Patent ID: 6323783
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A device for at least one of generating and displaying time information and receiving transmitted coded message signals, the device comprising:means for generating time information indicative of the time of day;a status information message means for:(a) determining if a first status condition is satisfied and generating a first status information message corresponding thereto; and(b) determining if a second status condition is satisfied and generating a second status information message corresponding thereto;a display for:(a) continuously displaying the time information at a first predetermined location on the display even when a status information message is being displayed; and(b) for displaying the first status information message at a second predetermined location, different from the first predetermined location, when the first status condition is satisfied, and thereafter, for displaying the second status information message at the second predetermined location when the second status condition is satisfied, and thereafter, for continually and iteratively redisplaying at least the first status information message and the second status information message at the second predetermined location on the display when the respective first and second status conditions are still satisfied;wherein the display of at least the first status information message and the second status information message are continually alternately displayed at the second predetermined location on the display; andwherein when the first status information message is being displayed on the display the second status information message is not being displayed on the display, and when the second status information message is being displayed on the display the first status information message is not being displayed on the display.