Abstract: A communication system (100) includes a radio transmitter (116) and a SCR (selective call receiver) (122). The radio transmitter includes a transmitting device (404), and a controller (408) adapted to receive a message from a source, select at least one address identifying the SCR and identifying a language origin of the message, and cause the transmitting device to transmit the at least one address and the message to the SCR. The SCR includes a receiving device (504), a presentation device (518), and a processor (508) adapted to cause the receiving device to receive the at least one address and the message transmitted by the radio transmitter, determine the language origin of the message based on the at least one address, process the message into presentable data corresponding to the language origin, and cause the presentation device to present the message according to the presentable data.

Abstract: A method for receiving and processing an incoming message in a wireless messaging terminal is disclosed. In particular, the method includes providing a receiver which receives the message and a memory for storing the message. The method further includes matching the message with a pre-recorded voice prompt stored in the memory and retrieving the voice prompt from the memory. In addition, the method includes playing the voice prompt as an audible alert signal through an audio output device.

Abstract: In a portable radio terminal having a liquid crystal display, when a radio data receiving period overlaps the timing of outputting a liquid crystal alternating signal to the liquid crystal display, the outputting of the liquid crystal alternating signal is deferred until the radio data receiving period ends, whereby the angle of the liquid crystal is not inverted until the radio data receiving period ends. Therefore, during the radio data receiving period, there does not occur a noise caused because of the inversion of the angle of the liquid crystal, with the result that the receiving sensitivity is not deteriorated.

Abstract: An instrument includes a display screen which includes a bitmap graphical user interface including an on-screen menu, and a control element which enables movement of the on-screen menu corresponding to movement of the control element, enables the user to manipulate and select graphic images for executing selected instrument functions. The instrument is adapted to enable automatic performance of instrument functions.

Abstract: A communication device such as pager (100) includes a controller (110) which decodes an incoming high priority message (402) and stores it in memory (112). A user control (116) such as a “Read” control switch is then used to present at least a portion of the high priority message on a display (106). Once the high priority message has been read, the message data of the high priority message is persistently presented on display until a user decides to delete the message. Depending on the size of the display, a portion or all of the message data is presented. If the display is too small to accommodate at one time all message data of a high priority message, portions of the message data of the high priority message are displayed for a predetermined period on a rotating basis. If there are more than one high priority message that are to be persistently displayed, each high priority message is displayed for a predetermined period on a rotating basis.

Abstract: A message erasing method for a wireless communications device having a paging function, the method including a step of indicating received messages according to chronological order (on an LCD display); a step in which the user views the display and specifies the position of a message to be erased (by means of a jog dial); and a step of erasing all the messages received before the specified message (by means of a jog dial). By use of this method, the user can readily erase a plurality of unneeded messages.