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Automatic public/autonomous system message waiting indicator (MWI) recognition

  • US 5,987,317 A
  • Filed: 07/01/1997
  • Issued: 11/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/01/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for operating a user terminal of a type that can be bidirectionally coupled to one of a plurality of networks, including at least a first network and a second network, each of the first and second networks having a respective message station, said message station of respective ones of said first and second networks having an associated storage device for storing at least one message for a user of the user terminal, the method comprising the steps of:

  • prompting the user to select an access code setup function for the storage device of either of the first or second networks;

    monitoring an output of an input interface to detect information specifying that the user selects an access code setup function for the storage device of a selected one of the first and second networks;

    prompting the user for defining an access code for the storage device of the selected one of the first and second networks; and

    monitoring an output of the input interface to detect information specifying the access code for the storage device of the selected one of the first and second networks, and, in response to detecting the information, storing the information specifying the access code in a memory of the user terminal.

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