Pager capable of en bloc display of a set of messages

• US 6,603,390 B1
• Filed: 05/21/1997
• Issued: 08/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujimori, Kazuhiko, Abe, Yasushi, Tsumura, Toshiyuki, Kuga, Hideki
• Primary Examiner(s): Horabik, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bangachon, William
• Application Number:
  US08/859,850
• Time in Patent Office: 2,267 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.27, 340/825.52, 340/825.69, 340/825.72, 340/825.04, 340/825.06, 340/825.31, 340/825.34, 340/825.44, 340/825.54, 340/825.47, 340/825.56, 340/825.21, 340/7.38, 340/7.43, 340/7.52, 340/7.55, 370/314, 705/1
• US Class Current: 340/7.43
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/229 with other provisions not elsewhere provided for

Abstract

If a received signal includes a message signal following the address of the pager concerned, a decoder section decodes the message signal and a control section stores it in a memory section together with a reception time. At this time, the control section judges whether the message signal includes a sender identification code or a consecutive transmission code. If either code exists, the control section stores it in the memory section together with the message. The control section reads message data from the memory section, and a display control section controls a display section to display the message. If the message includes a sender identification code or a continuous transmission code, the control section searches for messages to be displayed together with the current message from among the other messages stored in the memory section, and the display control section controls the display section to display the found messages en bloc.

Claims

1. A radio calling receiver comprising:

means for receiving messages having sender identification codes;

a memory section for storing received messages;

a display section;

means for recognizing the sender identification codes;

means for measuring differences between reception times of received messages; and

means for causing received messages having the same sender identification code based on recognition results of the recognizing means whose differences between reception times are shorter than a predetermined time to be displayed on the display section en bloc, such that said received messages having the same sender identification code, whose differences between reception times are shorter than a predetermined time, are combined to form a single message that is displayed on said display section.

2. The radio calling receiver according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for managing the memory section using the sender identification codes as parameters when the messages having the sender identification codes are received and stored in the memory section; and

means for selectively retrieving messages from the memory section based upon the sender identification codes when the messages are to be displayed on the display section.

3. The radio calling receiver according to claim 1, further comprising:

means for recognizing an en bloc display cancellation code included in a message; and

means for causing the messages having the same sender identification code to be displayed on the display section such that divided parts of the messages having the same sender identification code are displayed separately, by using the en bloc display cancellation code.

4. The radio calling receiver according to claim 1, further comprising means for allowing switching between en bloc display and individual display by a user'"'"'s manipulation of a switch.