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Portable radio information terminal, screen displaying method, recording medium and microcomputer

  • US 6,418,329 B1
  • Filed: 12/21/1998
  • Issued: 07/09/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable radio information terminal comprising:

  • a receiver for receiving an incoming information signal conveying information and extracting said information from said incoming information signal;

    a plurality of message-notifying devices including at least a ringing-sound-message-notifying device and vibration-message-notifying device for generating a ringing sound and a vibration respectively in an event of said incoming information signal to notify a user of said incoming information signal;

    a message-notifying-device selecting means for selecting one of said message-notifying devices and for enabling said message-notifying device selected by the message-notifying device selecting means to operate to notify the user of said incoming information signal;

    an image displaying unit for displaying said information conveyed by said incoming information signal and a display mark indicating an operative state of at least said message-notifying device selected by said message-notifying-device selecting means; and

    a control unit for controlling at least an operation to display said information on said image displaying unit;

    message-notification mode/message-storage mode setting means for use by the user with a high degree of freedom to set said portable radio information terminal in a message-notification mode for notifying the user of a message in the event of said incoming information signal conveying said message or in a message-storage mode for halting the operation to notify the user of the message in the event of the incoming information signal conveying said message;

    message-notifying-device-operation control means for setting said message-notifying device selected by said message-notifying-device selecting means in a state of notifying the user of said incoming information signal in said message-notification mode or preventing said message-notifying device selected by said message-notifying-device selecting means from notifying the user of the incoming information signal in said message-storage mode; and

    display-mark turning on/off means for displaying the display mark of said message-notifying device selected by said message-notifying-device selecting means on a screen of said image displaying unit in said message-notification mode or halting the operation to display display marks of all of said message-notifying devices including said message-notifying device selected by said message-notifying-device selecting means to indicate that the portable radio information terminal is in said message-storage mode.

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