Patent ID: 6552651
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A radio communication device comprising:a radio section for receiving a selective-calling signal and message information wherein said selective-calling signal and said message information are demodulated as a received selective-calling number and a received message respectively; a calling number storage section for storing therein a plurality of selective calling numbers; a detector, connected to said calling number storage and said radio section, for detecting an agreement between said received selective-calling number and one of said plurality of selective calling numbers; a memory for storing a plurality of display formats corresponding to said plurality of selective calling numbers; an indicator for displaying said received message; and a display means, connected to said detector, said memory and said indicator, for selecting, from said plurality of display formats stored in said memory, a corresponding display format corresponding to said received selective-calling number, and displaying said received message on said indicator in said corresponding display format when said detector detects said agreement between said received selective calling number and said one of said plurality of selective calling numbers, wherein at least one of the display formats is based on characteristics of the indicator, said characteristics including the number of digits of the indicator.