Radio selective calling receiver

Details Radio selective calling receiver Radio selective calling receiver

1999-01-11

2001-08-07

Bost, Dwayne (Department: 2681)

Telecommunications

Transmitter and receiver at separate stations

C340S870030, C340S870030, C455S039000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06272319

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a radio selective calling receiver and, more particularly, to a radio selective calling receiver that can use a schedule function.
As a conventional radio selective calling receiver, for example, a receiver like the one disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-55969 is available. This radio selective calling receiver includes a schedule storage means for storing schedule time zones and notification means corresponding to the time zones. The receiver compares the reception time of a received call signal with the time zones stored in the schedule storage means, and selects a notification means corresponding to the time zone including the reception time from the schedule storage means. The receiver then performs notification by using the selected notification means.
In this case, the user sets schedule time zones and notification means corresponding to the time zones in the schedule storage means in accordance with his/her schedule every time he/she sets it. That is, in the conventional radio selective calling receiver, the user inputs schedule time zones and notification means corresponding to the time zones and stores them in the schedule storage means every time he/she sets his/her schedule.
Recently, in the above radio selective calling receiver, the user inputs schedule data together with icons indicating the contents of the respective schedule data, thereby allowing the user to determine the contents of each schedule data with a quick glimpse at the corresponding icon. In this case, the user must set icons as well as schedule time zones and notification means corresponding to the time zones every time he/she sets his schedule. This operation is troublesome for the user.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made to solve this problem, and has as its object to provide a radio selective calling receiver that can simplify schedule input operation.
In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a radio selective calling receiver comprising a plurality of notification means for notifying reception of a call signal to the receiver, schedule means for allowing to input schedule time zones and icons indicating contents of schedule events in the respective time zones, schedule storage means for storing the schedule time zones and icons, which are input by using the schedule means, in correspondence with each other, notification function storage means for storing notification means, of the plurality of notification means, which is selected and set in correspondence with each icon indicating the contents of the schedule, and notification control means for, when receiving the call signal, identifying an icon indicating the contents of the schedule event in the time zone including the reception time on the basis of the schedule time zones stored in the schedule storage means and the reception time of the call signal, selecting a notification means corresponding to the icon from the notification means stored in the notification function storage means, and performing notification by using the selected notification means.


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