Patent ID: 6081692
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A selective calling communication system in which a calling party places a paging call to a user of a target wireless terminal, comprising:means operable by said calling party for setting a desired number of transmission attempts to connect said paging call to said user and for setting a desired transmission time interval between successive attempts to connect;a base station for transmitting a paging signal including specific information for said desired number of transmission attempts at said desired transmission time interval, said base station includingaddition means for multiplexing said paging signal on an FM radio broadcasting signal to generate an FM multiplex signal, andtransmission means for frequency-modulating said FM multiplex signal; anda plurality of selective calling receivers including said target terminal for receiving said paging signal and for informing said user of said paging call placed by said calling party, wherein said target wireless terminal includes:display means for displaying said specific information included in said paging signal and a reception time when said paging signal is first received at a first time,mode selection means operable by said user for selectively setting whether said reception time displayed on said display means is to be updated if said paging signal is received again after said first time, andcontrol means for controlling said display means to update said reception time in accordance with said mode selection means setting, whereinsaid control means controls said display means to continuously display said reception time of said first time at which said paging signal was first received when said mode selection means has been set at a setting that said reception time is not to be updated, andsaid control means controls said display means to display a mark representing a duplicated reception when said paging signal is received again after said first time.