Method and apparatus for improved paging receiver and system
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1. A portable terminal comprising:
- a receiver unit for receiving a radio call signal including a pager message that includes caller identification data automatically supplied from a telephone network;
a storage medium for storing telephone numbers as an electronic telephone directory;
a processor for extracting a numeral string from the pager message received by the receiver unit andretrieving from said storage medium telephone numbers that include the numeral string; and
a display unit for displaying the telephone numbers retrieved by the processor, wherein a plurality of telephone numbers are displayed as candidates if a plurality of telephone numbers are retrieved by the processor.
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Abstract
A processor extracts a numeral string from a pager message which has been received via a pager antenna and a pager-signal receiving unit, and retrieves a telephone number including that numeral from a built-in telephone directory memory. The retrieved telephone number is displayed on a display unit, making it possible to determine a complete telephone number.
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1. A portable terminal comprising:
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a receiver unit for receiving a radio call signal including a pager message that includes caller identification data automatically supplied from a telephone network; a storage medium for storing telephone numbers as an electronic telephone directory; a processor for extracting a numeral string from the pager message received by the receiver unit and retrieving from said storage medium telephone numbers that include the numeral string; and a display unit for displaying the telephone numbers retrieved by the processor, wherein a plurality of telephone numbers are displayed as candidates if a plurality of telephone numbers are retrieved by the processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A portable terminal comprising:
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a receiver unit for receiving a radio call signal including a pager message that includes caller identification data automatically supplied from a telephone network; a storage medium for storing telephone numbers as an electronic telephone directory; a processor for extracting a numeral string from the pager message received by the receiver unit and retrieving from said storage medium telephone numbers that include the numeral string; and a display unit for displaying the telephone numbers retrieved by the processor, wherein a plurality of telephone numbers are displayed as candidates if a plurality of telephone numbers are retrieved by the processor, and wherein the numeral string includes at least one of DTMF data and caller identification. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. In a portable terminal, a method comprising:
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receiving a radio call signal including a pager message that includes caller identification data automatically supplied from a telephone network; extracting a numeral string from the received pager message; retrieving from a storage medium telephone numbers that include the numeral string; and displaying the retrieved telephone numbers, wherein a plurality of telephone numbers are displayed as candidates if a plurality of telephone numbers are retrieved from the storage medium. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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