CA2150387A1 - Paging system and method with acknowledge back signaling using a radio telephone system - Google Patents
Paging system and method with acknowledge back signaling using a radio telephone systemInfo
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Abstract
A combination radio paging receiver and radio telephone (40) includes a receiver (214) for receiving paging signals provided from a paging terminal (32), a decoder (216) for decoding the paging sgnals to recover a page, and a controller (220) for determining whether the page requests an acknowledge back signal. A radio telephone section (205) couples the controller (220) to a radio telephone system (15) to form a radio telephone link with the paging terminal (32) for communicating the acknowledge back signal to the paging terminal (32) via the radio telephone link in response to determining that the page requests the acknowledge back signal (304).
Description
- 2 1 S 0 3 8 7 PCT~S93/11439 PAGING ~ M AND NETHOD WITH ACKNOW~EDGE T~ACK
SI~N~T-TtTG USING A RADIO TEL~hON~ SYSTEM
Field of the Invention This invention relates in general to a combination paging system and radio telephone system, and in particular to a method and apparatus for paging with acknowledge back signaling utilizing a radio telephone system.
Background of the Invention Selective call signaling systems (e.g., paging systems) provide one-way radio frequency (RF) c~mm-lnication of selective call messages, called pages, from a message originator to a paging receiver. The message originator contacts the paging system via the public switched telepho~e network system or other input interface means and provides the message information to a paging terminal. The message information is encoded into a conventional signaling protocol, modulated onto a carrier signal, and transmitted as an RF signal to the paging receiver. The paging receiver receives the signal, demodulates and decodes the signal to recover the message, and presents the message to the system subscriber who is the user of the receiver.
Since selective call signaling is a one-way commlln;cation system, the message originator is typically unaware of whether the subscriber receives a message.
Acknowledge back (ack-back) signaling has been developed to inform the system of the reception of a message by a receiver. Yet, to avoid interference between the paging signals and the ack-back signals either a commlln;cations path or system air time must be reserved for the ack-back signals. Air time is a precious commodity in selective call signaling systems, particularly a wide area paging WO ~t~093 21 S ~ ~ g PCT~S93/11~9 system with numerous subscribers. A selective call system service provider wishes to provide service for a large number of subscribers in order to obtain high revenue.
Therefore it is desirable that air time not be reserved for ack-back signals.
Since selective call signaling systems are one-way signaling systems, an ack-back c~mmnn;cations path would involve costly investment by the service provider to construct a commlln;cations path devoted to ack-back signaling. Additionally, ack-back signals are infrequent and typically reguire little air time. Therefore, a devoted commllnications path would be inefficient and could not provide the service provider a sufficient monetary return for the added feature of ack-back.
Thus, what is needed is an ack-back signaling system which does not take air time from the selective call signaling system, while not requiring a devoted cnmmlln;cations path.
Summary of the Invention In carrying out the invention in one form, there is provided a selective call receiver comprising a radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving paging signals transmitted from a paging t~rm;n~l, a decoder coupled to the RF receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page, a flagged page identifier for det~m;n;n~
whether the page is a flagged page requesting an acknowledge back, and a controller for coupling to the paging terminal via a radio telephone system and for transmitting an acknowledge back signal thereby in response to the flagged page identifier determ;n;ng that the page is a flagged page.
In another form there is provided a method for transmitting messages in a paging system to a combination radio telephone and radio pager. The method comprises the steps of receiving message information from a message 3 2 1~ 0 3 8 7 PCT~S93/11439 -originator, determ; n; ng whether the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal in response to reception of the message information by the radio pager, flagging the message information as a flagged message requesting an acknowledge back signal upon reception if the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal, and transmitting the flagged message to the combination radio telephon~ and radio pager. The method further comprises the steps of coupling to the combination radio telephone and radio pager via a radio telephone system, receiving the requested acknowledge back signal via the radio telephone system, and advising the message originator that the message was received.
Brief Description of the Drawing FIG. 1 is a diagram of a combination paging system and cordless telephone system in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of the operation of the paging terminal in the combination paging system and cordless telephone system of FIG. 1 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the combination radio pager and cordless telepho~e transceiver of FIG. 1 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present nvention.
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of the operation of the paging message processor in the combination radio pager and cordless telephone of FIG. 3 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description of the Invention Referring to FIG. 1, a selective call signaling system combining a wide area paging system 10 and a radio telephone system, such as a cordless telephone system 15, WOg4t~0g3 PCT~S93/11~9 ~ ~ 0 ~ ~ 4 uses the public switched tel~pho~ network (PSTN) 20 for commlln;cation therebetween. The preferred embodiment of the present invention utilizes a second generation cordless telephone (CT-2) system, which is a less expensive alternative to other radio telephone systems such as cellular telephone systems. A message originator utilizes a page entry device 25 to enter paging information via the PSTN 20 for encoding and transmission to a subscriber of the paging system 10.
Typically, the page entry device 25 is a telephone for entry of voice or numeric information. The page entry device 25 could also comprise a data processing device, such as a computer terminal, for generation of paging information comprising graphics, facsimile or alphAnllm~ric information.
