Patent ID: 6148178
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
A selective call device, comprising:a receiver for receiving a selective call signal comprising an address, a formatting message, and a related message;a processor for correlating a recovered with a predetermined address in the selective call device to determine selection of the selective call device;a decoder that decodes the formatting message and the related message contained in the selective call signal in response to the processor determining selection of the selective call device; andan information display that presents at least a portion of the related message in accordance with a format determined at least in part by the formatting message, wherein the formatting message comprises a horizontal screen size in display units and wherein the format further comprises projecting related message into a virtual display space corresponding with an actual horizontal display unit density of the information display associated with the selective call device by dividing a display density contained in the formatting message by the actual horizontal display unit density of the information display accociated with the selective call device, thus preserving an intended vertical alignment between proximate horizontally arranged display rows.