Arrangement for displaying message screens on a telephone terminal
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1. An arrangement for configuring a wireless telephone terminal for accessing text messages received by the telephone terminal from a base station and displayable at the terminal, the arrangement comprising:
- means for receiving in said telephone terminal a plurality of text messages from a base station;
means for storing in said telephone terminal the plurality of text messages from the base station;
multiple message display screens in a plurality of menu screens;
means for selecting for viewing a first one of said multiple message display screens corresponding to one of said plurality of text messages;
a plurality of button means for accessing each one of said multiple message display screens, a first and second one of the plurality of button means providing a means for moving from a displayed first message screen at a first selectable level to a second and subsequent message screens at said first selectable level and back to said displayed first message screen; and
means for viewing at least a portion of each text message contained in each message display screen when said display screen is accessed.
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Abstract
An arrangement for displaying message screens on a telephone terminal provides easy access to messages received by the telephone terminal from a service provider. The arrangement allows users to seamlessly and intuitively view header and body information of a message without the need for any unnecessary key presses.
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1. An arrangement for configuring a wireless telephone terminal for accessing text messages received by the telephone terminal from a base station and displayable at the terminal, the arrangement comprising:
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means for receiving in said telephone terminal a plurality of text messages from a base station;
means for storing in said telephone terminal the plurality of text messages from the base station;
multiple message display screens in a plurality of menu screens;
means for selecting for viewing a first one of said multiple message display screens corresponding to one of said plurality of text messages;
a plurality of button means for accessing each one of said multiple message display screens, a first and second one of the plurality of button means providing a means for moving from a displayed first message screen at a first selectable level to a second and subsequent message screens at said first selectable level and back to said displayed first message screen; and
means for viewing at least a portion of each text message contained in each message display screen when said display screen is accessed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of configuring a wireless telephone terminal for accessing text messages displayable at the terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving in said telephone terminal a plurality of text messages from a base station;
storing in said telephone terminal the plurality of text messages from the base station;
providing multiple message display screens in a plurality of menu screens;
selecting for viewing a first one of said multiple message display screens corresponding to at least one of said plurality of text messages;
accessing each one of said multiple message display screens with a first and second one of a plurality of buttons, the accessing step including moving from a displayed first message screen at a first selectable level to a second and subsequent message screens at said first selectable level and back to said displayed first message screen; and
viewing at least a portion of each text message contained in each message display screen when said display screen is accessed. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. An arrangement for configuring a wireless telephone terminal for accessing text messages displayable at the terminal, the arrangement comprising:
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means for receiving in said telephone terminal a plurality of text messages from a base station;
multiple message display screens in a plurality of menu screens;
means for selecting for viewing a first one of said multiple message display screens corresponding to one of said plurality of text messages;
a plurality of button means for accessing each one of said multiple message display screens, a first and second one of the plurality of button means providing a means for moving from a displayed first message screen at a first selectable level to a second and subsequent message screens at said first selectable level and back to said displayed first message screen without operation of any other telephone terminal input; and
means for viewing at least a portion of each text message contained in each message display screen when said display screen is accessed.
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16. A method of configuring a wireless telephone terminal for accessing text messages displayable at the terminal, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving in said telephone terminal a plurality of text messages from a base station;
providing multiple message display screens in a plurality of menu screens;
selecting for viewing a first one of said multiple message display screens corresponding to at least one of said plurality of text messages;
accessing each one of said multiple message display screens with a first and second one of a plurality of buttons, the accessing step including moving from a displayed first message screen at a first selectable level to a second and subsequent message screens at said first selectable level and back to said displayed first message screen without operation of any other telephone terminal input; and
viewing at least a portion of each text message contained in each message display screen when said display screen is accessed.
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