Method of presenting messages for a selective call receiver
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsJoan S. DeLuca, Amy R. Kabcenell, Richard E. Johnson
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Abstract
A selective call receiver (200) is capable of receiving messages and storing the messages for subsequent retrieval by a user. The selective call receiver (200) assigns a status designation (706) and a chronological order (704) to each stored message, and further prioritizes the messages in a sequential order being prioritized first by a priority of the status designation (706) assigned to the messages and then further prioritized therewithin according to the chronological order (704) assigned to the messages. The selective call receiver (200) then presents the messages to the user in the sequential order for the messages.
Claims10
A selective call receiver, comprising:
- a receiver for selectively receiving messages;
- a memory coupled to the receiver for storing the messages;
- means coupled to the memory and to the receiver for assigning a chronological order to each of the messages stored in the memory based on an order in which the messages are received, and also for assigning a status designation, other than the chronological order, to the messages, and further for prioritizing the messages in a sequential order being prioritized first by a priority of the status designation assigned to the messages and then further prioritized therewithin according to the chronological order assigned to the messages;
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- means coupled to the memory for displaying message indicators to a user to represent the messages stored in the memory, the displayed message indicators capable of being organized to represent the sequential order for the messages.
A method for representing stored messages to a user of a selective call receiver, comprising the steps of:
- receiving messages;
- storing messages;
- assigning a chronological order to each of the stored messages based on an order in which the messages are received;
- assigning at least one status designation, other than the chronological order, to each of the stored messages;
- prioritizing the stored messages in a sequential order according to first a priority of the status designation assigned to the messages and then further a priority therewithin according to the chronological order assigned to the messages;
- and
- displaying message indicators on a display screen to represent the messages, the message indicators being organized in the sequential order to represent the sequential order priority of the stored messages to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.