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Method and device for erasing message from wireless communication device having a paging function

US6343219B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 2, 1999
Grant dateJan 29, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 2, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/6505
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A message erasing method for a wireless communications device having a paging function, the method including a step of indicating received messages according to chronological order (on an LCD display); a step in which the user views the display and specifies the position of a message to be erased (by means of a jog dial); and a step of erasing all the messages received before the specified message (by means of a jog dial). By use of this method, the user can readily erase a plurality of unneeded messages.

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