JP2000315958A - Information receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information receiver by which a user can always find out required information. SOLUTION: The information receiver having a function that an information signal of an object of an information service sent in a radio signal is received and displays the signal on a display means 7, a power saving mode is selected when an operation means 8 is not operated over a prescribed time so as to set a standby state where indication of the display means is put out and the power saving mode is released when the operation means is operated in the power saving mode, is provided with an information storage means 10 that stores information to be displayed and with a control means 4 that allows information storage means to store the received information signal and also to store an information signal of an advertisement message when the interpolation receiver receives it and controls the display means so as to allow the display means to display the information signal of the advertisement message when the power saving mode is released.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information receiving apparatus which enables a user to surely see specific information desired by a transmitting side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional receiver such as a pager, in addition to transmission of a message for communication between individuals and a telephone directory function, information useful to a user from a pager service provider, such as news And stock information, weather forecasts,
An information providing service in which various kinds of information such as town information and traffic information are sequentially transmitted so that the user can view the information can be used.

[0003] In the information providing service, a message (advertisement message such as a graphic) in a specific format is sent from the base station side.
On the receiving side, this can be displayed as an information message in the message reading mode, or can be displayed preferentially at the head of the information to be displayed.

[0004] However, when the user does not select the display of the information providing service, the message in the specific format is not displayed on the display means. Therefore, in such a case, the message in the specific format is not displayed. I can't get you to see my message.

[0005] The sponsor is secured and various kinds of information to be provided are made available to the user free of charge, or the receiver is provided free of charge. In the case of adopting the form of displaying on the display means and allowing the user to see, if the user does not select the display of the information providing service, the advertisement will not be seen at all, so the sponsor is free of charge. The purpose of the offer will not be achieved.

[0006]

As described above, since a receiver such as a pager reads in the advertisement message reading mode, when the user does not see the information message, the user does not see the advertisement message. In this case, since the purpose of the free provision is not achieved for the sponsor, it is an obstacle in securing the sponsor, expanding the number of users and constantly providing fresh and substantial useful information.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to:
An object of the present invention is to provide an information receiving apparatus that can always display necessary information to a user.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. That is, while receiving the information signal of the information provision service which is wirelessly transmitted and displaying it on the display means, when the operation of the operation means has not been performed for a predetermined time, the mode is shifted to the power saving mode and the display of the display means is turned off. Standby state, and in the power saving mode,
In an information receiving apparatus having a function of canceling a power saving mode when the operation of the operation unit is performed, an information holding unit for holding information to be displayed, and reception of an information signal of an information providing service, an information signal of an advertisement message, and the like. And a control unit for controlling the information signal to be stored in the information storage unit and controlling the display unit to display the information of the advertisement message when the power saving mode is canceled.

The apparatus of the present invention having such a configuration has a function of turning off the display for power saving if the operation means is not operated for a certain period of time in a state of a standby display screen for operation in the display mode. In such a device, if there is a received advertisement message, the advertisement message is changed from a state where the display disappears (economy screen) to a standby display screen (for example, a menu screen is displayed and operated). The advertisement message is automatically displayed when the screen transitions to a screen in which the instruction can be accepted.

[0010] When the display is turned off (economy screen) and the display is switched to a standby display screen (menu screen) by a user operation, an advertisement message is automatically displayed. Is looking at the display means in order to operate the screen, and therefore, the information that the user wants to see will surely catch the eyes of the user.

Further, the present invention has a function of receiving an information signal of an information providing service to be transmitted wirelessly and displaying the information signal on a display means, and a standby mode (display mode) for waiting for an instruction from an operation means. In the information receiving apparatus for displaying the standby display screen which is a menu screen in the state of the standby display screen, when the advertisement message information whose priority is set to a high order in the standby mode is received, the received advertisement is displayed. It is configured to include control means for controlling a message to be displayed on a standby display screen.

The receiver having the above-described configuration displays the menu screen in the state of the standby display screen. In this state, when receiving the advertisement message information whose priority is set to the higher order, the received advertisement is displayed. Display the message on the standby display screen.

