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Automatic NAM programming of radio telephone

  • US 6,052,581 A
  • Filed: 06/06/1997
  • Issued: 04/18/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/26/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for programming a radio telephone comprising the steps:

  • receiving signals by the telephone, received in response to a user'"'"'s request, at an antenna of the telephone, the signals being representative of character indicative frequencies;

    decoding the received signals provided in response to the user'"'"'s request by circuitry inside the telephone;

    storing data derived from the decoded signals at predetermined memory locations in the radio telephone;

    enabling a menu function having user selectable settings in response to the derived data being stored at the predetermined memory locations such that a user can select between the user selectable settings of the enabled menu function, the step of enabling comprising determining which menu functions are available to a user by reviewing at least one look up table stored in the telephone,wherein, prior to enabling the menu function, the selectable settings were not available to a user of the radio telephone, and wherein contents of the at least one look up table are programmed, at least partially, with use of the received signals.

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