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Radio pager having directory structure with user-defined notification of message receipt

  • US 6,249,668 B1
  • Filed: 08/06/1998
  • Issued: 06/19/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A radio pager comprising:

  • a message identification section for classifying and dividing according to addresses messages delivered by way of an information delivery service, said messages including an information flag and a title, and wherein said message identification section classifies and divides said messages based on at least one of said information flag and said title;

    a folder management section which stores the thus classified and divided messages into individual specified folders and manages the messages of an individual folder for each level in a hierarchy;

    means for notifying the user of the arrival of a message; and

    a folder setting section which sets said pager in such a way as to notify the user, in a predetermined and prioritized manner, of the arrival of an incoming message at a preselected folder, said notification being selectively accomplished by one of said paging control section invoking the message in a prioritized manner and said display control section displaying a message arrival indication in a prioritized manner, wherein when a desired information message is stored in a folder located at a lower level hierarchy among folders pertaining to a certain address, the desired information message stored in a specified folder can be immediately read by setting to a shortcut folder a folder into which a desired message is stored by way of said folder setting section.

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