The message originator initiates a message transmission sequence via the page entry device 25 by entering a voice or data message in the form of a call to the system access number of the specific paging device (such as a radio pager/radio telepho~e 40) to be called.
The message originator is coupled to a paging t~rm;nAl 32 via a telephone network interface 30 of the paging system 10 and PSTN path 20a for processing by the paging terminal 32. When the incoming call is answered by the paging t~rm;nAl 32, a pre-recorded message is played that welcomes the message originator to the system 10, and describes how the originator can enter a paging message and request an optional acknowle~m~nt that the message was received. The originator then responds by entering the voice or data message and a special code signal to indicate that an acknowle~m~nt of successful reception of the message is desired.
In the paging t~rm;n~l 32, the message is initially entered in a buffer memory. Then, after the originator has ended the message entry sequence, the paging terminal 32 accesses a subscriber data base 34 to obtain a subscriber address to associate with the paging WO94tl3093 2 .~ ~ ~ 3 8 7 PCT~S93/11439 information to form a page. In accordance with the present invention, if the originator has entered the special code signal indicating an acknowl~m~nt is desired, an acknowledge-back (ack-back) message flagger portion 42 of the paging terminal 32 flags the message and the terminal 32 places the flagged message into the paging system queue 36 for later transmission. The ack-back flagger 42 can, for example, flag the message by using an address that is reserved for messages with acknowledge re~uests, or it can attach an acknowle~m~nt request flag to a general addressing functional portion of the message.
The pages stored in the paging system queue 36 are retrieved se~uentially by the paging tPrm;n~l 32 and provided to the paging transmitters 38 for transmission as selective call signals therefrom.
Selective call signals transmitted from the paging system lO are received by the combination radio pager and radio telephone 40. The pager receives the selective call signals. The radio telephone, such as a CT-2 cordless telephone transceiver, couples to the PSTN 20 via the radio telephone system 15 for com~lln;cation therewith.
In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 receives selective call signals broadcast by the paging system lO via the paging transmitters 38. If a flagged message is received by the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40, a cordless telephone link is established between the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 and the cordless telephone system 15.
A call point transceiver 50, comprising a receiver portion 50a and a transmitter portion 50b, receives the acknowl~m~nt signal from the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 along with information identifying an access number for accessing the paging system lO via the PSTN 20. The acknowle~m~nt signal and the access information are provided to a call WOS4/~093 ` PCT~S93/11~9 ~ 6 point controller 52 which utilizes the access information to call up the paging system l0 via a telephone network interface 54 of the cordless telephone call point station 15. Once the call is established between the call point controller 52 and the paging terminal 32 via path 20b through the PSTN 20, the acknowled~m~nt signal indicating "message received" is provided to the paging term;n~l 32.
The paging t~m;n~l 32, in response to reception of the acknowle~m~nt signal, can generate a message received response signal that is returned to the message originator at the page entry device 25. This response signal to the message originator can occur while the caller is holding on the input telephone line at the telephone network interface 30 or can be directed to a pager or other commlln;cation device that is capable of receiving the response signal.
Alternatively, the acknowle~gm~nt signal can indicate the type of message that was received (i.e. a voice, numeric or alphAnnm~ic message), the time the message was received, whether or not the message was received error free, or a personalized acknowle~gm~nt signal. The paging t~rm;n~l 32 can provide the additional information received to the message originator. In addition, the acknowle~m~nt signal could also be used by the paging terminal 32 to initiate retransmission of a message that was received with errors.
Thus, in accordance with the present invention, the paging system 10 need not have dedicated air time or a dedicated ch~nnel to receive acknowle~m~nt signals from radio pagers. The combination radio pager/cordless tel~phon~ transceiver utilizes a cordless telephone link to provide an acknowledgment signal to the paging system 10 for real time confirmation to a message originator that ~ a message was received.
Referring next to FIG. 2, a flowchart of the operation of the call reception routine of the paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1) begins upon the paging system being wo 94/13093 ` 2 1 5 0 3 ~ ~ PCT/USg3/ll439 put into service 100. Processing then awaits reception of an incoming call 102 from a message originator. When an incoming call is received 102, via the telephone network interface 30 (FIG. 1), the call is answered 104 and the paging term;nAl provides a voice prompt 106 requesting the caller (message originator) to enter the message via the page entry device 25 (FIG. 1). As the message is entered, it is stored 108 in a buffer memory of the paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1) until the end of message is detected 110.
When the end of message is detected 110, it is determined whether an ack-back signal is requested 112. If no ack-back signal is requested 112, the message is recalled from the temporary message memory 42 by the paging terminal 32 and placed in the paging system queue 36 such that the message is queued for paging transmission 114. Processing then returns to await the next incoming call received 102.
If ack-back signaling is requested 112, the message is recalled from the message memory 42 and provided to the paging system queue 36 (FIG. 1) such that the message is queued for paging transmission on a priority basis 116. A
recording is then played 118 to the caller asking the caller to wait for an acknowle~gm~nt (ack-back) signal.
Processing then awaits for the ack-back signal to be received 120 or for the time out limit to be reached 122.
