Eric D Christensen

US Patent:

7509148, Mar 24, 2009

Filed:

Feb 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/504135

Inventors:

Suthirug Num Pisutha-Arnond - Vernon Hills IL, US
Sheila Renee Crosby - Libertyville IL, US
Eric Christensen - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Paul Silver - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Keith McConnell - Wonder Lake IL, US
Scott E. Preece - Urbana IL, US

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H04B 1/38

US Classification:

455567, 455466

Abstract:

A message alert system is useful for a communication device () having a display () and a processor (). The message alert system includes a computer-readable medium () and a routine stored in the computer-readable medium () and configured for execution by the processor (). The routine includes a first routine that receives a message having a message type, and a second routine that generates a display item () for the display () of the communication device () in accordance with the message type such that the display item () comprises information indicative of the message type of the received message and whether further messages of the message type have been received by the communication device (). The routine may further includes a memory check routine that determines whether storing the message in the computer-readable medium () would result in exceeding a predetermined amount of the capacity of the computer-readable medium (). The routine may still further include a routine that analyzes the message to determine a size thereof.

US Patent:

20020085017, Jul 4, 2002

Filed:

Jan 3, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/753861

Inventors:

Suthirug Pisutha-Arnond - St. Charles MO, US
Sheila Crosby - Crystal Lake IL, US
Eric Christensen - Buffalo Grove IL, US
Byron Brewer - Chicago IL, US

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/660000

Abstract:

A portable electronic device, for example a personal communications device, having a display on which a user may relocate and reorder display items by selecting a display item to be relocated, designating a new display position on the display to which the selected display is to be moved, and inserting the selected display item into the new display position after designating the new position.