JP2968737B2 - Radio selective call receiver - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio selective paging receiver typified by a pager such as a pager (registered trademark) or the like, and more particularly to a location registration system for a receiver which requires location registration. The present invention relates to a radio selective calling receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of radio paging system includes a pager such as a pager, arranges a number of base stations at the center of a number of zone areas, and radiates radio waves of the calling frequency from a calling antenna. A radio selective call receiver (hereinafter simply referred to as a "pager") receives the call, makes a ringing tone, notifies the call by vibrating, a telephone number of a fixed telephone set to be called, and an encryption. A message or the like read out from the number is displayed to urge the person who carries the pager to perform a certain action. When the pager is moved to another zone area, the current position is registered in the base station of the moved zone area (home area). The base station of the public network is selected, and the base station in the zone area whose position is registered emits radio waves of the calling frequency to call the pager.

[0003] As means for prompting the location registration, the user is notified by a sound or a display that the user has moved to a place other than the home area, and the carrier calls the calling number from a telephone on the public network, and a tone signal from a keyboard of the telephone. Was done by typing. The procedure in this case will be described with reference to FIG. When it is considered that the pager carrier has moved in the area zone, the pager calls the telephone number of the base station in the area zone from a telephone in the public telephone network (S401). Next, in accordance with an instruction from the telephone of the public telephone network, the keys on the keyboard of the telephone are sequentially pressed,
The service code is input (S402). Further, a password is similarly input (S403). Then, the area number registration / service area is input similarly in accordance with the instruction from the telephone of the public telephone network (S404), and the location registration is completed.

[0004] One example is described in JP-A-59-174032. The pager location registration system described in this publication discloses a method for registering a pager from one base station.
Since the area where the bell can be called has a radius of about 5km,
In order to form one vast service area, it is necessary to disperse a plurality of base stations and make a call at the same frequency throughout the service area. Is transmitted with an identification signal designating. Where the position of all pagers,
That is, it is necessary to register which calling area is located, but pockets without radio wave emission functions
Since it is not possible to automatically perform the location registration of the bell, the present system includes a home switching center having an identification number of a calling area, and the pager terminal has a display unit for displaying the specific identification number. And, when shifting to a new calling area, display the identification number of the new home exchange on the display unit,
The pager carrier notifies the new home switching center of the identification number with a telephone in a public network, the new home switching center registers the identification number of the calling area where the pager is located, and newly registers the identification number. Proposes a method of calling a pager terminal to delete the identification number and confirm registration.

In addition to this method, the home exchange sometimes sends an identification number, compares the identification number with the calling area identification number in the memory in the pager, and if they match, keeps the same. This is done by rewriting and displaying the memory to the called area identification number, calling and notifying and displaying to the carrier that the area has changed, and the carrier calling the calling number and inputting a tone signal.

[0006]

However, when the pager's carrier informs and displays that the area has been changed, and is informed that the pager has not noticed, the pager is called in the original area and receives a message. Can not do.
That is, in general, a pager that requires location registration displays a notification once when the area changes, or informs the wearer of the change in the area depending on the degree of notification with a beep sound. Occurs.

[0007] Further, since the person carrying the pager informs and displays that the area has been changed and is informed, it is necessary for the person carrying a plurality of areas on a daily basis to perform location registration each time. Is annoying. This is because a pager that generally requires location registration, even if the area changes daily, be sure to manually enter the location registration, call the call number, service code, password, area This is caused by the need to perform number registration / service area registration.

[0008] [Object of the invention] An object of the present invention is to register a schedule of a carrier in advance to display a notification to inform the carrier that the area has changed.
Provide a function to notify by alarm.

[0009] Another object of the present invention is to provide a function that allows a person who moves in a plurality of areas on a daily basis to easily perform position registration by creating dial information for position registration in advance.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a pager for setting and storing a schedule time of an area requiring location registration and information for performing location registration in the pager in advance.
It has a means for managing the time and comparing a preset schedule time with the current time. If the time matches, a means for notifying and reporting and a means for calling the set location registration information as a dial tone are provided.

Specifically, the pager according to the present invention comprises:
A RAM for storing time information and position registration information in advance;
A control unit that controls the entire line selection receiver and multiple switches
For operating the operation unit and the control unit for operating
ROM that stores information on the clock and a clock section that manages the time
And report to report the received message and alarm
And the received message and the alarm message
And a tone generator for generating a tone signal.
And a tone signal from the tone generator.
And a speaker for adjusting the time.
Set the current time of the clock unit to be managed and the operation unit.
If the alarm time matches, the
Continue tones for location registration from the tone generator
It is characterized by generating a signal .