The time out limit is a predetermined time which the system will keep the caller on the line to await reception of an ack-back signal. When a time out limit is reached 122, a message is played to the caller that no response has been received 124 the paging t~rm;n~l 32 hangs up 126, and processing returns to await the next incoming call received 102. If an ack-back signal is received 120 within the time out limit, the ack-back cignal is e~m;ne~
to see if a predetermined security identification (ID) ~ -- code is received 127. If the security ID code is not received 127 with the ack-back signal, processing returns to await reception of another ack-back signal 120 or time out 122. The security ID code prevents falsing by W094/~093 ` I ' PCT~S93/11~9 2~ q~ 8 ~
verifying that the ack-back signal originated in response to the caller's message. It is desirable that a hospital, for example, receives a verified acknowledgement that a doctor has been paged. If the security ID code is detected 127, the ack-back response, either a st~n~rd message (e.g. "No Acknowle~m~nt Signal Received") or a message generated by the pager user is relayed to the caller 128. The paging t~rm;n~l 32 then hangs up 126 and processing returns to await reception of the next incoming call 102.
Referring to FIG. 3, the combination radio pager and cordless tel~phon~ transceiver 40 (FIG. 1) according to the preferred e-m-bodiment of the present invention comprises a paging receiver section 200, a cordless telephone transceiver section 205, and a message and display controller section 210. The paging receiver section 200 includes an antenna 212 for receiving selective call signals, a paging _hannel radio frequency (RF) receiver 214 coupled to the antenna for demodulating the selective call signals, and a selective signaling decoder 216 for decoding the demodulated signal to recover the page transmitted thereon.
The decoded page is provided to a message processor ~and display controller 220 for processing thereby. In accordance with conventional paging operations, the decoded page is stored in a message memory 222 and the user (subscriber) is alerted via an alert device 224 that a page has been received. The user can activate user and display controls 226 to retrieve the page from the message memory 222 and display the page on a message display 228.
The controls 226 can manipulate the message display 228 or alter receiving parameters in a m~nner well known to those skilled in the art.
' In accordance with the present invention, certain paging address codes or "flag" signals appended to a message cause the message processor 220 to initiate a telephone call via the cordless telepho~e transceiver WO94/13093 - ~ ~ 5 ~ 3 8 7 PCT~Sg3/ll439 -section 205 when the unit is within range of a cordless telephone call point station 15 (FIG. 1). Therefore, when the alert signal is generated, the alert device 224 alerts the user that a message has been received, and, depending on the desired operation, can either indicate that a return acknowle~m~nt signal has been requested so that the user can initiate the response, or it can automatically generate the return acknowle~m~nt signal.
The acknowle~m~nt signal is generated by activating the cordless telephone transceiver section 205 of the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40.
Operation of the cordless telephone section 205 is controlled by a telephone control logic device 230. An antenna 232 is utilized for transceiving signals for conventional transceiver operation. The antenna 232 is coupled to a transmit-receive switch 234 which operates under the control of the telephone control logic 230. The transmit-receive switch 234 in one position couples the antenna 232 to a telephone channel RF receiver 236 for processing received RF signals and providing the signals to the telephone control logic 230. In a second position, the transmit-receive switch 234 couples the antenna 232 to a telephone ch~nn~l transmitter 240 which processes signals received from the telephone control logic 230 for transmittal as an RF signal from the antenna 232.
Alternatively, a speaker 238 can be coupled to the receiver 236 and a microphone 242 can be coupled to the transmitter 240 for conventional cordless telephone operation. In the alternative embodiment, the receiver 236 would provide audio portions of the signals to the speaker 238 and digital portions of the signals to the telephone control logic 230. The transmitter 240 would process audio signals received from the microphone 242 and digital signals received from the telephone control logic ` 35 230 for transmission from the antenna 232. In addition, a microphone 242 could allow a user to provide a WO94/13093 ` PCT~S93/11439 3~ lo personalized acknowle~gm~nt response to a message originator.
In accordance with the present invention, when the cordless telephone transceiver section 205 is activated in an "acknowledge" mode, the receiver 236 searches for a signal from a cordless telepho~e call point station 15 (FIG. 1). When the receiver 236 determines that the co-m~bination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 is within range of a call point station 15, the telephone control logic 230 activates the transmitter 240 to place a call through the call point station 15 to the paging t~rm;n~l 32 (FIG. 1). When the paging t~rm;n~l 32 answers the acknowle~gm~nt call, the processor 220 provides a special code thereto that identifies the specific radio pager 40 that is calling and a message received acknowle~gm~nt signal. The acknowle~gm~nt signal can optionally indicate the type of message that was received (i.e. a voice, numeric or alp~nllm~ric message), the time the message was received, whether or not the message was received error free, or a personalized acknowle~gm~nt signal. In addition, the acknowle~gm~nt signal could also be used by the paging terminal 32 to request retransmission of a message that was received with errors.
Referring next to FIG. 4, the operation of the paging message processor 220 in accordance with the preferred e-mbodiment of the present invention starts 300 upon powering up of the combination radio pager and cordless telephone transceiver 40. Processing of messages awaits reception of a message having a paging address code assigned to the radio pager 40.
