JP2938022B1 - Radio selective call receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract: [PROBLEMS] To make it easy to predict the amount charged by a service provider in the next month. A receiving unit receives a message from a wireless line. The control unit 13 increments the count value of the count area 124 by one when the serial number is not included in the received message, and when the serial number is included, the difference between the serial number of the currently received message and the serial number of the previously received message. And add it to the count value. Then, the count value is displayed on the display unit 15 and compared with the number of times stored in the billing start / call number storage area 123. When the count value becomes larger than the billing start / call number, the billing is started on the display unit 15. Is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio selective call receiver, and more particularly, to a radio selective call receiver corresponding to a service charged according to the number of calls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a radio selective calling service using a radio selective calling receiver, the user is not paid for the usage fee.
Service suspension measures will be taken. Conventionally, in order to realize such a measure, the exchange side manages each radio selective calling receiver, transmits a special message to a receiver who has not paid the usage fee, and stops the receiving function. I have.

[0003] Further, the expiration date and the number of uses (the number of calls) of the receiver are determined in advance, and a special message is transmitted to the receiver whose expiration date has passed or the number of uses has been reached to stop the reception function. Some are made to do so. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-102911 discloses that, when a paging exchange receives a call to a radio selective call receiver, 1 is subtracted from a preset use frequency of the receiver and the expiration date is set. There is disclosed a radio selective call service that stops the service when the number of times of use expires or when the number of uses becomes 0 within the validity period.

[0004] However, all of the above-mentioned services are controlled by the exchange, which places a heavy load on the exchange, and when the receiver is not in a receivable area or when the power of the receiver is turned off. There is a drawback that the service stop notification cannot be made when the service is stopped.

Therefore, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-238375 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-322213 disclose a radio system in which the number of calls is counted on the receiver side, and the reception operation is stopped when the number of calls reaches a predetermined value. Selective call receivers have been proposed.

[0006]

At present, when various services are required to be provided, the service is not stopped when the number of receptions exceeds a predetermined number of receptions. However, if it exceeds that, a service of paying a usage fee according to the number of calls is required and realized.

[0007] However, the conventional radio selective calling receiver, when its expiration date has expired or reached a predetermined number of times of calling, gives notification by display or change of ringing tone. It does not correspond to a service that exceeds the fee and charges according to the number of calls. For this reason, the user cannot know the actual number of calls, even if the user can know that the number has approached the predetermined number and has reached the number, and charging according to the number of calls is started. The user has to use it without knowing that there is a problem that the amount charged by the service provider in the next month is difficult to predict. In particular, when the user is in the reception area or when the power is turned off, the calling service may be performed without the user's knowledge at all, and there may be cases where the user is charged for it. There is a problem that the person cannot know that at all.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a radio selective call receiver which counts and displays the number of calls each time a call is received, thereby facilitating the prediction of the amount charged by a service provider in the following month.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a radio paging receiver capable of counting the number of calls for a specific message even when no call is received.

[0010]

Means for Solving the Problems The present first radio paging receiver according to the invention is called by the call signal from the radio network, the radio selective calling receiver for receiving a message that is continuous with the call signal, the Means for determining the number of calls from the wireless line based on the message, means for displaying the determined number of calls ,
Means for storing a serial number included therein, and
The requesting means includes a serial number in the message received this time.
Judge whether or not the serial number is included.
When the call number increases by one, the serial number
If it is included in the message received this time,
Between the serial number and the serial number included in the last received message
And counts up by the difference .

[0011]

Further, the first radio paging receiver according to the present invention, when the calling number has become greater than a predetermined value, and the effect of accounting start with the call number, the means of the display It is characterized in that it is displayed.

A second radio selective call receiver according to the present invention is a radio selective call receiver which is called by a paging signal from a radio line and receives a message following the paging signal. A receiving unit that receives and outputs a message, a control unit that calculates the number of calls from the wireless line based on the message, and a display unit that displays the calculated number of calls based on the control of the control unit .
Memorize the serial number included in the message received last time
A control unit, wherein the control unit receives the message received this time.
Judge whether the serial number is included in the
If not, increase the number of calls by one
If the serial number is included, the message received this time
Serial number included in the message and included in the last received message
Find the difference from the serial number and count up the difference
Characterized in that the so that.

[0014]

[0015] The second radio paging receiver according to the present invention, when the calling number has become greater than a predetermined value, and the effect of accounting start with the call number, the means of the display It is characterized in that it is displayed.