When the user does not perform any information reading operation, the mode changes to a standby state after a predetermined time has elapsed, and the display state is a standby display screen on which a menu screen is displayed. When an advertisement message with a higher priority is received, it is displayed on the screen, so that an important advertisement message can be displayed on the screen even when the information provided by the information providing service is not viewed. The information you want is easier for the user to see.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.
This will be described with reference to the drawings. First, if there is an advertisement message, by operating the user button from the economy screen, while transitioning to the standby display screen, by automatically displaying the advertisement message, the advertisement of the sponsor of the information service, An example will be described in which an information service user can always have an opportunity to see the information.

(First Embodiment) In a first embodiment, an information signal targeted for an information providing service transmitted wirelessly is received and displayed on a display means (display), and an operation means (key input unit) is provided. When the operation has not been performed for a predetermined time, the display shifts to the power saving mode and the display of the display unit is turned off.In the power saving mode, a function of canceling the power saving mode when the operation of the operation unit is performed is provided. The receiver (pager) has an information holding means for holding information to be displayed, and holds the received information signal in the information holding means (memory). Control means (CPU) for causing the holding means to hold the information and for displaying the information of the advertisement message on the display means when the standby mode is released, The receiver has a function to turn off the display for power saving unless the operation means is operated for a certain time in the state of the standby display screen in the display mode, and the display of the display means is turned off, but the received advertisement message is When the advertisement message is held in the information holding means, the held advertisement message is automatically displayed when a transition is made from the state in which the display has disappeared (economy screen) to the operation standby display screen (menu screen). .

That is, when an advertisement message is automatically displayed when a transition is made to a standby display screen by a user operation from a state where the display is turned off on the display, in this state, it is necessary for the user to operate the screen. Even when watching the display, the information that the user wants to see can be a system that is surely noticeable to the user.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to an advanced radio call system (RCR).
An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a receiver of a wireless paging system (pager) based on the STD-43 standard will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a paging receiver (pager) as a portable terminal. The paging receiver in FIG. 1 includes an antenna 1, a receiving unit 2, a decoder 3, a CPU 4, a reception data processing circuit 5, a display driver 6, a display unit 7, a key input unit 8, an ID-ROM.
9, RAM 10, ROM 11, transmission data memory 12,
Notification driver 13, LED 14, speaker 15, transmission buffer 16, D / A converter 17, amplifier (Amp.) 1
8, a speaker 19, a connector 20, an infrared (Ir) transmitting / receiving unit 21, a bus B, and the like.

The antenna 1 receives a radio wave transmitted from a transmitting antenna of a paging center (not shown), and outputs a signal received by the antenna 1 to the receiving unit 2.

The receiving section 2 demodulates and detects the received signal to obtain a data signal. The data signal is provided to the decoder 3. The receiving section 2 is driven based on the control signal from the decoder 3 to perform demodulation and detection of received data. By taking in a synchronous section of the received signal, a binary or quaternary value is obtained. The serial bit data is selectively output to the decoder 3 according to the modulation method.

The decoder 3 receives the signal 2 from the receiver 2.
It converts the value or quaternary serial bit data into 8-bit parallel data and outputs it to the bus B. Further, the decoder 3 outputs the address data of the address field in the signal received by the CPU 4 and the ID-
After matching with the address data registered in the ROM 9, when a detection signal output at the time of matching is received, continuous reception of all data of the vector field and the message field of the frame in the signal including the matched address data is performed. It has a function to instruct the receiving unit 2.

The reception data processing circuit 5 decodes and outputs the reception data, and is composed of a deinterleave circuit, a buffer memory, a BCH decoder, and the like. Among the elements constituting the received data processing circuit 5, the buffer memory temporarily stores a maximum of one frame in its own frame in block units until the end of the incoming call processing, and the deinterleave circuit includes the decoder 3 Each of the binary or quaternary 8-bit parallel bit data output and stored in the buffer memory is separated for each phase in accordance with each frame pattern and subjected to restoration processing (interleave recovery). The BCH decoder 17 decodes the BCH code of the data held in the buffer memory and performs an error correction process.

