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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1999
Yasuko Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a communication apparatus, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) determines whether or not a message codeword included in a received message begins with a background picture display command. If a background picture display commands heads the message codeword, the CPU reads a background picture designated by a symbol following the command out of a ROM (Read Only Memory) If the message codeword includes a fixed sentence command, then the CPU reads a fixed sentence designated by a symbol following the command out of a ROM Each fixed sentence is associated a particular background picture stored in the ROM and is displayed in a particular format in the background picture. As a result, each fixed sentence read out of the ROM is displayed in a particular area on the basis of a background picture read out of the ROM Further, when the message codeword includes a position command or a font command, the CPU controls the position or the font of characters to be displayed in accordance with the command.