Telecommunications – Transmitter and receiver at separate stations
Reexamination Certificate
1998-08-06
2001-06-19
Cumming, William (Department: 2684)
Telecommunications
Transmitter and receiver at separate stations
C340S870030
Reexamination Certificate
active
06249668
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a radio pager which receives messages by way of an information delivery service provided by an information delivery provider, to an incoming call paging method for use with the radio pager, and to a message reading method for use with the radio pager.
In an existing information delivery service which utilizes a radio pager for selectively paging a user by radio, messages received by the radio pager are classified, divided and stored into hierarchical folders of individual addresses, and the thus-stored messages are managed. The radio pager is selectively set with regard to whether or not to notify the user of the arrival of all incoming information messages for each address each time an incoming message arrives. When the information message stored in a folder is to be read, the address of that information message is selected, and a target folder is selected and determined by retrieving folders in descending order from the highest-order folder to a lower-order folder. Thus, the information message is read.
However, the existing radio pager mentioned above is arranged so as to select whether or not to notify the user of the arrival of all incoming information messages for each address each time an incoming information message arrives. Because of such a configuration, it has been impossible to selectively set the radio pager on a per-field basis in such a way as to notify the user of the arrival of a message in some field but not to notify the user of the arrival of a message in another field. Further, when an incoming message is to be read, folders must be retrieved in descending order from the highest-order folder to a lower-order folder, thus consuming much time to read the message.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is aimed at solving such a problem of the existing radio pager, and the object of the present invention is to provide a radio pager, an incoming message paging method, and a message reading method, all of which enable the user to immediately obtain a desired information item by the user being notified of a desired information message or by reading the message on a per-message basis in a prioritized manner.
To accomplish the foregoing object, the present invention causes a paging control section to page the user in a prioritized manner only when a new message is stored into at least one of a plurality of folders or causes a display control section to display the arrival of an incoming message so that the user can become aware of the arrival of the message. Further, so long as a folder into which a desired information item stored is set as a shortcut folder, even in a case where a message is stored into a folder located at a deep level of hierarchical folders pertaining to a certain address, a message stored in a specified folder can be immediately read without retrieval of other folders.
An invention defined in aspect 1 of the present patent application is directed to a radio pager comprising:
a message identification section for classifying and dividing according to addresses messages delivered by way of an information delivery service;
a folder management section which stores the thus-divided messages into individual specified folders and manages the messages of an individual folder for each level in a hierarchy;
means for notifying the user of the arrival of a message; and
a folder setting section which sets the pager in such a way as to notify the user, in a prioritized manner, of the arrival of an incoming message at a specified folder. The present invention enables the user to be notified of a desired information message or reading of a desired information message, in an individual and prioritized manner.
An invention defined in aspect 2 of the present patent application is directed to an incoming message paging method characterized by the feature that
when a new message is stored into at least one specified folder of a plurality of folders into which messages delivered by way of an information delivery service are stored, the message is invoked by paging control means in a prioritized manner or a message arrival indication is displayed by a display control section in a prioritized manner. The present invention enables the user to immediately become aware of the arrival of a desired information message.
An invention defined in aspect 3 of the present patent application is directed to a message reading method characterized by the feature that even in a case where a desired information message is stored in a folder located at a lower level hierarchy among folders pertaining to a certain address, a message can be immediately read from a specified folder by setting to a shortcut folder a folder into which a desired information message is stored among hierarchically-managed folders. The present invention enables a desired information message to be immediately read.
According to aspect 4 of the present patent application, the radio pager as defined in aspect 1 is further characterized by the feature that the paging control section is set so as to invoke the message in a prioritized manner or the display control section is set so as to display a message arrival indication in a prioritized manner when at least one folder is specified by way of the folder setting section and a new message is stored in that folder. The present invention enables the user to immediately become aware of the arrival of a desired information message.
According to aspect 5 of the present patent application, the radio pager as defined in aspect 1 is further characterized by the feature that even in a case where a desired information message is stored in a folder located at a lower level hierarchy among folders pertaining to a certain address, a message stored in a specified folder can be immediately read by setting to a shortcut folder a folder into which a desired message is stored by way of the folder setting section. The present invention enables a desired information message to be immediately read.
According to aspect 6 of the present patent application, the radio pager as defined in aspect 1 is further characterized by the feature that the paging control section is set so as to invoke the message in a prioritized manner or the display control section is set so as to display a message arrival indication in a prioritized manner when at least one folder is specified by way of the folder setting section and a new message is stored in that folder; and such that even in a case where a desired information message is stored in a folder located at a lower level hierarchy among folders pertaining to a certain address, the message can be immediately read from a specified folder by setting to a shortcut folder a folder into which a desired information message is stored.
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Abe Akihiro
Abe Yasushi
Ishii Keiko
Wada Akihiko
Corsaro Nick
Cumming William
Matsushita Electric - Industrial Co., Ltd.
Pearne & Gordon LLP
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