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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. 11, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tomoshi Sone, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082544 ; 345 88 ;
Abstract
A selective calling receiver previously stores a plurality of visual patterns which are different in area from each other on screen. A counter function counts the number of times a single message was received for a predetermined period and then, according to the number of times the single message was received, a single visual pattern is selected from the stored visual patterns. The single message is displayed with the single visual pattern on screen. The visual pattern is preferably displayed with a selected attribute such as color and/or blinking cycle which are determined according to the number of times the single message was received.