Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
1998-04-20
2001-05-01
Trost, William G. (Department: 2683)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S457000, C455S039000, C340S870030
Reexamination Certificate
active
06226522
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an information receiving apparatus for receiving various types of information and in particular, to an information receiving apparatus with a function for selectively displaying a message element corresponding to the current position of the apparatus.
2. Description of the Prior Art
FIG. 6
shows a conventional information receiving apparatus. Referring to
FIG. 6
, reference numeral
1
is an antenna. Reference numeral
2
is a radio portion. Reference numeral
3
is a controlling portion. Reference numeral
4
is an identification number storing portion. Reference numeral
5
is a speaker. Reference numeral
6
is a vibration motor. Reference numeral
7
is an LED. Reference numeral
8
is a displaying portion. A signal received by antenna
1
is supplied to radio portion
2
. Radio portion
2
amplitudes and demodulates the signal received from antenna
1
. The resultant signal is supplied to controlling portion
3
. Controlling portion
3
decodes the signal supplied from radio portion
2
and compares a call number in the decoded information with a call number stored in identification number storing portion
4
. When these call numbers are identical, controlling portion
3
retrieves relevant data from the decoded data. Thereafter, controlling portion
3
controls speaker
5
, vibration motor
6
, and LED
7
so that the user of the apparatus can know that a message has been received and displays the message on displaying portion
8
.
Concerning information such as weather forecasting information, the user only needs to know local information such as local weather forecasting information. In this case, however, all the information is received and displayed regardless of the location of the user. Thus, the user had to spend much time for retrieving local information among all the information. In addition, the apparatus required a large capacity of memory for storing all the information.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is made from the above-described point of view. An object of the present invention is to provide an information receiving apparatus that displays only local information without using a large amount of memory.
According to the present invention, there is provided an information receiving apparatus, which comprises: storing means for storing pairs of area information assigned for predetermined areas and area name thereof; area information detecting means for detecting area information contained in received information; area name detecting means for detecting an area name of the current position of the apparatus corresponding to the detected area information with reference to the storing means; searching means for searching for a message element for the area name of the current position of the apparatus among a message in the received information; and displaying means for displaying the searched message element on a displaying portion.
These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent in light of the following detailed description of the best mode embodiments thereof, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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Great Britain Search Report on Application No. BG 9808604.0, Oct. 1998.
NEC Corporation
Perez-Gutierrez Rafael
Scully Scott Murphy & Presser
Trost William G.
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