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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2000
Filed:
May. 30, 1997
Atsushi Katagiri, Yokohama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A selective call receiver includes a memory for storing data pieces. A data piece among the data pieces in the memory is designated as an object to be exposed to pseudo erasion. A predetermined signal is added to the designated data piece. The designated data piece with the predetermined signal is inhibited from being read out from the memory. A data piece without the predetermined signal is allowed to be read out from the memory. The predetermined signal is deleted from the designated data piece in response to a requirement for cancel of pseudo erasion. The designated data piece with the predetermined signal in the memory is erased in response to a requirement for actual erasion.