When an assigned paging address code is received 302, processing determines if an acknowle~m~nt (ack-back) signal is requested 304. If the message is a flagged message, having been flagged by the ack-back message flagger 42 (FIG. 1), an acknowle~gm~nt signal is requested 304. Also, a predetermined assigned paging address code WO94/13093 2 1 ~ 0 3 8 7 PCT~US93/ll43g could indicate that an acknowle~m~nt signal is requested 304.
If an acknowle~m~nt signal is not requested 304, the message is stored 306 for subsequent retrieval by the user in accordance with conventional pager operation and an alert is generated 308 to notify the user that a message has been received and stored. Processing then returns to await reception 302 of a next message having an assigned paging address code.
If an acknowle~m~nt signal is requested 304, the message is stored 310 and an alert is generated 312. In accordance with the present invention, the acknowle~m~nt signal response is generated 314 including a security ID
code assigned to the pager. The acknowle~m~nt signal can be automatically generated or can allow for personalization by the user through activation of the controls 226 or through entry of a voice message via the microphone 242 (FIG. 3). In addition, a particular response requesting retransmission could be generated by the processor 220 in response to detection of sufficient errors in the received message to indicate that the message may not have been correctly received. The security ID code authenticates the acknowle~m~nt signal, verifying that the acknowl~m~nt signal originated from the pager/cordless telephone 40.
After generation of the acknowle~m~nt signal 314, the processor 220 activates the cordless telepho~e transceiver section 205 in the acknowledge mode 316. Upon activation 316 of the transceiver section 205, the receiver 236 searches for a call point station 318. When a call point station signal is detected 318, a cordless telephone link is established between the transceiver section 205 and a call point station. The processor 220 signals the telephone control logic 230 to call up 320 the . .
paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1). When the transceiver section 205 is coupled to the paging terminal 32 via the cordless telephone link, the generated acknowl~m~nt signal is WO94/13093 ~ 12 PCT~S93/11439 provided 322 to the paging t~rm;nAl 32. The call is then term;nAted 324 and processing returns to await the next .message received having an assigned paging address code 302.
Therefore, in accordance with the present invention, paging messages transmitted from a paging t~rm; n~ 1 and received by the radio pager can be acknowledged via a cordless telephone link between a transceiver coupled to the radio pager and the paging terminal.
By now it should be appreciated that there has been provided an ack-back signaling system which does not take air time from the selective call signaling system, while not requiring a devoted commlln;cations path.
SI~N~T-TtTG USING A RADIO TEL~hON~ SYSTEM
Field of the Invention This invention relates in general to a combination paging system and radio telephone system, and in particular to a method and apparatus for paging with acknowledge back signaling utilizing a radio telephone system.
Background of the Invention Selective call signaling systems (e.g., paging systems) provide one-way radio frequency (RF) c~mm-lnication of selective call messages, called pages, from a message originator to a paging receiver. The message originator contacts the paging system via the public switched telepho~e network system or other input interface means and provides the message information to a paging terminal. The message information is encoded into a conventional signaling protocol, modulated onto a carrier signal, and transmitted as an RF signal to the paging receiver. The paging receiver receives the signal, demodulates and decodes the signal to recover the message, and presents the message to the system subscriber who is the user of the receiver.
Since selective call signaling is a one-way commlln;cation system, the message originator is typically unaware of whether the subscriber receives a message.
Acknowledge back (ack-back) signaling has been developed to inform the system of the reception of a message by a receiver. Yet, to avoid interference between the paging signals and the ack-back signals either a commlln;cations path or system air time must be reserved for the ack-back signals. Air time is a precious commodity in selective call signaling systems, particularly a wide area paging WO ~t~093 21 S ~ ~ g PCT~S93/11~9 system with numerous subscribers. A selective call system service provider wishes to provide service for a large number of subscribers in order to obtain high revenue.
Therefore it is desirable that air time not be reserved for ack-back signals.
Since selective call signaling systems are one-way signaling systems, an ack-back c~mmnn;cations path would involve costly investment by the service provider to construct a commlln;cations path devoted to ack-back signaling. Additionally, ack-back signals are infrequent and typically reguire little air time. Therefore, a devoted commllnications path would be inefficient and could not provide the service provider a sufficient monetary return for the added feature of ack-back.
Thus, what is needed is an ack-back signaling system which does not take air time from the selective call signaling system, while not requiring a devoted cnmmlln;cations path.
Summary of the Invention In carrying out the invention in one form, there is provided a selective call receiver comprising a radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving paging signals transmitted from a paging t~rm;n~l, a decoder coupled to the RF receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page, a flagged page identifier for det~m;n;n~
whether the page is a flagged page requesting an acknowledge back, and a controller for coupling to the paging terminal via a radio telephone system and for transmitting an acknowledge back signal thereby in response to the flagged page identifier determ;n;ng that the page is a flagged page.
