Pager and method for operating same
First Claim
1. A pager comprising:
- a receiver for receiving radio calling signals;
an informing device for informing a user when the pager has received a radio calling signal;
a display for displaying a received message which is extracted from the radio calling signal;
a telephone number store for storing information including telephone numbers of other pagers which have been previously inputted by the user;
a telephone number retrieval for retrieving a telephone number out of the telephone numbers which have been stored in the telephone number storing means, in response to a sequence of numbers which is included in the received message;
a radio transmitter for executing radio transmission; and
a reply operation control which automatically controls, without any operation by the user, transmission of a reply message to the telephone number which has been retrieved by the telephone number retrieval, using the radio transmitter.
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Abstract
A pager having a telephone number memory, a telephone number retrieval section, a radio transmitter section, and a reply operation control section, which makes it possible to automatically send a reply message back to the sender of a message to the pager, without requiring a complex operation to be performed by the user of the pager. The telephone number memory stores information including telephone numbers of other pagers. The telephone number retrieval section executes retrieval of a telephone number out of the telephone numbers stored in the telephone number memory, in response to a sequence of numbers which is included in the received message. The reply operation control section controls transmission of a reply message to the telephone number which has been determined by the telephone number retrieval section, using the radio transmitter section. With the pager, it is possible to automatically let the sender know that the message has been received by the pager even in situations where dialing and talking are impossible, and telephone charges for the reply messages can be saved since the reply operation is executed accurately and quickly.
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20 Claims
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1. A pager comprising:
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a receiver for receiving radio calling signals; an informing device for informing a user when the pager has received a radio calling signal; a display for displaying a received message which is extracted from the radio calling signal; a telephone number store for storing information including telephone numbers of other pagers which have been previously inputted by the user; a telephone number retrieval for retrieving a telephone number out of the telephone numbers which have been stored in the telephone number storing means, in response to a sequence of numbers which is included in the received message; a radio transmitter for executing radio transmission; and a reply operation control which automatically controls, without any operation by the user, transmission of a reply message to the telephone number which has been retrieved by the telephone number retrieval, using the radio transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for operating a pager comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving radio calling signals; (b) informing the user when the pager has received a radio calling signal; and (c) displaying a received message which is extracted from the radio calling signal, wherein the method further comprises the steps of; (1) storing information in a telephone number store, the information including telephone numbers of other pagers which have been previously inputted by the user; (2) retrieving a telephone number out of the telephone numbers which have stored in the telephone number store, by a sequence of numbers which is included in the received message; and (3) automatically controlling, without any operation by the user, transmission of a reply message to the telephone number which has been retrieved in step (2), using a radio transmitter.
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