EP1027690A1 - Dispositif de communication et procede de mise en oeuvre - Google Patents

Dispositif de communication et procede de mise en oeuvre

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EP1027690A1
EP1027690A1 EP98950936A EP98950936A EP1027690A1 EP 1027690 A1 EP1027690 A1 EP 1027690A1 EP 98950936 A EP98950936 A EP 98950936A EP 98950936 A EP98950936 A EP 98950936A EP 1027690 A1 EP1027690 A1 EP 1027690A1
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display
message
communication device
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user
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Robert Scott Flippo
Troy Allen Bailey
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Motorola Solutions Inc
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B5/00—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
    • G08B5/22—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
    • G08B5/222—Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems
    • G08B5/223—Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems using wireless transmission
    • G08B5/224—Paging receivers with visible signalling details
    • G08B5/225—Display details

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  • This invention relates in general to radio communication devices and in particular to a radio communication device having a display and method of use thereof.
  • the pager When a message is received in a communication device such as a pager, the pager will typically alert the user by sounding an alert and /or displaying a message received symbol (icon). If the message is not read after it has been received, some pagers will provide a flashing symbol indicating to the user that he has unread messages stored in memory. Some pagers can also be programmed with reminder alerts which provide an audio alert at a given interval of time.
  • FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a pager in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 shows a front of a pager showing the pager's display and controls in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 shows the display section of the pager shown in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart which shows the steps taken in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 shows an alternate display for the pager shown in FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 6 shows an other alternate display for the pager shown in FIG.
  • Pager 100 includes a primary power supply 102 which can preferably take the form of a nonrechargeable battery, such an alkaline battery, or a rechargeable battery, such as a nickel-cadmium (NiCd) battery. Battery 102 provides power to all of the pager's circuitry.
  • the pager 100 further comprises an antenna 104 that receives a radio frequency (RF) modulated selective call signal and provides the signal to a conventional receiver circuitry 108 for demodulation thereby.
  • RF radio frequency
  • a microcontroller or microprocessor 110 processes the demodulated signal to decode an address and optional message data contain therein.
  • the controller 110 can take the form of anyone of a number of well known and commercially available microprocessors or microcontrollers, such as a Motorola 68HC05 series microcontroller.
  • the message data may be stored in the memory or storage area 112 (message buffer) for subsequent presentation by an output device 106, such as a color liquid crystal display (LCD) 106 or an audio transducer 114.
  • display 106 comprises a color LCD display, although other types of color displays as known in the art can be used.
  • Display section 106 also includes all of required display driver hardware required to drive the LCD color display as known in the art.
  • the pager's controller 110 compares a decoded address contained in the received signal with a predetermined address(es) stored in memory to determine if the message is for that particular pager.
  • the user is alerted by an alert mechanism 114 that a message has been received if the decoded address correlates with one of the predetermined address or addresses.
  • the alert mechanism 114 typically takes the form of an audio transducer, etc. If the pager 100 is set to Silent mode, no audible alert will be given upon receipt of the message. Alternatively, the pager 100 can vibrate instead of sound an audible alarm upon receipt of an incoming message if equipped with a vibrating device 118. If the received signal contains optional message data, the display 106 will present the message automatically on the display or when manually selected, by user actuated controls 116 which comprise switches, etc. In the case of voice or other types of audio messages being received, the messages can be stored in RAM or presented to the user via the pager's speaker or audio transducer 114.
  • FIG. 2 a front view of pager 100 in accordance with the invention is shown.
  • the user controls 116 include left/ right directional buttons 208, up /down directional buttons 202, a read /reset/power on button 204, and a function /select button.
  • the user controls 116 allows the pager user to set all of the pager's user selectable features and functions, and allows the user to review and delete the messages which have been received.
  • FIG. 3 a standby display for pager 100 in accordance with the invention is highlighted.
  • the color LCD display screen 106 in the standard standby mode displays the time and date of the current time zone and a "power on" icon 302.
  • the "power on" icon 302 will commence flashing.
  • Icon 302 or another icon depending on the pager's design will change color depending on the age or how long it has been since the received message(s) have gone unpresented to the user.