In another form there is provided a method for transmitting messages in a paging system to a combination radio telephone and radio pager. The method comprises the steps of receiving message information from a message 3 2 1~ 0 3 8 7 PCT~S93/11439 -originator, determ; n; ng whether the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal in response to reception of the message information by the radio pager, flagging the message information as a flagged message requesting an acknowledge back signal upon reception if the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal, and transmitting the flagged message to the combination radio telephon~ and radio pager. The method further comprises the steps of coupling to the combination radio telephone and radio pager via a radio telephone system, receiving the requested acknowledge back signal via the radio telephone system, and advising the message originator that the message was received.
Brief Description of the Drawing FIG. 1 is a diagram of a combination paging system and cordless telephone system in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of the operation of the paging terminal in the combination paging system and cordless telephone system of FIG. 1 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the combination radio pager and cordless telepho~e transceiver of FIG. 1 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present nvention.
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of the operation of the paging message processor in the combination radio pager and cordless telephone of FIG. 3 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description of the Invention Referring to FIG. 1, a selective call signaling system combining a wide area paging system 10 and a radio telephone system, such as a cordless telephone system 15, WOg4t~0g3 PCT~S93/11~9 ~ ~ 0 ~ ~ 4 uses the public switched tel~pho~ network (PSTN) 20 for commlln;cation therebetween. The preferred embodiment of the present invention utilizes a second generation cordless telephone (CT-2) system, which is a less expensive alternative to other radio telephone systems such as cellular telephone systems. A message originator utilizes a page entry device 25 to enter paging information via the PSTN 20 for encoding and transmission to a subscriber of the paging system 10.
Typically, the page entry device 25 is a telephone for entry of voice or numeric information. The page entry device 25 could also comprise a data processing device, such as a computer terminal, for generation of paging information comprising graphics, facsimile or alphAnllm~ric information.
The message originator initiates a message transmission sequence via the page entry device 25 by entering a voice or data message in the form of a call to the system access number of the specific paging device (such as a radio pager/radio telepho~e 40) to be called.
The message originator is coupled to a paging t~rm;nAl 32 via a telephone network interface 30 of the paging system 10 and PSTN path 20a for processing by the paging terminal 32. When the incoming call is answered by the paging t~rm;nAl 32, a pre-recorded message is played that welcomes the message originator to the system 10, and describes how the originator can enter a paging message and request an optional acknowle~m~nt that the message was received. The originator then responds by entering the voice or data message and a special code signal to indicate that an acknowle~m~nt of successful reception of the message is desired.
In the paging t~rm;n~l 32, the message is initially entered in a buffer memory. Then, after the originator has ended the message entry sequence, the paging terminal 32 accesses a subscriber data base 34 to obtain a subscriber address to associate with the paging WO94tl3093 2 .~ ~ ~ 3 8 7 PCT~S93/11439 information to form a page. In accordance with the present invention, if the originator has entered the special code signal indicating an acknowl~m~nt is desired, an acknowledge-back (ack-back) message flagger portion 42 of the paging terminal 32 flags the message and the terminal 32 places the flagged message into the paging system queue 36 for later transmission. The ack-back flagger 42 can, for example, flag the message by using an address that is reserved for messages with acknowledge re~uests, or it can attach an acknowle~m~nt request flag to a general addressing functional portion of the message.
The pages stored in the paging system queue 36 are retrieved se~uentially by the paging tPrm;n~l 32 and provided to the paging transmitters 38 for transmission as selective call signals therefrom.
Selective call signals transmitted from the paging system lO are received by the combination radio pager and radio telephone 40. The pager receives the selective call signals. The radio telephone, such as a CT-2 cordless telephone transceiver, couples to the PSTN 20 via the radio telephone system 15 for com~lln;cation therewith.
In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 receives selective call signals broadcast by the paging system lO via the paging transmitters 38. If a flagged message is received by the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40, a cordless telephone link is established between the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 and the cordless telephone system 15.
A call point transceiver 50, comprising a receiver portion 50a and a transmitter portion 50b, receives the acknowl~m~nt signal from the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 along with information identifying an access number for accessing the paging system lO via the PSTN 20. The acknowle~m~nt signal and the access information are provided to a call WOS4/~093 ` PCT~S93/11~9 ~ 6 point controller 52 which utilizes the access information to call up the paging system l0 via a telephone network interface 54 of the cordless telephone call point station 15. Once the call is established between the call point controller 52 and the paging terminal 32 via path 20b through the PSTN 20, the acknowled~m~nt signal indicating "message received" is provided to the paging term;n~l 32.
The paging t~m;n~l 32, in response to reception of the acknowle~m~nt signal, can generate a message received response signal that is returned to the message originator at the page entry device 25. This response signal to the message originator can occur while the caller is holding on the input telephone line at the telephone network interface 30 or can be directed to a pager or other commlln;cation device that is capable of receiving the response signal.
Alternatively, the acknowle~gm~nt signal can indicate the type of message that was received (i.e. a voice, numeric or alphAnnm~ic message), the time the message was received, whether or not the message was received error free, or a personalized acknowle~gm~nt signal. The paging t~rm;n~l 32 can provide the additional information received to the message originator. In addition, the acknowle~m~nt signal could also be used by the paging terminal 32 to initiate retransmission of a message that was received with errors.
