US6085068A

4G,3G,2G

Title

Method and apparatus for informing a user of message status in a communication device

Application Number:

US19970912711

Publication Date:

04-07-2000

Current Assignee:

Family ID:

Application Date:

18-08-1997

Publication Country:

US

Priority Date:

21-02-1996

Declaring Company:

Abstract  Abstract

A communication device (125) receives a signal in which messages are included. The communication device (125) includes a decoder (215) for recovering a received message from the signal and a message status element (250) for determining whether the received message is of a first type or a second type of message. Transmission of an acknowledgment by the communication device (125) indicative of a presentation of the received message to a user occurs in response to presentation of a message of the first type and transmission of an acknowledgment by the communication device indicative of a presentation of the received message to a user does not occur in response to presentation of a message of the second type. The communication device (125) further includes a display (230) for visually presenting information to the user by which the user is alerted to whether the received message is of the first or the second type.

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