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 Method and device for erasing message from wireless communication device having a paging function

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Inventors: Wada, Akihiko;
Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP)
Primary Examiner: Legree; Tracy
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Pearne & Gordon LLP

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.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The object of the present invention is to provide a method and a device which enable the user to readily erase at one time a plurality of unneeded messages.
To solve the foregoing problem, the present invention provides a message erasing method for a wireless communications device having a paging function, the method comprising: a step of indicating received messages according to chronological order; a step in which the user views the display and specifies the position of a message to be erased; and a step of erasing all the messages received before the specified message.
By use of this method, the user can readily erase a plurality of unneeded messages.
As a result, the user can readily erase at one time a plurality of unneeded messages.
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message erasing method for a wireless communication device having a paging function, the method comprising: a step of indicating received messages according to chronological order; a step of specifying the position of a message to be erased by user; and a step of erasing all the messages received before the specified message.
By use of this method, the user can readily erase a plurality of unneeded messages.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message erasing method for a wireless communications device having a paging function, the method comprising: a step of indicating received messages according to chronological order; a step specifying a beginning of a range of messages to be erased; a step specifying an end of the range; and a step of erasing all the received messages within the range between the beginning and the end specified by the user.
By use of this method, the user can readily erase at one time unneeded messages specified by the user.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a message erasing method for a wireless communications device having a paging function, the method comprising: a step of indicating received messages according to chronological order; a step specifying a position of a message to be erased; and a step of erasing all the messages received before the specified message specified by the user, except for messages having not yet been read



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