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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2000
Keith K. Wong, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A communication system ( ) uses commercial, mass market paging transmission facilities ( ) to deliver messages ( ′) to a population of reception devices ( ). Each reception device ( ) includes a display screen ( ) at which lines ( ) of national and local news and advertising, a banner advertising box ( ) and a clock ( ) are displayed. Line buttons ( ′) are aligned with the displayed lines ( ). The reception device ( ) is configured so that a user may press a line button ( ′) aligned with a particular line ( ) scrolling on the display screen ( ) to view additional details related to the subject matter of the particular line ( ). Selected lines ( ) include alert activating codes ( ) which signal the reception device ( ), when enabled, to activate an alert which attracts the user's attention to those selected lines ( ).