Method and apparatus for delivering a subscriber-customized group message in a selective call messaging system
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorTerence Edward Sumner
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Abstract
A selective call messaging system delivers (602, 604, 606) a master message (324) addressed to a first group of subscriber units (102) and a corresponding records message (326) addressed to a second group of subscriber units. The records message comprises a record (514). A subscriber unit of the second group presents (736) a subscriber-customized group message (332) to a user. The subscriber-customized group message is formed (722, 726, 730, 734) from the master message and from at least one of the record, and local information (328) stored in the subscriber unit.
Claims17
A method in a selective call messaging system for delivering a subscriber-customized group message, the method comprising the steps of:
- delivering a master message addressed to a first group of subscriber units and a corresponding records message addressed to a second group of subscriber units, the records message comprising a plurality of records, each record including subscriber-customized information corresponding to a subscriber unit that will receive the records message;
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- when the subscriber-customized group message has been formed completely in the subscriber unit of the second group, presenting the subscriber-customized group message to a user by the subscriber unit, the subscriber-customized group message formed from the master message and from at least one of:
- one of the plurality of records corresponding to the subscriber unit, and
- local information stored in the subscriber unit.
A subscriber unit in a selective call messaging system for receiving a subscriber-customized group message, the subscriber unit comprising:
- a receiver for receiving a master message addressed to a first group of subscriber units and a corresponding records message addressed to a second group of subscriber units, the records message comprising a plurality of records, each record including subscriber-customized information corresponding to a subscriber unit that will receive the records message;
- a processing system coupled to the receiver for processing the master and records messages;
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- a user interface coupled to the processing system for cooperating with the processing system, when the subscriber-customized group message has been formed completely in the subscriber unit, to present the subscriber-customized group message to a user, the subscriber-customized group message formed from the master message and from at least one of:
- one of the plurality of records corresponding to the subscriber unit, and
- local information stored in the subscriber unit.
A controller for delivering a subscriber-customized group message, comprising:
- an input interface for receiving a master message addressed to a first group of subscriber units and a corresponding records message addressed to a second group of subscriber units, the records message comprising a plurality of records, each record including subscriber-customized information corresponding to a subscriber unit that will receive the records message;
- a processing system coupled to the input interface for processing the master and records messages and for selecting a local record from the records message to be delivered in a local records message to a subscriber unit served by the controller;
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- an output interface coupled to the processing system for delivering the master message and the local records message to the subscriber unit,
- wherein the master message and the local records message are such that they can be utilized by the subscriber unit to form the subscriber-customized group message from the master message and from at least one of:
- the local record, and
- local information stored in the subscriber unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.