Motorola Corporation

Nancy E Mondrosch

Gregory L Cannon

William J Macko

Gregory W Fuller

Nichola B Hosack

Richard A Hill

Edward H Robinson

A method, in a data communication receiver, for selectively alerting a user at specified times, wherein the data communication receiver includes an interface for transmitting data to a host computer and an annunciator for generating a sensible alert, comprises the steps of receiving (505) an alarm message, wherein the alarm message comprises information indicating a time, and storing (505) the time. The method further comprises the steps of determining (510) an interface status as being coupled to the host computer or detached from the host computer and selectively activating (520) the annunciator at the time in response to determining (510) the interface status.

Method and apparatus for receiving and selectively announcing

A selective call messaging peripheral (100) capable of receiving at least one message and communicating it to an electronic information processing device (200) comprises a microcontroller (105) including a processor (106) for executing a microcode program that controls operation of the peripheral and a receiver (103) that operates to receive and demodulate an information signal to provide a recovered information signal including an address signal and the message. A correlator (109) compares the recovered address signal with a predetermined address and generates an address detection indicating selection of the peripheral. A Personal Computer Memory Card Interface Association (PCMCIA) memory only interface (119) communicates notification of address detection to the electronic information processing device (200), and in response to a message read command received from the electronic information processing device (200), the microcontroller (105) configures the PCMCIA interface (119) to permit the electronic information processing device (200) to read the message from the peripheral (100).

Selective call receiver with computer interface message notification

A radio receiver (110) for receiving messages from a plurality of sources includes a message database (252) for storing the messages and sources from which the messages originate and a processing unit (220) for determining whether each source has a status of anchored or unanchored. The processing unit (220) further flags last received messages from anchored sources to indicate that the last received messages are anchored messages which are to be deleted only after deletion of unanchored messages which are not flagged as anchored messages.

Method and apparatus for prioritizing deletion of received messages

A method and apparatus in a selective call receiver allow a user to receive maildrop message without losing access to previously received but unread maildrop messages in the same message slot. The selective call receiver comprises an address correlator (107) which determines whether received selective call signals comprise an individual or maildrop address assigned to the selective call receiver. A message memory (122) comprises an individual message portion (126) having an individual memory directory (127) and a maildrop message portion (128) having a maildrop memory directory (129). A processor (112) determines whether the decoded selective call message is an individual message or a maildrop message (204), determines whether a previously received maildrop message stored in the maildrop portion of the memory and having a maildrop address equivalent to the maildrop address of the decoded selective call message is 'read' or 'unread' (216), and provides identification information corresponding to the previously received one of the maildrop messages from the maildrop memory directory means to the individual memory directory means (222) if the previously received one of the maildrop messages is 'unread'.

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Nancy E Mondrosch