The CPU 4 executes various control programs stored in the ROM 11 to analyze incoming bit data, and controls each circuit in the paging receiver in accordance with various control signals input from the key input unit 8. Various controls and arithmetic processing such as overall control are performed.
Further, in order to save energy, the CPU 4 controls to set the power saving mode when there is no operation for a predetermined time, and to set the screen state of the display unit 7 to the economy screen state in which the screen state is not displayed in this state. , And in the power saving mode,
If the user operates the key, the mode shifts to a standby display screen mode which is an initial screen in a normal operation state, and R
It checks whether there is an incoming advertisement message in AM10, and if there is an advertisement message, controls to automatically display the advertisement message while transiting to the standby display screen. If there is no advertisement message, A function is provided in which control is performed so as to shift from the power saving mode and directly transition the screen of the display unit 7 to the standby display screen by operating a button from the economy screen by a user's button operation.

The display driver 6 drives the display unit 7 to perform necessary display based on display control information input from the CPU 4. The display unit 7 is composed of a dot matrix type liquid crystal panel having a display area (not shown) and a display area of, for example, 56 dots vertically × 90 dots horizontally provided with an EL backlight and the like. By being controlled,
Information such as messages and images can be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel.

The key input unit 8 is, for example, a power ON / O
FF switching, a main switch for detecting the determination of various settings in each mode, a cursor key for detecting a mode switching operation such as a display mode, a notification mode setting mode or an image selecting operation, and reading a message based on stored message data. Various function keys such as memory key for detecting operation, reset of incoming call notification, release key for detecting release of mode state, and character input keys (numbers, alphabets, hiragana, katakana, kanji, symbols, etc.) are provided. For example, a keyboard having a QWERTY layout, and various operation signals corresponding to the input operation of each key are transmitted to the CPU 4.
Is output to

As shown in FIG. 2, the ID-ROM 9 stores a frame number of a data frame to be received set in the paging receiver, address data (for example, 32 [bit] configuration) for detecting a call, a vector. The vector type set in the field, the setting contents of the address data, the paging type, a flag F1 indicating the presence or absence of the corresponding image, the file name of the image file when the flag F1 is set, and the image of the file The management addresses are stored in association with each other.

Here, the data frame transmitted wirelessly includes one having a data frame structure and one having a plurality of data frames. The one having one data frame structure is, as shown in FIG. From “address data”, “data identification code” indicating whether the image is text or text, “property data (file name etc.)”, “data body”, and “end code” indicating that data ends in one data frame It is configured.

In the case of a plurality of data frames,
This is used when data cannot be transmitted in one data frame, and the data frame transmitting the divided data body is “address data” as shown in FIG. "Data identification code", "property data (file name, etc.)", "data body", and "division code", which indicates which data frame follows when data does not fit in one data frame. It consists of an area. Also,
The subsequent data is, as shown in FIG. 9C, a “division code”, a “data identification code”, a “property data (eg, a file name)”, and a “data body” indicating the number of the subsequent data frame. , Each data frame includes a "divided code (or end code)" area which indicates which data frame follows when the data does not fit in one data frame.

When the transmission of the data body can be covered by one data frame, only the frame of FIG. 9A is used. When the transmission of the data body cannot be covered by one data frame, the frame of FIG. 9B is used. Next, the data is transmitted a required number of times in the data frame format of FIG. 9C.

In the ID-ROM 9, among the data frames wirelessly transmitted in such a frame format, those which can be received are registered, and where the data frames are to be stored is registered. For example, in the case of FIG.
o. (Number) is “7”, “63”, “87”, “1”
03 "and" XXX "as data to be received, and here, it is assumed that the advertisement is sent in the data frame of" XXX ", and the data frame of" XXX "is the individual call address. It is assumed that the data is “#Y”.