Thus, in accordance with the present invention, the paging system 10 need not have dedicated air time or a dedicated ch~nnel to receive acknowle~m~nt signals from radio pagers. The combination radio pager/cordless tel~phon~ transceiver utilizes a cordless telephone link to provide an acknowledgment signal to the paging system 10 for real time confirmation to a message originator that ~ a message was received.
Referring next to FIG. 2, a flowchart of the operation of the call reception routine of the paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1) begins upon the paging system being wo 94/13093 ` 2 1 5 0 3 ~ ~ PCT/USg3/ll439 put into service 100. Processing then awaits reception of an incoming call 102 from a message originator. When an incoming call is received 102, via the telephone network interface 30 (FIG. 1), the call is answered 104 and the paging term;nAl provides a voice prompt 106 requesting the caller (message originator) to enter the message via the page entry device 25 (FIG. 1). As the message is entered, it is stored 108 in a buffer memory of the paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1) until the end of message is detected 110.
When the end of message is detected 110, it is determined whether an ack-back signal is requested 112. If no ack-back signal is requested 112, the message is recalled from the temporary message memory 42 by the paging terminal 32 and placed in the paging system queue 36 such that the message is queued for paging transmission 114. Processing then returns to await the next incoming call received 102.
If ack-back signaling is requested 112, the message is recalled from the message memory 42 and provided to the paging system queue 36 (FIG. 1) such that the message is queued for paging transmission on a priority basis 116. A
recording is then played 118 to the caller asking the caller to wait for an acknowle~gm~nt (ack-back) signal.
Processing then awaits for the ack-back signal to be received 120 or for the time out limit to be reached 122.
The time out limit is a predetermined time which the system will keep the caller on the line to await reception of an ack-back signal. When a time out limit is reached 122, a message is played to the caller that no response has been received 124 the paging t~rm;n~l 32 hangs up 126, and processing returns to await the next incoming call received 102. If an ack-back signal is received 120 within the time out limit, the ack-back cignal is e~m;ne~
to see if a predetermined security identification (ID) ~ -- code is received 127. If the security ID code is not received 127 with the ack-back signal, processing returns to await reception of another ack-back signal 120 or time out 122. The security ID code prevents falsing by W094/~093 ` I ' PCT~S93/11~9 2~ q~ 8 ~
verifying that the ack-back signal originated in response to the caller's message. It is desirable that a hospital, for example, receives a verified acknowledgement that a doctor has been paged. If the security ID code is detected 127, the ack-back response, either a st~n~rd message (e.g. "No Acknowle~m~nt Signal Received") or a message generated by the pager user is relayed to the caller 128. The paging t~rm;n~l 32 then hangs up 126 and processing returns to await reception of the next incoming call 102.
Referring to FIG. 3, the combination radio pager and cordless tel~phon~ transceiver 40 (FIG. 1) according to the preferred e-m-bodiment of the present invention comprises a paging receiver section 200, a cordless telephone transceiver section 205, and a message and display controller section 210. The paging receiver section 200 includes an antenna 212 for receiving selective call signals, a paging _hannel radio frequency (RF) receiver 214 coupled to the antenna for demodulating the selective call signals, and a selective signaling decoder 216 for decoding the demodulated signal to recover the page transmitted thereon.
The decoded page is provided to a message processor ~and display controller 220 for processing thereby. In accordance with conventional paging operations, the decoded page is stored in a message memory 222 and the user (subscriber) is alerted via an alert device 224 that a page has been received. The user can activate user and display controls 226 to retrieve the page from the message memory 222 and display the page on a message display 228.
The controls 226 can manipulate the message display 228 or alter receiving parameters in a m~nner well known to those skilled in the art.
' In accordance with the present invention, certain paging address codes or "flag" signals appended to a message cause the message processor 220 to initiate a telephone call via the cordless telepho~e transceiver WO94/13093 - ~ ~ 5 ~ 3 8 7 PCT~Sg3/ll439 -section 205 when the unit is within range of a cordless telephone call point station 15 (FIG. 1). Therefore, when the alert signal is generated, the alert device 224 alerts the user that a message has been received, and, depending on the desired operation, can either indicate that a return acknowle~m~nt signal has been requested so that the user can initiate the response, or it can automatically generate the return acknowle~m~nt signal.
The acknowle~m~nt signal is generated by activating the cordless telephone transceiver section 205 of the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40.
Operation of the cordless telephone section 205 is controlled by a telephone control logic device 230. An antenna 232 is utilized for transceiving signals for conventional transceiver operation. The antenna 232 is coupled to a transmit-receive switch 234 which operates under the control of the telephone control logic 230. The transmit-receive switch 234 in one position couples the antenna 232 to a telephone channel RF receiver 236 for processing received RF signals and providing the signals to the telephone control logic 230. In a second position, the transmit-receive switch 234 couples the antenna 232 to a telephone ch~nn~l transmitter 240 which processes signals received from the telephone control logic 230 for transmittal as an RF signal from the antenna 232.
