Radio paging receiver in which announcement of a call is controlled in accordance with a form of a received signal
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorKazuhumi Goto
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Abstract
In the radio paging receiver having an announcing arrangement for announcing reception of a radio call signal, an operable switch (16) is provided for determining a particular mode relating to an operation of the announcing arrangement. Received with the radio call signal, a receiving arrangement produces a received signal. In accordance with a state of the operable switch and with a form of the received signal, a control section (17) controls the operation of the announcing arrangement. It is preferable that the control section inhibits the operation of the announcing arrangement when a massage is absent in the radio call signal.
Claims10
A radio paging receiver for being responsive to a radio call signal, comprising:
- receiving means for receiving said radio call signal to produce a received signal;
- announcing means for announcing announcement;
- an operable switch, operable by a user while said radio paging receiver is energized and operating, for determining a particular mode concerning to an operation of said announcing means;
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- control means connected to said receiving means, said announcing means, and said operable switch for controlling said operation of the announcing means in accordance with a state of said operable switch and whether said received signal carries a message, wherein said control means comprises:
- first judging means connected to said operable switch for judging about whether or not said operable switch determined said particular mode, said first judging means producing a particular mode signal when said operable switch determined said particular mode;
- second judging means connected to said first judging and said receiving means for judging in response to said particular mode signal about whether or not a message is present in the received signal, said second judging means producing a message absence signal when said message is absent in said received signal;
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- announcement inhibiting means connected to said second judging and said announcing means for inhibiting said operation of the announcing means in response to said message absence signal.
A method of being responsive to a radio call signal, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving said radio call signal to produce a received signal;
- announcing an announcement of said received signal;
- determining a particular mode concerning to said announcement, said determination being performed by a radio call receiver user;
- judging about whether or not said particular mode is determined by the user;
- producing a particular mode signal when said particular mode is determined;
- judging in response to said particular mode signal about whether or not a message is present in said received signal;
- producing a message absence signal when said message is absent in said received signal;
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- inhibiting said announcement in response to said message absence signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.