In the example shown in FIG.
Looking at the registered contents in the column where the frame number data of the frame set as the reception target is “7”, the individual call address data of the frame corresponding to the frame number data is “#A”, and the vector data Is "0
11 ", the memory address storing the setting contents of the basic call corresponding to this vector type is" 1st address ", and the paging type is" NP "which is non-image.
In addition, there is no image for the opening screen (corresponding image flag “0”).

Looking at the registered contents in the column where the frame number data to be received is "63", the individual calling address data of the frame corresponding to the frame number data is "#B" and the vector data Is "11
"0", the memory address storing the setting contents of the basic call corresponding to this frame is "2st address", and the paging type is "IP" indicating that it is an image.
In addition, there is no image for the opening screen (corresponding image flag “0”).

Further, the frame number “8” to be received
Looking at the registered contents in the column “7”, the address data for individual call of the frame corresponding to the frame number data is “#C”, the vector data is “110”, and the basic data corresponding to this frame is The memory address storing the setting contents of the call is “3st address”, the paging type is “IP” indicating image,
Also, an image for the opening screen is prepared (corresponding image flag “1”), and the file name is “Ticket OX”.
And the address where the image is stored is “00”.
This indicates that the setting of "1" has been made.

Similarly, the frame number “1” to be received
Looking at the registered contents in the column regarding “03”, the individual call address data of the frame corresponding to the frame number data is “#D”, the vector data is “110”, and the basic data corresponding to this frame is The memory address storing the setting contents of the call is “4st address”, the paging type is “IP” indicating that it is an image, and an image for the opening screen is prepared (corresponding image flag “1”). "), The file name is" Info xx ", and the setting that the address where the image is stored is" 002 "is set.

The frame number "XX" to be received
Looking at the registered contents in the column for “X”, the address data for individual call of the frame corresponding to the frame number data is “#Y”, and the vector data is “1”.
10 ", the memory address storing the setting contents of the basic call corresponding to this frame is" Zth address ", and the paging type is" I "indicating that the frame is an image.
P ", and the setting is such that there is no image for the opening screen (corresponding image flag" 0 ").

[0036] That is, the information providing service includes a paid service and a free service, and the free service includes advertising information such as shopping information, a product catalog, gourmet information, and new product information. Although the information itself has little advertising effect on a commercial basis, such as news, weather forecasts, stock market conditions, etc., there are also information providing services that are expensive, and such information provision In some cases, instead of sponsors paying for the operating costs of the service, advertising is put on it and used for advertising activities to make it free of charge.

When placing an advertisement, there is also a form in which the advertisement data is embedded in the data file of the information providing service. Alternatively, the frame of the advertisement file is transmitted alone, and the receiver receives and holds the frame. There is also a method of displaying the information on the display unit 7 as appropriate.

Further, there is also a form in which the receiver itself is provided free of charge at the burden of the sponsor, and instead, the advertisement of the sponsor is placed and used for advertising activities. In this case, the frame of the sponsor advertisement file is used alone. There is also a method in which the data is transmitted, the receiver receives the data, holds the data, and displays it on the display unit 7 as appropriate.

In preparation for adopting such a form,
In the receiver of the present invention, necessary data is set in the table of FIG. 2 so that the data frame of the advertisement file can be received, and the data frame of the advertisement file is added from the service providing side by adding address data “#Y”. Transmit and when the receiver receives this, the address data of the frame is "#Y".
Therefore, the CPU 4 is configured to fetch the advertisement file and execute a special process for managing the advertisement on the fetched advertisement file.

As shown in FIG. 3, the RAM 10 includes a user information memory area UD, a telephone directory data memory area TD,
It has an individual call message memory area PMD, an information providing service data memory area IMD, an image data management memory area IMM, and an image data storage area IMGD.

The user information memory area UD is, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, an area for holding the owner information of the paging receiver. The user information memory area UD stores "user name" information as the owner name and the paging receiver. And "call number" are stored in association with each other.