Alternatively, a speaker 238 can be coupled to the receiver 236 and a microphone 242 can be coupled to the transmitter 240 for conventional cordless telephone operation. In the alternative embodiment, the receiver 236 would provide audio portions of the signals to the speaker 238 and digital portions of the signals to the telephone control logic 230. The transmitter 240 would process audio signals received from the microphone 242 and digital signals received from the telephone control logic ` 35 230 for transmission from the antenna 232. In addition, a microphone 242 could allow a user to provide a WO94/13093 ` PCT~S93/11439 3~ lo personalized acknowle~gm~nt response to a message originator.
In accordance with the present invention, when the cordless telephone transceiver section 205 is activated in an "acknowledge" mode, the receiver 236 searches for a signal from a cordless telepho~e call point station 15 (FIG. 1). When the receiver 236 determines that the co-m~bination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 is within range of a call point station 15, the telephone control logic 230 activates the transmitter 240 to place a call through the call point station 15 to the paging t~rm;n~l 32 (FIG. 1). When the paging t~rm;n~l 32 answers the acknowle~gm~nt call, the processor 220 provides a special code thereto that identifies the specific radio pager 40 that is calling and a message received acknowle~gm~nt signal. The acknowle~gm~nt signal can optionally indicate the type of message that was received (i.e. a voice, numeric or alp~nllm~ric message), the time the message was received, whether or not the message was received error free, or a personalized acknowle~gm~nt signal. In addition, the acknowle~gm~nt signal could also be used by the paging terminal 32 to request retransmission of a message that was received with errors.
Referring next to FIG. 4, the operation of the paging message processor 220 in accordance with the preferred e-mbodiment of the present invention starts 300 upon powering up of the combination radio pager and cordless telephone transceiver 40. Processing of messages awaits reception of a message having a paging address code assigned to the radio pager 40.
When an assigned paging address code is received 302, processing determines if an acknowle~m~nt (ack-back) signal is requested 304. If the message is a flagged message, having been flagged by the ack-back message flagger 42 (FIG. 1), an acknowle~gm~nt signal is requested 304. Also, a predetermined assigned paging address code WO94/13093 2 1 ~ 0 3 8 7 PCT~US93/ll43g could indicate that an acknowle~m~nt signal is requested 304.
If an acknowle~m~nt signal is not requested 304, the message is stored 306 for subsequent retrieval by the user in accordance with conventional pager operation and an alert is generated 308 to notify the user that a message has been received and stored. Processing then returns to await reception 302 of a next message having an assigned paging address code.
If an acknowle~m~nt signal is requested 304, the message is stored 310 and an alert is generated 312. In accordance with the present invention, the acknowle~m~nt signal response is generated 314 including a security ID
code assigned to the pager. The acknowle~m~nt signal can be automatically generated or can allow for personalization by the user through activation of the controls 226 or through entry of a voice message via the microphone 242 (FIG. 3). In addition, a particular response requesting retransmission could be generated by the processor 220 in response to detection of sufficient errors in the received message to indicate that the message may not have been correctly received. The security ID code authenticates the acknowle~m~nt signal, verifying that the acknowl~m~nt signal originated from the pager/cordless telephone 40.
After generation of the acknowle~m~nt signal 314, the processor 220 activates the cordless telepho~e transceiver section 205 in the acknowledge mode 316. Upon activation 316 of the transceiver section 205, the receiver 236 searches for a call point station 318. When a call point station signal is detected 318, a cordless telephone link is established between the transceiver section 205 and a call point station. The processor 220 signals the telephone control logic 230 to call up 320 the . .
paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1). When the transceiver section 205 is coupled to the paging terminal 32 via the cordless telephone link, the generated acknowl~m~nt signal is WO94/13093 ~ 12 PCT~S93/11439 provided 322 to the paging t~rm;nAl 32. The call is then term;nAted 324 and processing returns to await the next .message received having an assigned paging address code 302.
Therefore, in accordance with the present invention, paging messages transmitted from a paging t~rm; n~ 1 and received by the radio pager can be acknowledged via a cordless telephone link between a transceiver coupled to the radio pager and the paging terminal.
By now it should be appreciated that there has been provided an ack-back signaling system which does not take air time from the selective call signaling system, while not requiring a devoted commlln;cations path.
Claims (10)
1. A combination radio paging receiver and radio telephone comprising:
first receiving means for receiving paging signals provided from a paging terminal;
decoding means coupled to the first receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page;
determining means for determining whether the page requests an acknowledge back signal;
radio telephone means for coupling to a radio telephone system for communicating thereby; and control means coupled to the determining means and the radio telephone means for coupling the radio telephone means to a radio telephone system to communicate the acknowledge back signal via the radio telephone system to the paging terminal in response to the determining means determining that the page requests the acknowledge back signal.
first receiving means for receiving paging signals provided from a paging terminal;
decoding means coupled to the first receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page;
determining means for determining whether the page requests an acknowledge back signal;
radio telephone means for coupling to a radio telephone system for communicating thereby; and control means coupled to the determining means and the radio telephone means for coupling the radio telephone means to a radio telephone system to communicate the acknowledge back signal via the radio telephone system to the paging terminal in response to the determining means determining that the page requests the acknowledge back signal.