Further, a third radio selective call receiver according to the present invention is a radio selective call receiver which is called by a paging signal from a radio line and receives a message following the paging signal. A receiving unit for receiving and outputting, an operation unit for inputting charging target address ID information and a charging start calling number, and storing the charging target address ID information and the charging start calling number input from the operating unit. A storage unit for storing a serial number included in a previously received message, and the charging target address ID and the charging start call count input from the operation unit are stored in the storage unit, and the reception unit outputs the Check if the message contains a serial number,
When the serial number is not included, the number of calls is incremented by one. When the serial number is included, the difference between the serial number included in the message received this time and the serial number included in the previously received message is obtained, and only the difference is calculated. A control unit that counts up the number of calls is provided, and a display unit that displays the number of calls based on the control of the control unit.

Further, in the third radio selective call receiver according to the present invention, the control unit displays on the display unit that charging is started when the number of calls is greater than the number of times of charging start calling. The feature is that it is made to be.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

Among the services provided by the service provider, there are a service requiring a fee other than the basic fee (charged) and a service included in the basic fee (not charged). . Therefore, the radio selective calling receiver is provided with a charging target for receiving information which is not charged, so that such a service can be distinguished on the receiving side, that is, the radio selective calling receiver side. Outside address ID information and charging target address ID information for receiving information to be charged are provided. However, since the present invention relates to a service to be charged, a description of a service not to be charged will be omitted in the following description.

FIG. 1 shows a radio selective call receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention. The radio selective call receiver includes a receiving unit 11 for receiving a call signal from a radio line and a message following the call signal, a storage unit 12 for storing predetermined information,
A control unit 13 connected to the receiving unit and the storage unit;
An operation unit 14 for writing necessary information to the storage unit 12 via the control unit 3 and a display unit 15 for displaying various information under the control of the control unit 13 are provided.

The storage unit 12 has a reception message storage area 121 for storing the reception message received by the reception unit 11.
A charging target address ID storage area 122 for storing the charging target address ID input from the operation unit 14, a charging start calling frequency storage area 123 for storing the charging start calling frequency input from the operating unit 14, (Count value).

By making a contract with the service provider, a chargeable address ID is given to the radio selective calling receiver from the service provider. The user
The given charging target address ID is stored in the storage unit 12 of the radio selective calling receiver. That is, the user operates the operation unit 14 to input the charging target address ID.
The control unit 13 stores the input chargeable address ID in the chargeable address ID storage area 122 of the storage unit 12. Further, since the number of billing start calls is determined according to the contract content, the user inputs the number of billing start calls from the operation unit 14. The control unit 13 stores the input number of times of billing start calls to the number of times of billing start calls storage area 1
23. Note that the number of billing start calls indicates the maximum number of calls (per month) that are not subject to billing. If the number of calls is less than that, it is not necessary to pay an excess fee. You will have to pay extra for how much you call.

Next, the operation of the radio selective calling receiver of FIG. 1 will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

First, when the receiving unit 11 receives a calling signal through a radio line, the received calling signal is transmitted to the control unit 13.
Given to.

The control unit 13 compares the ID information included in the received call signal with the chargeable address ID stored in the chargeable address ID storage area. If the result of the comparison is a match, a message following the call signal is received (step S201).

The control unit 13 has a clock unit (not shown), and upon receiving the message, in step S202,
Determine if the month has changed. As a result, when it is determined that the month has changed, the count area 124 of the storage unit 12 is initialized in step S203. Thus, when a message is received for the first time every month, the count area 124 is cleared and the count value becomes “0”.

Next, the control unit 3 determines in step S204
It checks whether the received message contains a serial number (serial number). The serial number is, for example, a serial number (serial number) indicating the number of retransmissions included in a retransmission message in a service called a message retransmission service.
It is.

If it is determined in step S204 that the message does not include a serial number, the control unit 13
Adds “1” to the count value stored in the count area 124 of the storage unit 12.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S204 that the message includes a serial number,
In step S206, a difference between the serial number included in the message received this time and the serial number stored in the storage unit 12 in a previous serial number storage area (not shown) is determined. And
The control unit 13 adds the difference to the count value of the count area 124 in step S207. As described above, it is possible to count the number of unreceivable messages by obtaining the difference from the serial number of the previously received message.

Further, the control unit 13 stores the serial number included in the message received this time again in a previous serial number storage area (not shown).

Next, the control unit 13 proceeds to step S208.
Then, the count value stored in the count area 124 is
It is displayed on the display unit 15. Then, step S209
Then, the count value is compared with the number of billing start calls stored in the billing start call number storage area.

If the count value, that is, the number of calls, is greater than the number of times of billing start, the control unit 13 displays the start of billing on the display unit 15 in step S210. After that, the control unit 13 stores the received message in the received message storage area 121 in step S211.

On the other hand, if the count value is equal to or less than the number of billing start calls, the process immediately proceeds to step S211 to store the received message in the received message storage area 121.

The received message stored in the received message storage area 121 is read from the received message storage area 121 by the control unit 13 by operating a switch (not shown) and displayed on the display unit 15.