As shown in FIG. 5, the telephone directory data memory area TD includes a registration number indicating a registration order, a name,
A plurality of sets are stored as a set of a paging type flag F2 indicating whether or not the paging type (IP) can handle a telephone (call) number, an address, and image information.

Information provision service data memory area IM
D, as shown in FIG. 6, stores a message sequentially received as a set of a message number, a receiving address, the content of information displayed as a headline, a corresponding image management address, and a receiving date and time. In addition, the advertisement information is sequentially stored as a set including a message number and a receiving address, contents of information to be displayed as a headline, a corresponding image management address, and a receiving date and time.

As shown in FIG. 7, the image data management memory area IMM contains an image management address and an image capacity, a file name of the image, flag information indicating whether or not the image is advertisement information, and a binary monochrome image. An image having an incoming call can be stored in association with a bitmap image whose data has been simplified.

The image data storage area IMGD is an area for storing image data in association with the image file name.

The ROM 11 includes a program ROM memory area 111, a character generator (CG) memory area 112, a JIS8 code conversion table 113, and an 8-bit / dot pattern conversion table 1 as shown in FIG.
14, a shift JIS area table 115, and a free word table 116.

The program ROM memory area 111
It mainly stores an operation program of the CPU 4, a display control program, and other various programs.

Character generator memory area 11
Numeral 2 stores dot pattern data of full-width characters displayed by 12 horizontal dots by 13 vertical dots.

The JIS8 code conversion table 113 stores the I
This is a table for converting bit data sequentially read in 8-bit units from a bit data string received by the P-paging service into corresponding characters (characters). The conversion designation information includes upper 4 bits (0 to F) and lower bits. Four bits (0 to F) are stored and arranged in a matrix, and store character (character) conversion designation information to be generated by the character generator 112, respectively. here,
For example, if the bit data is "41", the character "A"
If the bit data is "B1," the character "A" is designated for conversion.

This JIS8 code conversion table 113
Is originally 16 (upper 4 bits) x 16 (lower 4 bits)
= 256 kinds of characters can be specified.
In the paging system, "8
The so-called "shift JIS" code of 64 conversion designation areas of "0" to "9F" and "E0" to "FF" replaced with data designating 2-byte data of JIS X 0208 (Kanji code table) Is substantially unused because it indicates conversion to “00” to “00” to “2F”, “7”.
The 34 conversion designated areas "F" and "A0" are undefined.

Therefore, these 98 areas are not used in the IP paging system. However, in this system, this area is used as an allocation area for a user-defined character, and as pseudo graphic characters expressing various pictograms or patterns, "20" to "6E" and "B1" in the 158 conversion designated areas are used. ~ 128 of "DF"
It is assumed that the number of conversion designated areas is assigned to an image pattern and used.

The transmission data memory 12 stores and reads out data to be transmitted under the control of the CPU 4, and the notification driver 13 drives the LED 14 to blink or drive a speaker under the control of the CPU 4. For example, when a message is received by the individual call service, the LED 14 is driven to blink in accordance with the content of a preset notification, and the speaker 15 is driven.
A sound can be generated by the

The transmission buffer 16 stores a DTMF (Dual Ton) based on the transmission data created by the CPU 4.
e Multi Frequency (dial tone) data (numerical data and the like) that can be converted into a signal is sequentially buffer-stored and sent to the D / A converter 27. The D / A converter 17 converts the data into an analog signal. The amplifier 18 amplifies the tone signal, and converts the tone signal amplified by the amplifier 18 into a speaker 19.
DTMF signal composed of a combination of two preset audio frequency signals can be continuously output as sound.

The connector 20 is for transmitting and receiving data and the like to and from the receiver main body. Also, the infrared transmitting / receiving section 21
Is a device for transmitting and receiving data by infrared rays, for example, IrDA (Infrared Data Assoc).
Infrared communication with other electronic devices in accordance with the rules of “i.

The operation of the present system having such a configuration will be described. In the present embodiment, if there is a received advertisement message in the receiver, the receiver state is automatically displayed when the display of the receiver transitions from a state in which the display has disappeared to a standby display screen by a user operation, such as this. In this example, the information that the user wants to see is surely noticed by the user.

