Pager capable of en bloc display of set of messages

• US 6,621,408 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2001
• Issued: 09/16/2003
• 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: Abe, Yasushi, Tsumura, Toshiyuki, Kuga, Hideki, Fujimori, Kazuhiko
• Primary Examiner(s): Horabik, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): BANGACHON, WILLIAM L
• Application Number:
  US09/836,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20020003468A1
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 340/7.55, 340/56, 340/7.51, 340/7.52, 340/7.47, 340/7.35, 340/7.27, 340/7.32, 340/7.43, 340/7.38, 340/7.33, 370/314, 370/311, 370/252
• US Class Current: 340/7.52
• 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:

a memory section for storing a received message;

a display section;

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

means for causing messages that are received within a predetermined period to be displayed en bloc, such that said received messages are combined to form a single message on the display section.

2. 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.