Patent ID: 7177629

Claim:
In a cellular radio communication system including a radio device having radio receiver circuitry for receiving messages having user-perceivable message content, an improvement of apparatus for annunciating the reception of a message having user-perceivable message content thereat, said apparatus comprising: an examiner coupled to receive indications of the user-perceivable content at least within a payload of the message, the examiner examining the indications to determine whether the content within the payload is described by a pre-determined annunciation rule; a memory device accessible to the examiner for storing pre-determined annunciation rules; a determiner coupled to receive indications of examinations made by said examiner, said determiner for determining whether or not to annunciate reception of the message and, only if reception of the message is to be annunciated, determining in what manner to annunciate reception of the message; and an annunciator coupled to receive indications of determinations made by said determiner, said annunciator for annunciating reception at the radio device of the message in a manner responsive to determinations by said determiner in order to selectively alert a user that the message has been received.