A selective call receiver (10) for receiving and presenting messages comprises a receiver (12) for receiving the messages and a memory (14) for storing the received messages. A processor (13) calculates the length of certain types of stored messages, and, for those types of messages, the length of the...http://www.google.de/patents/US5323148?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5323148 - Selective call receiver presenting the length of an alphanumeric message prior to presentation of the message
