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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1997
Kuniaki Koga, Shizuoka, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An illustration control section 41 contained in a control section 4 stores a lapsed time T after reception of the received message which is obtained from a timer 18 in a RAM 20. Further, a ROM 19 stores illustrations according with the respective lapsed times T for a plurality of periods. When a carrier pushes a display switch 16, the control section 4 displays a received message in a display section 11. Here, the illustration control section 41 reads out an illustration according with the lapsed time T after reception of the message to be displayed from a ROM 19, and displays the illustration together with the received message. If the illustration expresses feelings by a smiling face, a straight face, an angry face or the like, it is possible to readily call the carrier's attention to the lapsed time T.