Patent ID: 6084529
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A portable terminal operable to process a radio paging message comprising:a decoder for generating an interrupt signal in response to a reception of the radio paging message and decoding the radio paging message;a memory including a plurality of blocks wherein each block comprises a data region for storing the radio paging message and a corresponding flag region for recording whether the corresponding stored radio paging message is read or unread;an indicator being located on a fixed site of a touch panel display, wherein said indicator flickers in accordance with a designated control signal; anda controller, wherein said controller interrupts a current operation of the portable terminal, stores data decoded by the decoder in the data region of the memory, and records a flag in the corresponding region of the memory when the decoded data is not read upon reception of the interrupt signal from the decoder,wherein said controller accesses respective blocks of the memory and produces said designated control signal to the indicator to control the indicator to flicker with the presence of the unread data in the memory, andwherein said controller reads and displays the unread data on the touch panel in accordance with a detection of an indicator touch in response to the indicator flickering, and stops said flickering in response to the detection of the indicator touch.