Appeal No. 2000-1711
Application 08/808,870
BACKGROUND
The invention relates to a device and method for inputting a
message to a wireless pager that will be transmitted by the pager
over a paging system to a designated recipient.
Claim 1 is reproduced below.
1. A pager for entering and transmitting a message
comprising:
a display;
at least one character displayed on said display;
a character display control by which the said at
least one character displayed is changed;
a selection control which, when actuated, selects
a character from among the at least one character displayed;
an electronic controller for storing selected
characters and a sequence in which said selected characters
are selected, wherein said message comprises selected
characters, and said sequence of selected characters is
associated by said controller with a recipient identifier,
said controller converts said recipient identifier and said
sequence of selected characters into an electronic signal;
and
a transmitter which receives said electronic
signal from said controller and transmits said signal to a
paging system.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Zabarsky et al. (Zabarsky) 4,644,351 February 17, 1987
Indekeu et al. (Indekeu) 5,694,120 December 2, 1997
(filed February 26, 1996)
Metroka et al. (Metroka) 5,754,645 May 19, 1998
(filed September 30, 1994)
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