Appeal No. 95-3292
Application 08/115,975
The invention pertains to a call receiver having selectable displays. Claim 1 is illustrative
and reads as follows:
1. A selective call receiver comprising:
means for receiving a first type message and a second type message wherein the first type
message being characterized by having a message length less than a predetermined threshold;
determining means, coupled to the receiving means, for determining whether the received
message is the first type message or the second type message in response to the message length of
the received message and the predetermined threshold;
a housing for enclosing the receiving means and the determining means therein, the
housing comprising:
first display means, positioned on and integrally coupled with a first surface of the housing
forming a portion of the surface thereof, for displaying the received first type message in response
to the determining means; and
second display means, positioned on and integrally coupled with a second surface of the
housing, for displaying the received second type message in response to the determining means;
and
a selector, coupled to the determining means, for selecting the second display means for
displaying the second type message, and for deselecting the second display means when the
second type message has been displayed for conserving battery power.
The references relied upon by the examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
Nakajima et al. (Nakajima) 4,477,807 Oct. 16, 1984
Ichikawa et al. (Ichikawa) 4,626,842 Dec. 02, 1986
Fujisaku et al. (Fujisaku) 4,684,935 Aug. 04, 1987
Ide et al. (Ide) 4,940,975 Jul. 10, 1990
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