Radio pager with a message processing function

• US 5,801,640 A
• Filed: 10/23/1997
• Issued: 09/01/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yoshizawa, Shigeo
• Primary Examiner(s): Zimmerman, Brian
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILSON JR, WILLIAM HALL
• Application Number:
  US08/956,932
• Time in Patent Office: 313 Days
• Field of Search: 340/311.1, 340/825.44, 340/825.47, 340/825.69, 455/31.1, 455/458, 455/426, 455/526, 455/517, 455/31.2, 455/38.1, 455/38.4, 370/310, 370/312, 370/313, 370/314
• US Class Current: 340/7.52
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/226 with alphanumeric or graphic display means

Abstract

A radio pager capable of processing a received message to add information to the message, so that the user may easily see the message on a display. Hyphens or similar symbols are added to a received message signal consisting only of numerals to thereby make it easy to see as a telephone number. The message with such symbols appears on a display. The positions for inserting the symbols are stored in the pager beforehand.

Claims

1. Radio pager comprising:

receiving means for receiving a signal including address information and message information including a plurality of figures;

address storing means for storing address information particular to said radio pager;

editing means for editing the signal received by said receiving means;

said editing means comprising means for comparing the received address to a preselected address stored in said address storing means to detect a coincidence therebetween, and means responsive to a detected coincidence between the received address and the preselected address for inserting a first predetermined division symbol in the received message between at least one predetermined group of figures and an adjacent group of figures in accordance with predetermined criteria;

means for storing data comprising the received message and the first predetermined division symbol; and

means for displaying the stored data comprising the received message and the first predetermined division symbol.

2. The radio pager as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one group is an exchange number, the adjacent group is a telephone number and the first predetermined division symbol is a hyphen.

3. A radio pager as claimed in claim 1, further comprising means including a table listing character series for inserting a second predetermined division symbol before or after a character series identical with any one of said character series of said table.

4. The radio pager as claimed in claim 3, wherein the one group is an exchange number, the adjacent group is a telephone number and the first predetermined division symbol is a hyphen.

5. The radio pager as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second predetermined symbol is a bracket.

6. A radio pager as claimed in claim 3 wherein said table lists toll exchange numbers each having a particular format.