  • FIG. 4 a flowchart highlights the changes in color made to icon
  • step 402 it is determined if a message has been received. If a message has been received, the icon 302 commences flashing in step 404, indicating that a message has been received and stored but has yet not been read or presented to the user. In accordance with the preferred embodiment, the icon 302 will start flashing in the color black, which is the standard color used for messages presented on display 106.
  • step 406 it is determined if the received message has been read. Controller 110 determines if the received message has been read by the user by determining if the "read" message switch has been activated, in this embodiment the "read” message switch is switch 204. If it is determined that the received message has been read by the user, icon 302 is caused to stop flashing in step 414.
  • step 408 it is determined if a first time period has elapsed (e.g., 10 minutes) since the message was received but has remained unread. If it is determined that the first time period has elapsed in step 408, in step 410, icon 302 is caused to change color. As one example, from the standard black color to green. In step 412, it is again determined whether or not the received message has been read as was done in step 406. If the message has been read, the icon 302 is caused to stop flashing and it is reset to the color black in step 414.
  • a first time period e.g. 10 minutes
  • step 416 it is determined if a second time period has elapsed, for example, thirty minutes, without the received message being read by the user. If in step 416, it is determined that the second time period has elapsed, the icon 302 is caused to change color again, from green to yellow as one example. If step it is determined if the message has been read, if it has, in step 414 the icon 302 is caused to stop flashing and the color is changed back from yellow to black.
  • the above routine is executed by controller 110, with the program preferably being stored in "on-chip" read-only memory (ROM).
  • controller 110 also includes an onboard timer (s) so that it can keep track of each of the first and second time periods discussed in steps 408 and 416.
  • the routine shown in FIG. 4 can be continued for as many iterations as deemed appropriate. For example, if a third time period iteration were added to the routine, the color yellow could be changed to red, etc.
  • the present invention can support any number of color changes, in most situations, three or four color changes may be enough to give the user a good feel for the length of time a message has gone unread.
  • the predetermined periods of time e.g., steps 408 and 416 in the above example
  • the first color change could occur after thirty minutes and not ten, as one example.
  • These time thresholds can be programmed into pager 100 during manufacturing of the pager or preferably, be user programmable, in that way each individual pager user can control the color change periods. Also, preferably, the user could should also be able to program the colors he would like icon 302 to change to in each period.
  • other attributes of display 106 such as the display background color 502 may be changed over time as shown in FIG. 5.
  • Other attributes of display 106 which may be caused to change color to indicate the age of any unread messages, include but are not limited to, the display's backlight, characters located on the display, portions of the display screen 504, etc.
  • different icons 602 as shown in FIG. 6, may be used to provide the user with the length of time it has been since each individual message has been received but has remained unread.
  • the number “1” may be the indicator for the first message received
  • the number "2" would be the indicator for the second message received, etc.
  • each of the individual numbers (“1", “2", “3” , etc.) can each individually change to different colors depending on how long the messages they correspond to have gone unread.
  • the received messages will not be considered presented to the user, if the messages are not annunciated via the communication receiver's speaker or other audio generating device.
  • the same process of determining the length of time since the message has been received can also be used for voice messages.
  • commencement of the timer(s) for determining the change of colors on the display can be triggered by the reception of the message or the storage of the messages, or another criteria. This issue is open to the particular design requirements which are needed for a particular communication device design.

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Abstract

L'invention se rapporte à un dispositif de communication du type récepteur de personne (100), muni d'un afficheur couleur (106). Une icône (302), une partie de l'affichage (106) ou un autre attribut graphique, tel que le panneau lumineux de l'afficheur, change de couleur en fonction de l'ancienneté de tout message reçu par le récepteur d'appel (100) mais non présenté à l'utilisateur du dispositif de communication. Lorsque le message est lu ou écouté par l'utilisateur, ce qui se traduit par sa présentation sur l'afficheur ou sa diffusion sur un haut-parleur, l'afficheur revient à une présentation classique de l'icône (302) en couleur noire. Tant que le message n'est pas présenté à l'utilisateur, la couleur de l'icône (302) change au fil du temps en fonction de l'ancienneté du message dont la présentation à l'utilisateur reste à effectuer.
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