From the paging center on the information providing service providing side, various information service files and advertisement files are wirelessly transmitted in frame units in a format as shown in FIG. These data frames are received by the receiving antenna 1 and provided to the receiving unit 2.
Then, the receiving unit 2 performs reception processing of the given signal,
The serial bit data is selectively output to the decoder 3 according to the binary or quaternary modulation method. In the decoder 3,
The bit data supplied from the receiving unit 2 is rearranged into 8-bit parallel data and output to the bus B.

The CPU 4 takes in the parallel data from the bus B and extracts the address data in the address field in the received signal. Then, the CPU 4 sets the ID-R
It checks against the address data registered in the OM 9 and checks whether there is any matching address data in the registered ones. If there is a match, a match detection signal is given to the decoder 3.

The decoder 3 receives the coincidence detection signal and instructs the receiving unit 2 to continuously receive all data including the vector field and the message field for the frame including the coincident address data. Thereby, the receiving unit 2 continues receiving the frame, and the decoder 3 converts the bit data given from the receiving unit 2 into 8 bits.
The data is rearranged into bit parallel data and output to the bus B.

The CPU 4 instructs the reception data processing circuit 5 to perform data processing, and the reception data processing circuit 5 fetches parallel data from the bus B and stores a maximum of one frame of its own frame in the buffer memory portion in block units until the termination of the incoming processing. In the deinterleave circuit portion, the data stored in the buffer memory is subjected to restoration processing (interleave recovery) by separating the data in each phase in accordance with the respective frame patterns and performing BC processing.
The H decoder decodes the BCH code of the data held in the buffer memory.

Then, the CPU 4 refers to the information in the corresponding column in the ID-ROM 9 to know necessary conditions, and stores the data itself and the like in the corresponding area of the RAM 10 so as to be suitable.
Information such as “message number”, “contents of information to be displayed”, “screen management address”, and “arrival date” is associated with the content of the address data field as management information.
It is stored in M10 so that it can be used for the information providing service.

Then, in the information providing service use mode selected and designated by the user in the display mode of the receiver, the CPU 4 refers to the management information and displays the heading list of the currently arrivable browseable information on the display unit 7. To display,
If "weather forecast" is specified in response to a key operation in accordance with the selection of the user who has seen this, this is information provided in the frame of "#A" in the address data field from the management information. Knowing this from the management information, the contents of the data body relating to the frame at the address “#A” are read from the RAM 10. Then, this is displayed on the display unit 7 and provided to the user.

In the state of the list display, the display unit 7
In response to a key operation in accordance with the user's selection after viewing the display information, if it is designated as "Ox department store sale", the contents of the address data field are set to "#" from the management information.
C ", it is known from the management information that the information is serviced in the frame, and that it has an image management address.
The image corresponding to "1" is read from the RAM 10. Then, this is displayed on the display unit 7 as an opening screen,
Next, the contents of the data body relating to the frame at the address “#C” are read from the RAM 10. Then, this is displayed on the display unit 7 and provided to the user.

Note that if there is an advertisement message, it can be known from the management information. Therefore, the CPU 4 displays the advertisement message before displaying the opening screen (or at the end of the information providing service, or appropriately or periodically).
Read from AM10. Then, this is displayed on the display unit 7 as an advertisement screen.

When the browsing end operation of the information providing service is performed, the CPU 4 performs a process of returning to the standby display screen. Thereby, the standby display screen is displayed on the display unit 7,
It is in a state of waiting for the next instruction.

When a predetermined time elapses without performing the next operation, the CPU 4 enters the power saving mode, shifts to the economy screen (non-display state) and ends the screen display operation state, but waits for key operation. If there is a key operation, the display shifts to a display mode in which a standby display screen (menu screen) is displayed.

However, in the present system, if an advertisement file is received, the advertisement file is displayed before the standby display screen is displayed, and thereafter, the display is shifted to the standby display screen so that the advertisement is always shown to the user. (Ad compulsory display function).

