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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 384 ; 4551861 ; 455345 ; 340905 ;
Abstract
A method of processing and reproducing a coded message, which message is divided into a first and a second part, the first part including information which briefly characterizes the message. The first part is reproduced acoustically and the second part is reproduced visually. By acoustically reproducing only a part of the message, a user is distracted only briefly and need not listen to the entire message if this message is not relevant to the user. If the message is relevant to the user, the user can consult the display for the rest of the message.