Information display pager
First Claim
1. A method of providing active entertainment for a person waiting for service in which such person is provided with an electronic pager assembly for notifying when service is available, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an electronically controllable pager assembly having a controllable screen display area;
programming the pager with information;
providing instructions printed on a static display area on the pager assembly enabling a person to access the information via the controllable screen display area; and
notifying the person with a paging notification feature operable whether the controllable screen display area is or is not active.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus of providing active entertainment for persons waiting for service in which such persons are provided with an electronic pager assembly for notifying when service is available includes an electronically controllable pager assembly having a controllable screen display which is programmed with information likely to be desirable to a person holding the pager. A set of instructions enabling a person to access the information programmed in the pager assembly is printed on the assembly. The pager notification capability functions regardless of whether the information display is or is not active.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of providing active entertainment for a person waiting for service in which such person is provided with an electronic pager assembly for notifying when service is available, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an electronically controllable pager assembly having a controllable screen display area; programming the pager with information; providing instructions printed on a static display area on the pager assembly enabling a person to access the information via the controllable screen display area; and notifying the person with a paging notification feature operable whether the controllable screen display area is or is not active. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11)
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7. A pager assembly comprising:
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a programmable electronic pager having a screen display area and a first plurality of pushbutton switches; an elongated housing having a pair of abutting display areas; one of said display areas including an enclosure for receiving said pager, said enclosure encompassing all of said pager except for said screen display area; a second plurality of pushbutton switches located on said enclosure and aligned to overlay corresponding ones of the first plurality of pushbutton switches for allowing access to pager functions from external of said enclosure; and another of said display areas comprising printed information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of processing patrons waiting for a service, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a programmable electronic pager having an active display area and a first plurality of switches; installing the pager into a housing having an opening aligned with the active display area and having a second plurality of switches aligned to overlay corresponding ones of the first plurality of switches so that operation of the second plurality of switches enables the active display area; programming the pager with information for display on the active display area; providing printed information on the housing including instructions for operating the second plurality of switches to enable the active display area; providing the housing and installed pager to a patron waiting for a service; operating a pager notification feature when the service is available. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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