This will be described below.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the advertisement compulsory display function. The operation will be described. The CPU 4 manages the elapsed time, and changes the key status from the display state of the standby display screen for a certain period of time. When the state without operation has elapsed, the state of the economy screen is set to a state where the screen of the display unit 7 is erased (S1 to S3). If any key or button is operated in the economy screen state, it is checked whether or not there is an advertisement message (S4, S4).
5) As a result, if there is an advertisement message, the content of the advertisement message is displayed on the display unit 7 for a certain period of time, for example, and then the display of the standby display screen is shifted (S6, S1). Also,
As a result of checking the presence or absence of the advertisement message, if there is no advertisement message, the display of the display unit 7 is set to a standby display screen (S5, S1).

As described above, if the screen state of the display unit 7 is the economy screen state and there is a key operation by the user,
If there is an advertisement message, it will automatically display the advertisement message during the transition to the standby display screen, and if there is no advertisement message, directly transition to the standby display screen from the economy screen by button operation of the user I tried to make it.

Therefore, if there is an advertisement message, the advertisement message is automatically displayed during the transition to the standby display screen.
An opportunity to be seen by the user is secured, and instead of providing the information service to the user free of charge, it is possible to achieve the purpose of the system of having the user see the advertisement.

In the first embodiment, the information signal of the information providing service transmitted wirelessly is received and displayed on the display means, and when the operation means is not operated for a predetermined time, the power saving mode is set. The information is to be displayed in a receiver (pager) having a function of canceling the power saving mode when the operation of the operation means is performed in the power saving mode in a standby state in which the display is turned off and the display of the display means is turned off. And an information holding means for holding the received information signal in the information holding means and, when receiving the information signal of the advertisement message, holding the information signal in the information holding means. And control means for controlling the display means to display the information on the display means. If you do not operate the fixed time operation means, it has a function to turn off the display for power saving, and the display on the display means will be turned off, but this advertisement held if it is held in the received advertisement message information holding means The message is automatically displayed when the display is changed from a state where the display disappears (economy screen) to a standby display screen.

As described above, when the advertisement message is automatically displayed when the display changes to the standby display screen by the user's operation from the state in which the display disappears, the user can operate the screen in this state. Even when looking at the display means, the information that the user wants to see is
It will definitely catch the eyes of the user.

In the above description, one advertisement message to be displayed as a message desired by the user is displayed. However, when there are a plurality of advertisement messages, the advertisement messages are automatically sent or sequentially operated by button operation. It may be displayed. The number of times the advertisement message is displayed may be counted, and the advertisement message displayed a certain number of times may be deleted, or may not be displayed in the next display operation.

In addition, priorities are set to the advertisement messages, and when there are a plurality of received advertisement messages, information of the advertisement message having a higher priority among the advertisement messages is displayed on the display means when the standby mode is released. The control means (CPU 4) may be provided with a function of performing control to cause the control means to perform selection or display at random.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the advertisement forced display function will be described. In this embodiment, priorities are given to advertisement messages, and when an advertisement message is received while the standby display screen (menu screen) in the display mode is displayed, the advertisement message having a higher priority is displayed on the standby display screen. The basic functional configuration is the same as the block diagram shown in FIG.

In the second embodiment, the received data frame is not only a frame for an information providing service, but also a data frame of advertisement information can be received as an advertisement message. A function that can specify an address to be given a higher priority, and can use this as priority information to select an advertisement message with a higher priority.
Give it to U4.

In the standby mode for waiting for an instruction by a user operation of the key input unit 8 as the operation means, the screen display is changed to a standby display screen display state in which a menu screen is displayed. When the set advertisement message information is received, the CPU 4 has a function of controlling the received advertisement message to be displayed on the standby display screen.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment of the advertisement compulsory display function. The operation will be described. When the CPU 4 receives an advertisement message from the display state of the standby display screen, the CPU 4 displays the advertisement message. Is an advertisement message of the "E" address (priority) (S11 to S13).

