MESSAGE STORAGE IN A SELECTIVE CALL RECEIVER

摘要

A selective call receiver such as a pager (44) sorts and stores received messages (24-32) by categories and, optionally, by sub-categories as well. The category of a received message is determined by comparing a received message to identifying data (106) stored in the pager (44). Both the identifying data (106) and the categories can be changed by the user. When the category of a received message has been determined, a user alert is generated, the alert being indicative of the category of the message.