory, said radio pager comprising a microprocessor programmed to perform the functions comprising:
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determining whether a match exists between an associated message number of a currently received message and associated message numbers previously stored in the memory; when no match is found, deciding that a message has not been lost when the associated message number of the currently received message equals a reference number defined as an associated message number of a last previously stored message plus one, and deciding that a message has been lost otherwise; storing as a lost message number every sequential number residing between the associated message number of the currently received message and the reference number. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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8. A method for detecting and managing lost messages in a radio pager receiving messages having associated message numbers, comprising the steps of:
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comparing the associated message number of a presently received message with associated message numbers of previously received and stored messages; storing as a lost message number any consecutive number residing between the associated message number of the currently received message and a reference number defined by a last previously stored associated message number plus one; erasing a stored lost message number that is equal to the associated message number of the presently received message. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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