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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:
Aug. 04, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 09, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Allen Hymel, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Thomas L Klein, West Palm Beach, FL (US);
Christian D Herrick, Duluth, GA (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082544 ; 340311 ; 34082548 ; 340521 ; 3403111 ; 455 384 ;
Abstract
A messaging device (100) for generating alerts indicative of message reception includes a receiver (105) for receiving a message, a memory (125, 130, 140) in which information unrelated to the alerts is stored, and an alert device (155) for generating, to announce message reception, an alert that is a function of bits of the information.