Annunciating apparatus, and associated method, for selectably annunciating message termination at a radio communication device
First Claim
1. In a cellular radio communication system including a radio device having radio receiver circuitry for receiving messages having user-perceivable message content, an improvement of apparatus for annunciating the reception of a message having user-perceivable message content thereat, said apparatus comprising:
- an examiner coupled to receive indications of the user-perceivable content at least within a payload of the message, the examiner examining the indications to determine whether the content within the payload is described by a pre-determined annunciation rule;
a memory device accessible to the examiner for storing pre-determined annunciation rules;
a determiner coupled to receive indications of examinations made by said examiner, said determiner for determining whether or not to annunciate reception of the message and, only if reception of the message is to be annunciated, determining in what manner to annunciate reception of the message; and
an annunciator coupled to receive indications of determinations made by said determiner, said annunciator for annunciating reception at the radio device of the message in a manner responsive to determinations by said determiner in order to selectively alert a user that the message has been received.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, selectably annunciates a message or call terminating at a mobile station. Examination is made of an indicia of the terminating message or call, and responsive thereto, selected annunciation is made of the terminating message or call. Determination of whether, and in what manner, to annunciate the terminating message or call is made responsive to a rule-set selected by the user of the mobile station.
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1. In a cellular radio communication system including a radio device having radio receiver circuitry for receiving messages having user-perceivable message content, an improvement of apparatus for annunciating the reception of a message having user-perceivable message content thereat, said apparatus comprising:
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an examiner coupled to receive indications of the user-perceivable content at least within a payload of the message, the examiner examining the indications to determine whether the content within the payload is described by a pre-determined annunciation rule; a memory device accessible to the examiner for storing pre-determined annunciation rules; a determiner coupled to receive indications of examinations made by said examiner, said determiner for determining whether or not to annunciate reception of the message and, only if reception of the message is to be annunciated, determining in what manner to annunciate reception of the message; and an annunciator coupled to receive indications of determinations made by said determiner, said annunciator for annunciating reception at the radio device of the message in a manner responsive to determinations by said determiner in order to selectively alert a user that the message has been received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a method for communicating in a cellular radio communication system including a cellular radio device having radio receiver circuitry for receiving messages having user-perceivable content, an improvement for annunciating the reception of the message thereat, said method comprising:
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examining indications of the user-perceivable content communicated to the cellular radio device to determine whether the content is described by a predetermined annunciation rule, the content being at least within a payload of the message; determining whether or not to annunciate reception of the message and, only if reception of the message is to be annunciated, determining in what manner to annunciate reception of the message; and annunciating reception at the cellular radio device of the message determiner in order to selectively alert a user that the message has been received. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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