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Title:
SELECTIVE CALL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BATTERY SAVING DURING INFORMATION SERVICES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1998038809
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A selective call device (130) has a receiver (204) for receiving a selective call signal including an address (312) and a topic sub-address (504) indicative of a subscribed information, a processor (212, 214) for correlating the address (312) in the selective call signal to determine when the selective call signal is directed thereto, a decoder (212), in response to the processor (212, 214) determining that the selective call signal is directed thereto, for decoding the topic sub-address (504) to determine when the selective call signal includes the subscribed information, and a battery saver, coupled to the receiver (204), for initiating battery saving when the address (312) does not correlate with a predetermined address of the selective call device (130) and for initiating battery saving when the topic sub-address (504) is absent from the selective call signal.

Inventors:
NELMS ROBERT NATHAN
GADE MARCUS A
DELUCA MICHAEL J
KAMPE FREDERICK LORING
SMITH SCOTT CHRISTOPHER
Application Number:
PCT/US1998/002861
Publication Date:
December 03, 1998
Filing Date:
February 12, 1998
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Assignee:
MOTOROLA INC (US)
International Classes:
H04W52/02; H04B1/16; H04W88/02; (IPC1-7): H04Q/
Foreign References:
US5555446A1996-09-10
US5694120A1997-12-02
US5089813A1992-02-18
Other References:
See also references of EP 0963627A4
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