In the above description, a case where a single chargeable address ID is provided has been described, but a plurality of chargeable address IDs may be provided. In this case, the number of calls is counted for each address ID, and the display is executed for each.

[0036]

As described above, according to the radio selective calling receiver of the present invention, when the message received from the radio line does not include the serial number indicating the serial number, the count indicating the number of times called from the radio line. The value is incremented by one, and if a serial number is included, it is counted up to the number of unreceivable messages between the previously received message and the currently received message, and this counted value is displayed on the display. In addition, when the count value becomes larger than the number of billing start calls, a display indicating that billing is started is provided, so that the user can know the number of uses (the number of calls) and check the service provider in the following month. There is an effect that the amount of the charge from can be predicted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the radio selective calling receiver of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Receiving part 12 Storage part 13 Control part 14 Operation part 15 Display part 121 Received message storage area 122 Chargeable address ID information storage area 123 Billing start call frequency storage area 124 Count area

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-2-104032 (JP, A) JP-A-4-119725 (JP, A) JP-A-11-27713 (JP, A) JP-A-10-136420 (JP) JP-A-10-173830 (JP, A) JP-A-10-191416 (JP, A) JP-A-9-238375 (JP, A) JP-A-9-322213 (JP, A) (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04B 7/24-7/26 H04Q 7/00-7/38

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A radio called by a paging signal from a radio line and receiving a message following the paging signal.
In the selective call receiver, means for calculating the number of calls from the wireless line based on the message, means for displaying the calculated number of calls, and means for storing a serial number included in the previously received message, The means for determining the number of calls determines whether or not a serial number is included in the message received this time. If the serial number is not included, the number of calls is counted up by one, and if the serial number is included, A radio selective calling receiver characterized in that a difference between a serial number included in a message received this time and a serial number included in a message received last time is obtained, and the difference is counted up. 2. A radio called by a paging signal from a radio line and receiving a message following the paging signal.
In the selective call receiver, means for calculating the number of calls from the wireless line based on the message, means for displaying the calculated number of calls, and means for storing a serial number included in the previously received message, The means for calculating the number of calls determines whether or not a serial number is included in the message received this time. If the serial number is not included, the number of calls is incremented by one, and if the serial number is included, The difference between the serial number included in the message received this time and the serial number included in the message received last time is obtained, and the difference is counted up, and when the number of calls becomes larger than a predetermined value. , the radio selective calling receiver, characterized by the fact of accounting start with the call number, and to display on said means for displaying. 3. A radio selective call receiver which is called by a call signal from a radio line and receives a message continuous with the call signal, a receiving unit for receiving and outputting the message from a radio line, and the message A control unit that calculates the number of calls from the wireless line based on the control unit, a display unit that displays the calculated number of calls based on the control of the control unit, and a storage unit that stores a serial number included in the message received last time. The control unit determines whether a serial number is included in the message received this time, and when the serial number is not included, increments the number of calls by one, and when the serial number is included, The difference between the serial number included in the message received this time and the serial number included in the message received last time is calculated, and the difference is counted up. And a radio selective call receiver. 4. A radio selective call receiver which is called by a paging signal from a radio line and receives a message following the paging signal, a receiving unit for receiving and outputting the message from a radio line, and the message A control unit that calculates the number of calls from the wireless line based on the control unit, a display unit that displays the calculated number of calls based on the control of the control unit, and a storage unit that stores a serial number included in the message received last time. The control unit determines whether a serial number is included in the message received this time, and when the serial number is not included, increments the number of calls by one, and when the serial number is included, Find the difference between the serial number included in the message received this time and the serial number included in the message received last time, and count up the difference In both cases, when the number of calls becomes larger than a predetermined value, the number of calls and the start of billing are indicated.
Preparative radio selective calling receiver characterized by being configured to display on the display unit. 5. A radio selective call receiver, which is called by a call signal from a radio line and receives a message following the call signal, receiving and outputting the message from the radio line. Section and charging target address ID
An operation unit for inputting information and the number of billing start calls,
A storage unit that stores the charging target address ID information and the charging start call count input from the operation unit, and stores a serial number included in a message received last time;
The storage unit stores the charging target address ID and the charging start call count input from the operation unit, and checks whether a serial number is included in the message output by the receiving unit. If not, the number of calls is incremented by one, and if the serial number is included, the difference between the serial number included in the message received this time and the serial number included in the previously received message is obtained, and the number of calls is determined by the difference. A radio selective call receiver, comprising: a control unit that counts up; and a display unit that displays the number of calls based on the control of the control unit. Wherein the control unit, according to claim 5, characterized in that the call number is that it will start charging when it is larger than the charging start calling number to be displayed on the display unit Radio selective call receiver.