Radio selective calling receiver

• US 6,272,319 B1
• Filed: 01/11/1999
• Issued: 08/07/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Narusawa, Hideki
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): Trinh, Sonny
• Application Number:
  US09/228,260
• Time in Patent Office: 939 Days
• Field of Search: 455/38.4, 455/31-- 3, 455/228, 455/426, 455/458, 340/825.49, 340/825.36, 340/825.17, 340/825.44, 340/539, 340/825.46
• US Class Current: 340/7.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/1025 Paging receivers with audible signalling details

Abstract

A radio selective calling receiver includes a plurality of notification means, a schedule function section, a storage section, and a timepiece section. Each notification means notifies the reception of a call signal to the receiver. The schedule function section allows to input schedule time zones and icons indicating contents of schedule events in the respective time zones. The storage section stores the schedule time zones and icons, which are input by using the schedule function section, in correspondence with each other. The storage section also stores notification means, of the plurality of notification means, which is selected and set in correspondence with each icon indicating the contents of the schedule. Upon receiving the call signal, the timepiece section identifies an icon indicating the contents of the schedule event in the time zone including the reception time on the basis of the schedule time zones stored in the storage section and the reception time of the call signal, selects a notification means corresponding to the icon from the notification means stored in the storage section, and performs notification by using the selected notification means.

Claims

1. A radio selective calling receiver comprising:

a plurality of notification means for notifying reception of a call signal to said receiver;

schedule means for allowing to input schedule time zones and icons indicating contents of schedule events in the respective time zones;

schedule storage means for storing the schedule time zones and icons, which are input by using said schedule means, in correspondence with each other;

notification function storage means for storing notification means, of said plurality of notification means, which is selected and set in correspondence with each icon indicating the contents of the schedule; and

notification control means for, when receiving the call signal, identifying an icon indicating the contents of the schedule event in the time zone including the reception time on the basis of the schedule time zones stored in said schedule storage means and the reception time of the call signal, selecting a notification means corresponding to the icon from the notification means stored in said notification function storage means, and performing notification by using said selected notification means.

2. A receiver according to claim 1, wherein said schedule means is arranged in an externally connected electronic notebook.

3. A receiver according to claim 1, wherein said notification function storage means stores notification means, set by a switch circuit, in correspondence with each icon set by said schedule means and displayed on a display section.

4. A receiver according to claim 1, wherein said receiver further comprises default notification storage means for storing assigning predetermined notification means, of said plurality of notification means, to an icon for which none of said notification means is selected/set in said notification function storage means and storing the assigned notification means, and said notification control means selects said predetermined notification means stored in said default notification storage means and performs notification by using said selected notification means when no notification means corresponding to the icon indicating the contents of the schedule event in the time zone including the reception time of the call signal is stored in said notification function storage means.

5. A receiver according to claim 1, wherein said notification means comprises any one of a mechanical vibration notification means for performing notification by means of mechanical vibrations, sound notification means for performing notification by means of sounds, and optical notification means for performing notification by means of light.