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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1997
John M. Burgan, North Palm Beach, FL (US);
Kenneth S. Lerner, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A communication device such as pager ( ) includes a controller ( ) which decodes an incoming high priority message ( ) and stores it in memory ( ). A user control ( ) such as a “Read” control switch is then used to present at least a portion of the high priority message on a display ( ). Once the high priority message has been read, the message data of the high priority message is persistently presented on display until a user decides to delete the message. Depending on the size of the display, a portion or all of the message data is presented. If the display is too small to accommodate at one time all message data of a high priority message, portions of the message data of the high priority message are displayed for a predetermined period on a rotating basis. If there are more than one high priority message that are to be persistently displayed, each high priority message is displayed for a predetermined period on a rotating basis.