2. The combination radio paging receiver and radio telephone of Claim 1 wherein the determining means comprises:
processing means for detecting and counting a number of errors in the page; and retransmission requesting means for determining that an acknowledgment signal requesting retransmission of the page is required in response to the number of errors being greater than a predetermined number.
processing means for detecting and counting a number of errors in the page; and retransmission requesting means for determining that an acknowledgment signal requesting retransmission of the page is required in response to the number of errors being greater than a predetermined number.
3. The combination radio paging receiver and radio telephone of Claim 1 wherein the control means couples the radio telephone means to the radio telephone system to communicate the acknowledge back signal and a pager identification signal to the paging terminal in response to the determining means determining that the page requests the acknowledge back signal, wherein the pager identification signal uniquely identifies the combination radio paging receiver and radio telephone.
4. The combination radio paging receiver and radio telephone of Claim 1 further comprising user input means coupled to the control means for providing user input signals thereto, and wherein the control means couples the radio telephone means to the radio telephone system to communicate the user input signals to the paging terminal in response to the determining means determining that the page requests the acknowledge back signal.
5. The combination radio paging receiver and radio telephone of Claim 1 wherein the radio telephone means comprises cordless telephone means for coupling to a cordless telephone system call point transceiver for communicating thereby, and wherein the control means couples the cordless telephone means to the cordless telephone system call point transceiver to communicate the acknowledge back signal to the paging terminal in response to the determining means determining that the page requests the acknowledge back signal.
6. A method for transmitting messages in a paging system to a combination radio telephone and radio pager, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving message information from a message originator;
(b) determining whether the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal in response to reception of the message information by the radio pager;
(c) flagging the message information as a flagged message requesting an acknowledge back signal upon reception if the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal;
(d) transmitting the flagged message to the combination radio telephone and radio pager;
(e) coupling to the combination radio telephone and radio pager via a radio telephone system;
(f) receiving the requested acknowledge back signal via the radio telephone system; and (g) advising the message originator that the message was received.
(a) receiving message information from a message originator;
(b) determining whether the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal in response to reception of the message information by the radio pager;
(c) flagging the message information as a flagged message requesting an acknowledge back signal upon reception if the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal;
(d) transmitting the flagged message to the combination radio telephone and radio pager;
(e) coupling to the combination radio telephone and radio pager via a radio telephone system;
(f) receiving the requested acknowledge back signal via the radio telephone system; and (g) advising the message originator that the message was received.
7. A selective call receiver comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving paging signals transmitted from a paging terminal;
a decoder coupled to the RF receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page;
a flagged page identifier for determining whether the page is a flagged page requesting an acknowledge back;
and a controller for coupling to the paging terminal via a radio telephone system and for transmitting an acknowledge back signal thereby in response to the flagged page identifier determining that the page is a flagged page.
a radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving paging signals transmitted from a paging terminal;
a decoder coupled to the RF receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page;
a flagged page identifier for determining whether the page is a flagged page requesting an acknowledge back;
and a controller for coupling to the paging terminal via a radio telephone system and for transmitting an acknowledge back signal thereby in response to the flagged page identifier determining that the page is a flagged page.
8. The selective call receiver of Claim 7 wherein said controller comprises:
a signal generator for generating an acknowledgement signal in response to the flagged page identifier determining that the page is a flagged page requesting an acknowledge back; and a radio telephone transceiver for coupling to the radio telephone system and transmitting the acknowledgement signal to the paging terminal via the radio telephone system in response to the flagged page identifier determining that the page is a flagged page requesting an acknowledge back.
a signal generator for generating an acknowledgement signal in response to the flagged page identifier determining that the page is a flagged page requesting an acknowledge back; and a radio telephone transceiver for coupling to the radio telephone system and transmitting the acknowledgement signal to the paging terminal via the radio telephone system in response to the flagged page identifier determining that the page is a flagged page requesting an acknowledge back.
9. The selective call receiver of Claim 7 wherein the controller comprises:
means for detecting a number of errors in the page;
and means for coupling to the radio telephone system in response to the detection means detecting a number of errors greater than a predetermined number;
means for generating a retransmission signal; and means for transmitting the retransmission signal via the radio telephone system to the paging terminal.
means for detecting a number of errors in the page;
and means for coupling to the radio telephone system in response to the detection means detecting a number of errors greater than a predetermined number;
means for generating a retransmission signal; and means for transmitting the retransmission signal via the radio telephone system to the paging terminal.
10. A selective call receiver comprising:
a radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving paging signals transmitted from a paging terminal;
a decoder coupled to the RF receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page;
an error detector means for detecting a number of errors in the page; and a controller for coupling to the paging terminal via a radio telephone system and for transmitting a retransmission signal thereby in response to the error detector detecting a number of errors greater than a predetermined number.
a radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving paging signals transmitted from a paging terminal;
a decoder coupled to the RF receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page;
an error detector means for detecting a number of errors in the page; and a controller for coupling to the paging terminal via a radio telephone system and for transmitting a retransmission signal thereby in response to the error detector detecting a number of errors greater than a predetermined number.
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