Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems
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1. A method for displaying messages on a display of a wireless portable communication device, comprising the method steps of:
- initiating a message from a message originator to a message recipient;
receiving at a message center coupled to a communication network both message originator information provided automatically by the communications network as the caller ID identifying the telephone number of the message originator, and a non-facsimile picture obtained from the message originator prior to transmitting the caller ID to a wireless portable communication device;
causing the communications network to wirelessly transmit the caller ID and the picture from the message center to the wireless portable communication device;
storing in a memory of the wireless portable communication device a contact database having a plurality of entries, each entry comprised of at least one telephone number and one name corresponding to the at least one telephone number;
receiving data including the caller ID at the wireless portable communication device;
comparing the received data with the contact database, to determine if the telephone number associated with the caller ID received matches a telephone number or name in any of the contact database entries;
displaying contact database data on the display of the wireless portable communication device that corresponds to the received data; and
displaying on the display of the wireless portable communication device a message prompting the user to enter additional data corresponding to the received data, if the received data does not match any telephone number or name in the contact database.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method provide a database in a pager that contains menus that may be displayed on a pager display. A paging service sends a page including an identification, retrieves a menu from the pager database and displays the menu. The pager responds to the page based on a selection selected from the displayed menu.
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1. A method for displaying messages on a display of a wireless portable communication device, comprising the method steps of:
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initiating a message from a message originator to a message recipient; receiving at a message center coupled to a communication network both message originator information provided automatically by the communications network as the caller ID identifying the telephone number of the message originator, and a non-facsimile picture obtained from the message originator prior to transmitting the caller ID to a wireless portable communication device; causing the communications network to wirelessly transmit the caller ID and the picture from the message center to the wireless portable communication device; storing in a memory of the wireless portable communication device a contact database having a plurality of entries, each entry comprised of at least one telephone number and one name corresponding to the at least one telephone number; receiving data including the caller ID at the wireless portable communication device; comparing the received data with the contact database, to determine if the telephone number associated with the caller ID received matches a telephone number or name in any of the contact database entries; displaying contact database data on the display of the wireless portable communication device that corresponds to the received data; and displaying on the display of the wireless portable communication device a message prompting the user to enter additional data corresponding to the received data, if the received data does not match any telephone number or name in the contact database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A wireless portable communication device for use by a message recipient for receiving a picture from a message originator having a telephone number, comprising:
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a receiver operably coupled to receive a message from a message center over a wireless-connection, the message including a non-facsimile picture supplied by the message originator and a caller ID automatically provided by a communications network that identifies the telephone number of the message originator, the message originator sending the caller ID with the picture to the message center; a microprocessor for extracting the received message from the message center, the message including the telephone number associated with the caller ID; a memory for storing a personal name directory including a plurality of entries, each entry including at least one telephone number and at least one name associated with said telephone number; a comparator for searching the personal name directory to determine a match between the telephone number in the received message associated with the caller ID and a telephone number in any of the entries of the personal name directory; and a display for displaying data from the personal name directory entry corresponding to the telephone number in the received message, such that the display displays a message prompting the user to enter additional data corresponding to the telephone number received in the message if the telephone number received in the message does not match a telephone number in the personal name directory. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A wireless portable communication device for use by a message recipient for receiving a picture from a message originator having a telephone number, comprising:
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a receiver operably coupled to receive a message from a message center over a wireless connection, the message including a non-facsimile picture supplied by the message originator and a caller ID automatically provided by a communications network that identifies the telephone number of the message originator, the message originator sending the caller ID with the picture to the message center; a microprocessor for extracting a received message including said caller ID, the message including the telephone number of the message originator associated with said caller ID; a display for displaying the message; a memory for storing a personal name directory including a plurality of entries, each entry including at least one telephone number and at least one message associated with said at least one telephone number; and
,a unit for searching the personal name directory to determine a match between the telephone number in the received message and a telephone number in any of the entries of the personal name directory, for displaying on the display a message of the personal name directory entry corresponding to the telephone number in the received message or displaying a default message indicating that the telephone number in the received message is not in the personal name directory entries and for displaying a message prompting a user to create an entry for the telephone number received in the received message. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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