Wireless selective call receiver

• US 6,348,855 B1
• Filed: 09/19/1997
• Issued: 02/19/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ishiguro, Aki
• Primary Examiner(s): Holloway, III, Edwin C.
• Application Number:
  US08/933,702
• Time in Patent Office: 1,614 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.44, 340/825.69, 340/825.72, 340/825.22, 340/825.27, 340/7.52, 340/7.85, 340/7.48, 455/38.3, 455/381, 455/38.2, 455/38.4, 455/456, 700/16, 705/8, 705/9, 708/112, 708/109
• US Class Current: 340/7.52
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/227 with call or message storage means

Abstract

In a selective call receiver including a display and a message memory, when receiving a message including a schedule, it is checked whether a received schedule is overlapped with a stored schedule which has been stored in the memory. When the received schedule is overlapped with the stored schedule, a prompt mark indicating duplication is displayed on screen. Depending on a user'"'"'s instruction, at least one schedule is selected from the received schedule and the stored schedule. When the received schedule is selected, the received schedule is registered into the memory while deleting the stored schedule from the memory.

Claims

1. A method for managing a received message including a schedule in a wireless receiver having an input device for inputting an instruction and a memory for storing the received message, comprising the steps of:

a) reading a received schedule from the received message;

b) searching the memory for a stored schedule which is overlapped with the received schedule, the stored schedule having been previously stored onto the memory;

c) if the stored schedule is found in the memory, selecting at least one of the received schedule and the stored schedule depending on a predetermined instruction received from the input device;

d) if the stored schedule is selected, abandoning the received schedule and determining whether the received message includes an additional message other than the received schedule; and

e) if the received message includes the additional message, storing the additional message in the memory.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

f) if the received schedule is selected, registering the received schedule in the memory, deleting the stored schedule from the memory and determining whether the received message includes an additional message other than the received schedule; and

g) if the received message includes the additional message, storing the additional message in the memory.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising the steps of:

when no predetermined instruction is input, registering the received schedule in the memory, and determining whether the received message includes an additional message other than the received schedule;

if the received message includes the additional message, storing the additional message in the memory.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the schedule includes time-and-date information, step b) comprising the steps of:

comparing received time-and-date information which is included in the received schedule with stored time-and-date information which is included in the stored schedule; and

searching for the stored schedule including the stored time-and-date information which is overlapped with the received time-and-date information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the schedule includes time-and-date information and event information corresponding to the time-and-date information, step b) comprising the steps of:

comparing received event information which is included in the received schedule with stored event information which is included in the stored schedule; and

searching for the stored schedule including the stored event information which is overlapped with the received event information.

6. In a wireless receiver for receiving a message including a schedule, the wireless receiver comprising an input device for inputting an instruction, a display, and a memory for storing a received message, a method for managing the received message including registering a received schedule into the memory, comprising the steps of:

a) checking whether the received schedule is overlapped with a stored schedule which has been stored in the memory;

b) displaying a mark indicating duplication on screen when the received schedule is overlapped with the stored schedule;

c) selecting at least one of the received schedule and the stored schedule depending on a predetermined instruction received from the input device;

d) if the received schedule is selected, registering the received schedule into the memory and deleting the stored schedule from the memory;

e) if the stored schedule is selected, abandoning the received schedule and determining whether the received message includes an additional message other than the received schedule; and

f) if the received message includes the additional message, storing the additional message in the memory.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the schedule includes time-and-date information, step a) comprising the steps of:

comparing received time-and-date information which is included in the received schedule with stored time-and-date information which is included in the stored schedule; and

determining that the received schedule is overlapped with the stored schedule when the stored time-and-date information is overlapped with the received time-and-date information.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the schedule includes time-and-date information and event information corresponding to the time-and-date information, step a) comprising the steps of:

comparing received event information which is included in the received schedule with stored event information which is included in the stored schedule; and

determining that the received schedule is overlapped with the stored schedule when the stored event information is overlapped with the received event information.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the step of registering the received schedule when no predetermined instruction is input.

10. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

g) if the received schedule is selected, registering the received schedule in the memory, deleting the stored schedule from the memory, and determining whether the received message includes an additional message other that the received schedule;

h) if the received message includes the additional message, storing the additional message in the memory.

11. The method according to claim 10;

further comprising the steps of;

when no predetermined instruction is input, registering the received schedule in the memory, and determining whether the received message includes an additional message other than the received schedule;

if the received message includes the additional message, storing the additional message in the memory.

12. A wireless selective call receiver for receiving a message including a schedule, comprising:

an input device which receives an input instruction;

a display which displays a message depending on the instruction;

a memory which stores a received message; and

a processor which searches the memory for a stored schedule which is overlapped with a received schedule included in a received message and, when the stored schedule is found, controls the display such that a selection prompt indicating duplication is displayed on screen;

wherein the processor further selects at least one of the received schedule and the stored schedule depending on a predetermined instruction input through the input device;

wherein, if the stored schedule is selected, the processor abandons the received schedule and determines whether the received message includes an additional message other that the received schedule and, if the received message includes the additional message, the processor stores the additional message in the memory.

13. The wireless selective call receiver according to claim 12, wherein the schedule includes time-and-date information and event information corresponding to the time-and-date information, wherein the processor compares received event information which is included in the received schedule with stored event information which is included in the stored schedule, and searches for the stored schedule including the stored event information which is overlapped with the received event information.

14. The wireless selective call receiver according to claim 12, wherein the schedule includes time-and-date information, wherein the processor compares received time-and-date information which is included in the received schedule with stored time-and-date information which is included in the stored schedule, and searches for the stored schedule including the stored time-and-date information which is overlapped with the received time-and-date information.

15. The wireless selective call receiver according to claim 12, wherein, if the received schedule is selected, the processor deletes the stored schedule from the memory, registers the received schedule into the memory, and determines whether the received message includes an additional message other than the received schedule, wherein, if the received message includes the additional message, the processor stores the additional message in the memory.

16. The wireless selective call receiver according to claim 15, wherein, when no predetermined instruction is input, the processor registers the received schedule, and determines whether the received message includes an additional message other than the received schedule, wherein, if the received message includes the additional message, the processor stores the additional message in the memory.