Selective call transceiver with customized canned messages
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1. A selective call transceiver, comprising:
- a memory storing a list of addressees and storing, for each of selected addressees, an associated group of customized messages;
a display for showing messages;
a transmitter for sending messages;
means including a processor for receiving and decoding incoming messages, the processor being coupled to the transmitter, to the display and to the memory, and being programmed to cause the display to show at least some of the customized messages in the group associated with one of the selected addressees; and
a user control coupled to the processor for choosing one of the customized messages shown by the display, the processor being responsive to the user control for causing the transmitter to transmit the chosen message to the one selected addressee.
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Abstract
A SCT (Selective Call Transceiver) (10) includes a memory (54) which stores a list (60) of addressees with whom the SCT user normally communicates. The memory also stores, for each of selected addresses, an associated group (62) of customized messages. The SCT (10) has a processor (18) that is programmed to permit the user to easily choose a customized message to be sent to an addressee, either by way of replying to a previously received message or by initiating transmission of a new communication.
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1. A selective call transceiver, comprising:
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a memory storing a list of addressees and storing, for each of selected addressees, an associated group of customized messages; a display for showing messages; a transmitter for sending messages; means including a processor for receiving and decoding incoming messages, the processor being coupled to the transmitter, to the display and to the memory, and being programmed to cause the display to show at least some of the customized messages in the group associated with one of the selected addressees; and a user control coupled to the processor for choosing one of the customized messages shown by the display, the processor being responsive to the user control for causing the transmitter to transmit the chosen message to the one selected addressee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A selective call transceiver, comprising:
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a memory storing a list of addressees and storing, for each of selected addressees, an associated group of customized messages; a display for showing messages; a transmitter for sending messages; means including a processor for receiving and decoding an incoming message from a sender, the processor being coupled to the transmitter, to the display and to the memory, and being programmed to determine whether the sender is one of the selected addressees and, if the sender is one of the selected addressees, for causing the display to show at least some of the customized messages in the group associated with the sender; and a user control coupled to the processor for choosing one of the customized messages shown by the display, the processor being responsive to the user control for causing the transmitter to transmit the chosen message to the sender. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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