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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:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Allen Hymel, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Jack P Indekeu, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455 311 ; 455 312 ; 455-51 ; 455-42 ; 455550 ; 455403 ; 455566 ;
Abstract
A wireless subscriber unit (30) contains an advertisement manager (56). The advertisement manager (56) is programmed to assign an advertisement icon (54) to a message indicator (46) on the display (42) of the wireless subscriber unit (30). Assignment of the advertisement icon (54) to the message indicator (46) associated with a message (26) may be based on a predetermined algorithm in the advertisement manager (56), or based on a notification received from the wireless communication system (10).