Method of selectively inhibiting message display in radio pager
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorHisashi Kondo
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Abstract
In order to prevent unintentional display of messages to the view of a person or persons other than the subscriber, a radio pager is arranged to inhibit the display of an incoming message and/or inhibit the messages already stored in a memory to be displaced. The pager detects the display prohibition by checking the presence of control codes stored in a memory provided for storing the messages. The display prohibition can be set or removed via the selective manipulation of one or more of three switches.
Claims11
A method of selectively prohibiting and allowing display of massages which have been stored in a memory of a display function equipped pager, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) entering into a pager function control menu mode;
- (b) selecting a display control menu of stored messages;
- (c) selecting a message stored in the pager for checking to see if the display of the message selected is prohibited;
- (d) implementing 2 check to see if the display of the message selected is prohibited by checking the presence of a control code stored in said memory and assigned to the message selected;
- (e) displaying the message selected if the display of the message selected is permitted, prohibiting the display of the message selected by writing said control code into said memory or selecting a next message stored in the pager for checking to see if the display of the next message is prohibited, and returning to step (d);
- (f) displaying a notification indicative of display prohibition if the display of the message selected is prohibited, canceling the display prohibition by deleting the control code from said memory or selecting a next message stored in the pager for checking to see if the display of the next message is prohibited, and returning to step (d).
A method of selectively prohibiting and allowing display of messages which have been stored in a memory of a display function equipped pager,
- the pager including a function controller having a plurality of subscriber manipulating switches,
- said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) entering into a pager function control menu mode via said function controller;
- (b) selecting a display control menu of stored messages via said function controller;
- (c) selecting a message stored in said memory via said function controller;
- (d) checking to see if a control code is assigned to the message selected;
- (e) if said control code is not assigned to the message selected, (1) displaying the message selected, and (2) if the message selected should not be displayed, writing said control code into said memory via said function controller to assign said control code to said message selected;
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- (f) if said control code is assigned to the message selected, (1) displaying a notification indicative of display prohibition, and (2) if the message selected should be displayed, deleting said control code from said memory via said function controller.
A method of selectively prohibiting and allowing display of a message received by a display function equipped pager,
- the pager including a memory for storing messages received and a function controller having a plurality of subscriber manipulating switches,
- said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) entering into a pager function control menu mode via said function controller;
- (b) selecting an incoming message display control menu via said function controller;
- (c) writing a control code into a predetermined memory location of said memory by way of said function controller if an incoming message should not be displayed;
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- (d) deleting said control code from said predetermined memory location by way of said function controller if the incoming message should be displayed;
- wherein said function controller includes first, second and third switches,
- said first switch being used to execute step (a),
- said second switch being used to execute steps (c) and (d), and
- said third switch being used to execute step (b).
A method of selectively prohibiting and allowing display of a message received by a display function equipped pager,
- the pager including a memory for storing messages received and a function controller having a plurality of subscriber manipulating switches,
- said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) entering into a pager function control menu mode via said function controller;
- (b) selecting an incoming message display control menu via said function controller;
- (c) if an incoming message should not be displayed, writing a control code into a predetermined memory location of said memory by way of said function controller without affecting whether messages already stored in the memory can be displayed;
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- (d) if the incoming message should be displayed, deleting said control code from said predetermined memory location by way of said function controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.