Communication receiver providing displayed operating instructions
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorPatrick S. Kung
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Abstract
A communication receiver (12) comprises a receiver (54) for receiving selective call signals including messages and further for receiving a receiver operating instruction, a control (82) for controlling a receiver function, a memory (67) for storing the received receiver operating instruction describing the operation of the receiver function being controlled, a retrieval circuit (58) for recalling the stored receiver operating instruction, and a display (84) for presenting the received messages, and further for presenting the recalled operating instruction. The memory (67) can also store information enabling the controllable receiver function, and both the enabling information and the receiver operating instruction can be reprogrammed to reconfigure the operation of the communication receiver.
Claims22
A communication receiver, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving selective call signals including messages, and further for receiving a receiver operating instruction;
- control means for controlling a receiver function;
- memory means for storing the received receiver operating instruction which describes the operation of the receiver function being controlled;
- retrieval means for recalling the stored receiver operating instruction;
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- presentation means for presenting the received messages, and further for presenting the recalled operating instruction.
A communication receiver, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving selective call signals including messages, and further for receiving receiver operating instructions;
- memory means for storing information enabling one or more controllable receiver functions, and further for storing received receiver operating instructions which describe the operation of the receiver functions being controlled;
- control means, responsive to the enabling information for controlling the enabled receiver functions;
- retrieval means for recalling the stored receiver operating instructions of the enabled receiver functions;
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- presentation means for presenting the received messages and further for presenting the recalled receiver operating instructions.
A communication receiver, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving selective call signals including messages, and further for receiving receiver reprogramming information including receiver control information and receiver operating instructions corresponding thereto;
- memory means for storing receiver control information enabling one or more controllable receiver functions, and further for storing receiver operating instructions describing the operation of the receiver functions being controlled;
- control means, responsive to the enabling information for controlling the enabled receiver functions;
- reconfiguration means, responsive to the received receiver reprogramming information, for reprogramming the receiver control information stored for enabling the one or more controllable receiver functions, and further for reprogramming the receiver operating instructions describing the receiver function being controlled corresponding thereto;
- retrieval means for recalling the messages, and further for recalling the receiver operating instructions of the enabled receiver functions;
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- presentation means for presenting the received messages and further for presenting the recalled receiver operating instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.