Patent ID: 7684789

Claim:
A mobile telephone, comprising: an interface for receiving at least one short message service (SMS) message having an associated message parameter; an input device; a display unit provided to have at least one switched-on operating state and at least one switched-off operating state; a light emitting diode for indicating a receipt of an SMS message, independent of the operating state of said display unit; and an evaluation unit connected to the input device, wherein the evaluation unit is configured through analysis of a header field of a received SMS message to evaluate the message parameter and to generate a signal as a function of said evaluation of the message parameter for controlling said light emitting diode, wherein the evaluation unit is configured to generate a first signal for causing the light emitting diode to flash with a first color in response to the reception of an SMS message from a predetermined telephone number and to generate a second signal for causing the light emitting diode to flash with a second color in response to the reception of an SMS message indicating receipt of a voice message in a voicemail box.