[0012]

[Operation] The means for setting and storing the schedule is such that when the owner operates the operation unit via the control unit and the clock information of the movement destination and the position registration information are known in advance, the setting registration is performed. The unit has a means for comparing the schedule time with the current time, and the clock unit compares the current time with the schedule time and notifies the control unit. If the notification information matches, the control unit notifies the position registration by the notification unit. By notifying the user, location registration can be prompted.

Based on the information registered by the means for setting and storing the schedule by the operation of the operation unit, the telephone number, service code, personal identification number, area number / service area are called by the operation of the operation unit. By making more calls, location registration can be easily performed.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[First Embodiment] [1] Description of Configuration Next, an embodiment of a pager according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Referring to FIG. 1A, an antenna 1 for receiving a radio signal, a radio reception unit 2 for demodulating the received radio signal, a decoder unit 3 for converting the demodulated signal into a manageable signal, A control unit 4 for controlling the entire pager; a ROM 5 for storing information for operating the control unit 4; a RAM 6 for storing temporary storage and location registration information and a telephone number; and a clock unit 7 for managing time A report section 10 for reporting received messages and alarms; a display section 9 for displaying received messages and alarm messages; an operation section 8 for operating pager functions; Tone generator 11 for calling information, and speaker 1 for generating a tone signal from tone generator 11
2 is included.

In FIG. 1B, reference numeral 15 denotes the pager, which shows a speaker 12 and an antenna 1 in the figure.
16 is a receiver, 17 is a hook, 18 is a keyboard part, 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes a telephone of a public telephone network.

[2] Description of Operation of Each Block Next, the operation of the pager of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The antenna 1 receives a radio signal transmitted from the base station and transmits a radio reception signal to the radio reception unit 2. The wireless receiver 2 demodulates the transmitted signal,
Notify the decoder unit 3.

The decoder section 3 cuts out a received message and additional information from the demodulated signal, and notifies the control section 4 of the cut out message. The control unit 4 controls a receiving operation and an operation by an operation based on a notification from the decoder unit 3 or the operation unit 8. R
The OM 5 stores program information for operating the control unit 4. The RAM 6 stores information necessary for the operation of the control unit 4 and various information such as position registration and alarms. The clock unit 7 notifies the control unit 4 of the current time. The operation unit 8 notifies the control unit 4 of switch information for performing the operation of the pager and various setting operations. Display 9
Generates the information notified from the control unit 4,
Etc. on the display. The notification unit 10 generates the information notified from the control unit 4, and transmits the vibration and the LED.
Notify by flashing. The tone generation unit 11 generates information notified from the control unit 4 and generates a tone signal using the speaker unit 12 with the tone signal.

[3] Operation of Pager Next, the operation of one specific embodiment of the present pager will be described in detail. Referring to the flowchart of FIG.
A message for setting is displayed on the display unit 9 from the switch information notified from the registration setting switch of the operation unit 8 so that the telephone number necessary for the position registration in the area zone, the position registration information, the alarm The day of the week information, outing time information, and return time information necessary for reporting as
A process of registering the location registration information for setting the outside day of the week and the outside time to be registered in the AM 6 and comparing with the current time of the clock unit 7 (S201) is performed.

Next, the control section 4 compares the current time of the clock section 7 with the outside day and the outside time stored in the RAM 6 (S202), and determines the time information set by the location registration information registration setting. If they match, the process proceeds to the next step, and if they do not match, the process remains in step S202.

Next, the control unit 4 displays a message prompting position registration on the display unit 9 based on the coincidence information between the current time of the clock unit 7 and the set time information, and also notifies the notification unit 1.
A position registration request alarm report process (S203) is performed in which an alarm report or blinking of an LED or the like is performed at 0.

Next, the control unit 4 calculates the current time /
The day of the week and the switching day of the area zone according to the schedule are determined (S204), and if they match, the process proceeds to the next step, and if not, the process remains at Step S204.

Next, the control unit 4 outputs the current time /
According to the matching information between the day of the week, the switching day of the week, and the return time,
A message prompting location registration is displayed on the display unit 9, and a location registration request alarm notification process (S205) is performed to cause the notification unit 10 to perform an alarm notification or blinking of an LED or the like.

