Wireless selective call receiver with alarm message signal stored to have protection attribute

• US 6,014,086 A
• Filed: 07/21/1997
• Issued: 01/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Miyashita, Yukio
• Primary Examiner(s): Horabik, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILSON JR, WILLIAM HALL
• Application Number:
  US08/897,427
• Time in Patent Office: 904 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.44, 340/825.69, 340/825.45, 455/458, 455/426, 455/38.4, 455/140, 455/526, 455/517, 455/575, 455/31.1, 455/38.1, 455/38.2, 370/310, 370/312, 370/313, 707/100, 707/205
• US Class Current: 340/7.6
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/022 Selective call receivers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99953 Recoverability
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99956 File allocation

Abstract

In a wireless selective call receiver, a receiving section receives a wireless selective call signal including a selective call signal and subsequent a message signal and destined to the wireless selective call receiver, and then, decodes the received wireless selective call signal to produce the message signal. A storage section includes an alarm message storage region for storing alarm message signals and a normal message storage region for storing normal message signals. An informing section informing an alarm at an alarm time set in each of the alarm message signals which are stored in the alarm message storage region. A detecting section detects that the received message signal is a new alarm message signal or a new normal message signal. A write section writes the new normal message signal in the normal message storage region when the received message signal is the normal message signal. On the other hand, the write section selectively writes the new alarm message signal in one of the alarm message storage region and the normal message storage region based on a number of the alarm message signals stored in the alarm message storage region and a protection attribute of each of the alarm message signals from a delete operation.

Claims

1. A wireless selective call receiver comprising:

receiving means for receiving a wireless selective call signal including a selective call signal and subsequent a message signal and destined to said wireless selective call receiver and for decoding the received wireless selective call signal;

storage means having an alarm message storage region for storing alarm message signals and a normal message storage region for storing normal message signals;

informing means for informing an alarm at an alarm time set in each of said alarm message signals which are stored in said alarm message storage region;

detecting means for detecting whether the received message signal is a new alarm message signal or a new normal message signal; and

write means for writing said new normal message signal in said normal message storage region when the received message signal is said normal message signal, and for selectively storing said new alarm message signal in said alarm message storage region or said normal message storage region based on a number of said alarm message signals stored in said alarm message storage region and a protection attribute of each of said alarm message signals, wherein said protection attribute protects a corresponding alarm message signal from a delete operation.

2. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein said storage means includes an attribute region for storing said protection attribute for each of said alarm message signals, and

wherein said write means refers to said attribute region to write said new normal message signal in said storage means.

3. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 1, further comprising allocating means for allocating said protection attribute to said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal.

4. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 3, wherein said allocating means includes:

mode setting means for setting an attribute change mode;

selecting means for selecting one of said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal; and

setting means for setting said protection attribute for said selected alarm message signal.

5. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 3, further comprising canceling means for canceling said protection attribute from said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal.

6. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 5, wherein said canceling means includes:

mode setting means for setting an attribute change mode;

selecting means for selecting one of said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal; and

resetting means for resetting said protection attribute for said selected alarm message signal.

7. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein said write means includes means for writing said new alarm message in said alarm message storage region when there is a free area in said alarm message storage region, for writing said new alarm message in said alarm message storage region in place of a specific one of said alarm message signals when said alarm message storage region is full and when the specific alarm message signal has been already informed and is not allocated with said protection attribute, and for writing said new alarm message in said normal message storage region when said alarm message storage region is full and when all said alarm message signals are allocated with said protection attribute.

8. A method of storing a new alarm message signal in a wireless selective call receiver, comprising the steps of:

receiving a wireless selective call signal including a selective call signal and subsequent a message signal and destined to said wireless selective call receiver and decoding the received wireless selective call signal;

detecting whether the received message signal is a new alarm message signal or a new normal message signal; and

performing a first writing operation of said new alarm message in said alarm message storage region when there is a free area in an alarm message storage region;

performing a second writing operation of said new alarm message in said alarm message storage region in place of a specific one of said alarm message signals when said alarm message storage region is full and when the specific alarm message signal has been already informed and is not allocated with a protection attribute;

performing a third writing operation of said new alarm message in said normal message storage region when said alarm message storage region is full and when all said alarm message signals are allocated with said protection attribute.

9. A method according to claim 8, further comprising the steps of:

informing an alarm at an alarm time set in each of said alarm message signals which are stored in said alarm message storage region; and

allocating an information attribute to each of said alarm message signals when the alarm is informed at the alarm time set in each of said alarm message signals.

10. A method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of allocating said protection attribute to said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal.

11. A method according to claim 10, wherein said allocating step includes:

setting an attribute change mode;

selecting one of said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal; and

setting said protection attribute for said selected alarm message signal.

12. A method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of canceling said protection attribute from said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal.

13. A method according to claim 12, wherein said canceling step includes:

setting an attribute change mode;

selecting one of said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal; and

resetting said protection attribute for said selected alarm message signal.

14. A wireless selective call receiver, comprising:

receiving means for receiving a wireless selective call signal including a selective call signal and subsequent a message signal and destined to said wireless selective call receiver and decoding the received wireless selective call signal;

detecting means for detecting whether the received message signal is a new alarm message signal or a new normal message signal; and

write means for performing a first writing operation of said new alarm message in said alarm message storage region when there is a free area in an alarm message storage region, performing a second writing operation of said new alarm message in said alarm message storage region in place of a specific one of said alarm message signals when said alarm message storage region is full and when the specific alarm message signal has been already informed and is not allocated with a protection attribute, and performing a third writing operation of said new alarm message in said normal message storage region when said alarm message storage region is full and when all said alarm message signals are allocated with said protection attribute.

15. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 14, further comprising:

informing means for informing an alarm at an alarm time set in each of said alarm message signals which are stored in said alarm message storage region; and

allocating means for allocating an information attribute to each of said alarm message signals when the alarm is informed at the alarm time set in each of said alarm message signals.

16. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 14, further comprising allocating means for allocating said protection attribute to said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal.

17. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 16, wherein said allocating means includes:

mode setting means for setting an attribute change mode;

selecting means for selecting one of said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal; and

protection setting means for setting said protection attribute for said selected alarm message signal.

18. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 14, further comprising canceling means for canceling said protection attribute from said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal.

19. A wireless selective call receiver according to claim 18, wherein said canceling means includes:

mode setting means for setting an attribute change mode;

selecting means for selecting one of said alarm message signals in said alarm message storage region including said new alarm message signal; and

resetting means for resetting said protection attribute for said selected alarm message signal.