Motorola Corporation

Michael R Marrs

Robert D Lloyd

Gerald R King

William J Scarpone

Selective call receiver

A communication system (100) for alerting a user based upon content of messages transmitted to the user includes a terminal (105) for generating and transmitting a message having first and second recipient identifications (IDs) and first and second alert codes. A radio receiver (110) receives the message and determines whether the first recipient ID is equivalent to an ID associated with the radio receiver (110). When the first recipient ID is equivalent to an ID associated with the radio receiver (110), the radio receiver (110) selects one of the at least first and second alert codes based upon a location of the first recipient ID within the message and generates an alert associated with the one of the at least first and second alert codes.

Method and apparatus for generating alerts based upon content of

Electronic display panel for a selective call receiver

A radio receiver (50) for establishing a message debiting system has a receiver (54) for receiving message information and a memory (104) for storing the received message information to be presented to a user of the radio receiver (50). The radio receiver (50) includes a debit meter (72) which indicates a number of available credit units for enabling the presentation of the stored message information. The stored message information is processed a decoder/controller (56) and a number of debit units is calculated from a parameter of the stored message information. The number of debit units of the stored message is debited from the indicated number of credit units of the debit meter to enable the presentation of the stored message information. The stored message is disabled from being presented to the user when the number of available credit units of the debit meter (72) is depleted.

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Parkland, FL, United States of America

Michael R Marrs