That is, the information address is now "C"-
Assuming that “F” is present and “E” address is set in advance as the priority address and the receiver, when the advertisement message is received, the CPU 4 displays the advertisement message of “E” address on the standby display screen. The display is controlled to be displayed, and other advertisement messages are controlled to be displayed in a mode other than the standby display screen.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the advertisement message of the priority-set address is always displayed on the standby display screen. It is possible to forcibly display the information on the display unit and use it for advertisement.

In the above description, the advertisement message transmitted in one specific address frame is preferentially displayed. However, when there are a plurality of priority-set addresses, the advertisement message transmitted in a specific address frame is displayed. When there are a plurality of messages, the displayed message may be changed depending on time. Although the priority is set in the receiver, the priority may be specified in the format of the transmitted information message.

As described above, the second embodiment has the function of receiving the information signal of the information providing service transmitted wirelessly and displaying the information signal on the display means, and waiting for an instruction from the operation means. In the information receiving device in the standby display screen display state becomes a menu screen,
In the standby mode, when receiving the advertisement message information of which the priority is set to a higher order, the control unit controls the display so that the received advertisement message is displayed on a standby display screen. In the state of the display screen, the menu screen is displayed. When the advertisement message information of which the priority is set high is received in this state, the received advertisement message is displayed on the standby display screen.

When the display unit of the receiver is in the state of the standby display screen (the display state of the standby display screen on which the menu screen is displayed), when an advertisement message having a higher priority is received, this is displayed on the screen. Therefore, an important advertisement message can be displayed on the screen even when the information provided by the information providing service is not viewed, so that the information desired by the user is easily noticed by the user.

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As described above in detail, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide an information receiving apparatus in which information desired by a user is more frequently seen by the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a specific example of the present invention, and is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a paging receiver (pager) as a portable terminal.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, and is a memory map showing an outline of storage contents of an ID-ROM 9 in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, and is a memory map showing an outline of storage contents of a RAM 10 in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, and is a diagram showing an example of storage contents of a user information memory area in a RAM 10 in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, showing an example of storage contents of a telephone directory data memory area in a RAM 10 in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, showing an example of storage contents of an information providing service data memory area in a RAM 10 in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, showing an example of storage contents of an image data management memory area in a RAM 10 in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, showing an example of a memory map in the ROM 11 in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, showing an example of a format of an information service file and an advertisement file used in the system of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, and is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram for explaining the present invention, and is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Antenna, 2 ... Receiving part, 3 ... Decoder, 4 ... CPU
(Processor), 5: reception data processing circuit, 6: display driver, 7: display unit, 8: key input unit, 9: ID-RO
M, 10 RAM, 11 ROM, 12 transmission data memory, 13 notification driver, 14 LED, 15 speaker, 16 transmission buffer, 17 D / A converter, 18
... Amplifier (Amp.), 19 ... Speaker, 20 ... Connector, 21 ... Infrared (Ir) transmitter / receiver.

Claims (2)

[Claims] An information signal targeted for an information providing service wirelessly transmitted is received and displayed on a display means. When the operation means is not operated for a predetermined time, the mode is shifted to a power saving mode and the display means is activated. It goes into a standby state with the display turned off,
In the power saving mode, in an information receiving apparatus having a function of canceling the power saving mode when the operation of the operation unit is performed, an information holding unit for holding information to be displayed, an information signal of an information providing service, and an advertisement message And a control unit that controls the information holding unit to hold the received information signal such as the information signal of the information signal and to display the information of the advertisement message on the display unit when the power saving mode is released. Information receiving device. 2. A standby screen which has a function of receiving an information signal of an information providing service to be wirelessly transmitted and displaying the information signal on a display means, and which becomes a menu screen in a mode of a standby state of waiting for an instruction from an operation means. An information receiving apparatus for displaying a display screen, wherein, when receiving the advertisement message information whose priority is set to a high priority in the standby mode, controlling to display the received advertisement message on a standby display screen. An information receiving apparatus characterized by comprising means.