Patent ID: 6041218
Filing Date: 2000-03-21
Classification: G08B,H04W

Abstract:
A selective calling receiver comprising:a tuning circuit for tuning a receiving frequency;a display for describing radio areas, each of which is associated with a particular receiving frequency;a scrolling circuit for scrolling the described radio areas on the display and for changing a scrolling order of the described radio areas; anda setting circuit, operated by a user of the receiver, for selecting one of the radio areas and its respective receiving frequency based on said display, and for setting the selected radio area and receiving frequency at said tuning circuit,wherein said scrolling circuit comprises a deciding circuit for changing said scrolling order so that the selected radio area and associated receiving frequency has a priority in the scrolling order, andwherein said deciding circuit comprises an automatic deciding circuit for deciding said scrolling order based on a past setting of a receiving frequency.