Selective call receiver with independent control of displayed service area data and selected radio channel
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1. A selective call receiver comprising:
- a display;
a receiving section receiving a call signal on a radio channel selected from a plurality of predetermined radio channels corresponding to a plurality of service areas, respectively;
a memory storing a plurality of data groups associated with service areas, respectively, and each of the data groups including area channel data and area attribute data;
a first selector selecting one of the predetermined radio channels;
a second selector selecting one of the data groups to display area attribute data of a selected data group; and
a controller controlling so that the area attribute data of the selected data group is displayed on the display independently of changing a selected radio channel.
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Abstract
A selective call receiver includes a relational data memory and a call number display processor in addition to a service area selector. The relational data memory stores plural data groups each corresponding to a different service area. The call number display processor selects a data group from the relational data memory according to the user'"'"'s instruction. A call number and a service area name of the selected data group is displayed on screen. The receiving channel is determined by the service area selector selecting a data group from the memory according to a user'"'"'s instruction independently of the call number display processor.
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14 Claims
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1. A selective call receiver comprising:
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a display; a receiving section receiving a call signal on a radio channel selected from a plurality of predetermined radio channels corresponding to a plurality of service areas, respectively; a memory storing a plurality of data groups associated with service areas, respectively, and each of the data groups including area channel data and area attribute data; a first selector selecting one of the predetermined radio channels; a second selector selecting one of the data groups to display area attribute data of a selected data group; and a controller controlling so that the area attribute data of the selected data group is displayed on the display independently of changing a selected radio channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for displaying specifying information on a display in a selective call receiver, the selective call receiver having a receiver for receiving a call signal on a radio channel selected from predetermined radio channels which have previously been assigned to a plurality of service areas, respectively, the method comprising the steps of:
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storing a plurality of data groups associated with service areas, respectively, and each of the data groups including area channel data and attribute data; selecting one of the predetermined radio channels; selecting one of the data groups to display area attribute data of a selected data group; displaying the area attribute data of the selected data group on the display without changing the selected radio channel. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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