[4] Location Registration Information Setting The flowchart of the location registration information setting in FIG. 3 will be described. The control unit 4 sends an alarm report or LE to the reporting unit 10.
During the location registration request alarm report process (S301) or the location registration information setting process (S302) in which the blinking of D or the like is performed, the user moves to the place where the telephone 19 of the public telephone network shown in FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not to execute the location registration based on the switch information notified from the operation unit 8 (S303). If so, the control unit 4 determines whether or not the base station of the area zone already set on the display unit 8 is in the area zone. The calling telephone number is displayed, and the tone generation unit 1 is displayed by the switch information of the operation unit 9.
A call is made to the calling number via the telephone number 1 (S304).

Next, the control unit 4 displays the set service code on the display unit 8 and displays the service code on the speaker 12 of the pager 15.
Is applied to the transmitter of the receiver 16 of the telephone 19 of the public telephone network, and the service code is output via the tone generator 11 with the switch information for setting the position registration information of the operation unit 9 (S
305).

Next, in the state shown in FIG.
Displays the set personal identification number on the display unit 8 and displays the operation unit 9
The password is output via the tone generator 11 using the switch information of (1) (S306).

Next, the control section 4 displays the set area number or service area information on the display section 8 and outputs the area number or service area information via the tone generation section 11 by the switch information of the operation section 9. Yes (S30
7).

According to this procedure, the location is registered in the area zone to receive the service, the calling telephone having the telephone network calls the pager, and if a predetermined message is indicated, the location is registered from the telephone network. The pager is called from the base station antenna in the area zone where the pager is located, an alarm sound is generated or the vibration is vibrated to notify that the call has been made to the report unit 10, and a message is displayed on the display unit 9.

[Second Embodiment] [1] Configuration of this Embodiment As shown in the block diagram of the configuration shown in FIG. 4, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. SP that emits a tone corresponding to each key of the keyboard portion of the telephone, an LED that lights or blinks when a call is made, and a vibrator that vibrates a part of the pager to notify the carrier It is. Also. An ID-ROM 21 stores an ID number of the pager,
The radio receiving unit 2 receives radio waves from the base station, and the calling ID code included in the received signal is stored in the ID-ROM 2.
It is determined whether the pager corresponds to 1, and if they match, it is determined that the pager is receiving a call, and the received signal is demodulated. Thereafter, a demodulated signal is sent to the decoder unit 3, the message is read, and the control unit 4 executes the subsequent processing in the ROM.
5 is processed according to the program stored.

[2] Operation Flow FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the operation of this pager. In the pager, the switching day, outing time and return time are stored in RAM.
6 (S501), and when the current time coincides with the switching day of the week and the outing time (S502), an area switching or location registration is notified to the destination area by an alarm and the switching is prompted (S503). If it matches the switching day and return time (S50
4) The area switching or position registration is notified to the returned area by an alarm to urge the area switching (S505).

As an effect of the present embodiment, for example, if the place of residence is Fuji and the place of work is Tokyo, the two areas are regularly moved from Monday to Friday. In this case, the pager is used. It is necessary to perform area switching or position registration for the area zone twice each time, but it is possible to prevent forgetting to switch by notifying by an alarm or vibration.

[0032]

According to the present invention, location registration can be positively performed by linking with an alarm in a pager. In addition, by having the outside time and the return time stored in the RAM in advance, the location registration alarm is generated, so that the location registration is required to be notified to the wearer. . As a result, an environment in which the wearer can receive data effectively is provided.

Further, the pager can register a call number, a service code, a password, a registered area number / service area number in a RAM in advance, and output this information from a tone generating section. Can be registered. In particular, in the present invention, by registering the area position corresponding to the day of the week and the time as an alarm in advance for the owner who moves a plurality of areas on a daily basis, the owner can switch the area or change the position according to the alarm at the corresponding time. By prompting to perform registration, area switching or position registration is performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of a location registration occurrence alarm in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of another embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of a location registration occurrence alarm in the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart showing a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Antenna 2 Radio reception part 3 Decoder part 4 Control part 5 ROM 6 RAM 7 Clock part 8 Operation part 9 Display part 10 Notification part 11 Tone generation part 12 Speaker

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] (1) A message is generated by a call signal from a wireless line.
Radio selective calling receiver that receives
Information and location registration information, and the radio selective reception
Control unit that controls the entire machine and operate multiple switches
And an operation unit for operating the control unit.
ROM that is stored, a clock section that manages the time,
A reporting unit for reporting a message and an alarm;
Display received messages and alarm messages
A display unit for generating a tone signal;
A switch for generating a tone signal from the tone generator.
A speaker, and when the current time of the clock unit that manages the time matches the alarm time set by the operation unit, the control unit performs a position registration from the tone generation unit following the alarm notification. No line selective call receiver you and generating a tone signal.