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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4928086 | Pager receiver having a common timer circuit for both sequential lock-out and out-of-range A pager receiver includes at least one lock-out circuit, an out-of range circuit, and a single timer coupled to the lock-out and out-of range circuits and responsive to timing signals generated by the pager for generating an initiated one of either the lo... | 05/22/1990 |
| 4918438 | Paging receiver having audible and vibrator annunciating means A paging receiver which includes a conventional receiver circuit for receiving a paging signal, having a page number that identifies the intended recipient, a memory for storing a unique page number which is assigned to that particular receiver and a deco... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4910510 | System for off-the-air reprogramming of communication receivers A communication receiver is disclosed which can decode signals transmitted by radio frequency propagation. A programmable controller uses instructions in a non-volatile reprogrammable memory to decode and process the signals, and to output the information... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4904992 | Radio with message reception and ambient noise level controlled indicator A radio (10) measures and stores (16, 18) the ambient sound (or noise) level of its environment. When a message is received, the current noise (or sound) level is compared to a threshold (56). If the ambient noise level is such that an audible tone may no... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4893351 | Communication receiver having a remote alert device An apparatus for generating a remote alert signal in a communication receiver, the apparatus includes a remote alerting device, a latching receptacle enclosed within a casing of the receiver, and an electrical connector cable. The latching receptacle incl... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4885577 | Paging system for providing a data message and a voice message to a unique address of a paging receiver A paging system is provided for transferring data and voice messages to a unique address of a paging receiver. The system includes a paging controller, an encoder, a transmitter, and a paging receiver. The paging controller receives voice and data informa... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4872005 | Paging receiver capable of reminding a user of an important message event An electronic paging receiver for reminding a user of an important event includes a time of day clock for recording the time when a data message is received. The paging receiver computes a future alert time to remind the user of the receipt of the data me... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4860335 | Method for notifying of a call arrival A call arrival notification method for a motor vehicle provided with a telephone system and a theft-preventing system allows the telephone system to be set to the call arrival notification mode. When a call arrives in the call arrival notification mode, t... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4851829 | Paging receiver with alert indicating status of memory The present invention relates to a paging receiver and a method for generating an alert indicating the status of memory. The paging receiver includes a plurality of memory storage areas, each memory storage storing a received message and including a corre... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4829466 | Paging device with modifiable operational characteristics An battery powered, adaptive signal decoder is disclosed which is capable of processing detected encoded signals in accordance with a plurality of decoding schemes. The decoder has an equivalent microcomputer implementation. Energy conservation means oper... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4803487 | Portable communications receiver with separate information presentation means A personal message receiving apparatus is described including a portable communications receiver, intended to be carried by the user, which receives, detects and stores messages transmitted on a first radio frequency communication channel. The stored mess... | 02/07/1989 |
| 4796024 | Selective calling receiver with automatic memory storage and turn-on indication A selective calling receiver with automatic memory storage and turn-on indication is disclosed. When the receiver is placed in the called state by an incoming signal, audible and/or visual indicator signals actuated by the incoming signal are automaticall... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4755816 | Battery saving method for a selective call radio paging receiver In a battery powered radio paging receiver, a battery saving method extends battery life and prevents the loss of messages stored in volatile random access memory. Upon receipt of a message, a plurality of alerting devices (vibrators, LCD back-lights, LED... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4649538 | Radio paging device with improved test modes A radio paging test system for testing the sensitivity of a radio receiver which receives a group of transmitted signals from a transmitter. Each transmitted signal in the group of transmitted signals is detected ad then compared to a reference signal to ... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4633515 | Emergency broadcast alert detector An emergency broadcast alert detector having a radio receiver scanning among several predetermined frequencies. The audio output of the radio receiver is connected to a noise detector that allows scanning to continue as long as noise indicative of no sign... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4602254 | Paging receiver which is resettable with external-noise detector A paging receiver includes a noise detector for detecting an external noise component applied to a housing of the paging receiver, and a reset circuit having a timer which is started in response to an output from the noise detector and which generates a r... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4479261 | Battery saving circuit for paging receiver A battery saving circuit for a battery powered receiver composed of a receiving section, a waveform shaping section and a control section, the waveform shaping section requiring a predetermined time after being connected to the power supply to become oper... | 10/23/1984 |
| 4392135 | Paging receivers A paging receiver is provided having an information setter that includes a memory device for storing call numbers assigned the receiver to enable it to determine when it has been individually selected by a radio paging message. In addition to the call num... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4352091 | Radio pager having optional annunciating means A radio paging receiver uses a receiver section for receiving and demodulating paging signals. A decoder section decodes the paging signals and a tone is generated in response thereto. When the center of slide switch is in normal position, the tone signal... | 09/28/1982 |
| 4313035 | Method of providing person locator service A method is disclosed of using the public switched telephone network, including the CCIS (Common Channel Interoffice Signaling) system, to provide nationwide personal locator telephone service for called subscribers. In accordance with the service, a call... | 01/26/1982 |
| 4155042 | Disaster alert system A disaster alert system is disclosed which consists of two major sub-systems. The first sub-system is a central disaster alert station which transmits coded R.F. activation signals specifying the geographic area and/or the official personnel to be alerted... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4072903 | Storage circuit for paging radio receivers Conventional paging receivers are provided with a circuit which, when a predetermined paging signal is received, produces an audible sound that alerts the user that he is being paged. The audible sound continues until the page is completed or until the us... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4010461 | Alerting system with dual-address memory A dual address paging receiver is described having page memory for automatically storing a page in the mode addressed if the user does not reset the receiver within a prescribed time interval after an alert signal is started. After a page is stored it can... | 03/01/1977 |
| 4010460 | Alerting system with memory A paging receiver is described having page memory for automatically storing a page if the user does not reset the receiver within a prescribed time interval after an alert signal is started. After a page is stored it can be recalled from page memory by op... | 03/01/1977 |
