Radio selective calling receiver

• US 6,313,735 B1
• Filed: 10/20/1998
• Issued: 11/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Higuchi, Norihiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Horabik, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): BANGACHON, WILLIAM L
• Application Number:
  US09/175,274
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.44, 340/825.52, 340/825.47, 340/7.27, 340/5.28, 340/7.2, 340/7.33, 340/7.55, 340/7.56, 340/7.54, 340/825.49, 701/207, 701/213, 455/440, 455/456, 342/357.09, 379/88.05, 379/88.06, 379/142.1
• US Class Current: 340/7.54
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/225 Display details

Abstract

In order to provide a radio selective calling receiver that can display a message in language at the current location without making a user recognize the current location, character fonts are automatically switched on the basis of the area information contained in a reception signal.

Claims

1. A radio selective calling receiver comprising:

current location determining means for determining a current location from a reception signal;

a character font storage section storing character fonts for a plurality of different nationality languages;

an area-language correspondence storage section for storing a correspondence between a plurality of different geographic areas and the plurality of different nationality languages;

character font selection means for selecting a character font for a particular nationality language corresponding to the current location on the basis of data stored in the area-language correspondence storage section; and

display means for displaying a message in the particular nationality language of the current location by using the character font selected by the character font selecting means.

2. A receiver according to claim 1, wherein

the current location determining means determines a current location by detecting area information from system information of a currently received signal.

3. A receiver according to any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein a user can arbitrarily set the character font selection means to use or not to use a selection function of the character font selection means.

4. An apparatus comprising a radio mobile selective call receiver having a reception means for receiving a reception radio signal, wherein the mobile radio selective call receiver determines the geographic location of the radio selective call receiver on the basis of information data contained in the reception radio signal, and notification information changing means for changing information to be displayed by the radio selective call receiver to a user on the basis of information of the geographical location contained in the reception radio signal received by the reception means.

5. An apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the reception signal received by the reception means contains area information indicating an area corresponding to a current location and a message, and

the notification information changing means changes a language to be used to notify the user of the message to a language used in the area corresponding to the current location on the basis of the area information.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the notification information changing means includes display means for displaying the message, and causes the display means to display the message by using a character font for a language used at the current location.

7. A notification method comprising the steps of changing information to be displayed by a mobile radio selective call receiver, wherein the mobile radio selective call receiver determines the geographic location of the radio selective call receiver on the basis of information data location contained in a reception radio signal, and changes the information displayed by the radio selective call receiver to a user in accordance with information of the geographical location contained in the reception radio signal.

8. A method according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a reception signal containing area information indicating an area corresponding to a current location and message; and

changing a language to be used to notify the user of the message to a language used in an area corresponding to a current location on the basis of the area information.

9. A message display method comprising the steps of:

receiving with a radio selective call receiver a reception signal containing area information indicating an area corresponding to a current geographic location of the radio selective call receiver and message; and

changing a character font to be displayed by the radio selective call receiver to a character font of the nationality language of the current geographic location of the radio selective call receiver on the basis of the area information.