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Apparatus for communicating multi-lingual messages and method therefor

US6429770B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 21, 2000
Grant dateAug 6, 2002
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Expiry dateFeb 7, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/022
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication system (100) includes a radio transmitter (116) and a SCR (selective call receiver) (122). The radio transmitter includes a transmitting device (404), and a controller (408) adapted to receive a message from a source, select at least one address identifying the SCR and identifying a language origin of the message, and cause the transmitting device to transmit the at least one address and the message to the SCR. The SCR includes a receiving device (504), a presentation device (518), and a processor (508) adapted to cause the receiving device to receive the at least one address and the message transmitted by the radio transmitter, determine the language origin of the message based on the at least one address, process the message into presentable data corresponding to the language origin, and cause the presentation device to present the message according to the presentable data.

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