JPH10126825A - Radio selective call receiver provided reply function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To certainly transmit a reply message to a caller by utilizing a public telephone system even if a selective call signal is transmitted when the caller is out. SOLUTION: A data memory 14 previously stores the call number of a radio selective call receiver taken by a party with him/her. A control part 13 identifies that the selective call signal received by a radio selective call receiving part 11 is attention to its own set, retrieves the data memory 14 based on number information included in the selective call signal, and reads out the call number and a reply message of the radio selective call receiver of a caller. Then, a portable telephone transmitting/receiving part 12 is started, and if it is within the service area of its portable telephone base station, the call number is automatically dialed, a portable telephone signal is transmitted, and the reply message is transmitted to the radio selective call receiver taken by the caller with him/her.

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 with a reply function, and more particularly to a radio selective call receiver with a reply function for automatically replying to a caller when a selective call signal is received.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional devices of this type include, for example,
2. Description of the Related Art There is a portable telephone device provided with a wireless individual call receiving function disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-130029. According to the publication, a call message is received by a pager receiving circuit, and based on the telephone number data of the caller included in the received message, the wireless transmitting / receiving circuit is automatically operated to call the caller. I have to.

That is, as shown in FIG. 9, a portable telephone device 91 receives a calling message Sa transmitted from a calling telephone 92 via a telephone station 4 and a radio selective calling base station 5, and receives the received message. Is automatically called based on the mobile phone signal Sb based on the telephone number of the caller included in the telephone number, and a call is made to the telephone set 92 via the mobile phone base station 6 and the telephone station 4.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, since the telephone number replies to the calling telephone registered in advance in the portable telephone device, it is possible to use a public telephone while going out. I can't get a response. Another problem is that if the caller cannot answer the call because he / she is away from the desk during a meeting or the like, the receiver must make a call.

An object of the present invention is to provide a radio selective call receiver with a reply function which can send a reply message to a radio selective call receiver carried by a caller in order to solve the above problems. It is in.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A radio selective call receiver with a reply function according to the present invention receives a selective call signal transmitted via a paging system, and receives the number information contained in the selective call signal. Then, a reply message is transmitted to the radio selective calling receiver carried by the caller via the mobile phone system. Specifically, a selective call receiving means for receiving a selective call signal transmitted by the caller via the paging system, and a call number and a reply message of a wireless selective call receiver carried by the caller are stored in advance. A memory, and a means for searching the memory based on the number information included in the selective call signal, and reading out the call number and the reply message of the wireless selective call receiver carried by the caller from the memory; A mobile phone transmitting / receiving means for transmitting a reply message to the call number read from the memory via the mobile phone system.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. A radio selective call receiving section 11 for receiving a selective call signal, a mobile telephone transmitting / receiving section 12 capable of transmitting and receiving a mobile telephone signal, and a radio with a reply function are provided. A control unit 13 for controlling the entire selective calling receiver, and a data memory for storing data of the received selective calling signal and for storing in advance a calling number, a reply message, etc. of a radio selective calling receiver carried by a person concerned. 14 and an ID for identifying a selective calling signal addressed to the own device
An ID memory 15 in which a code is stored in advance;
A program memory 16 storing the control program of No. 3, an operation unit 17 operated when updating a call number and a reply message stored in the data memory, and a display unit 18 for displaying a received message. And a notifying unit 19 for notifying the carrier of the reception of the message.

FIG. 3 shows a configuration example of the data memory 14. A work area used by the control unit 13, a reception data area for storing data of the received selective call signal addressed to the own device, a system area for storing a call number header, a standard response message, and the like; It has a reply data area in which the call number of the selective call receiver, the name of the carrier and the reply message are stored in advance.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the structure of the radio selective calling signal. The signal ID code, the calling number header, the registration number of the reply data area of the data memory 14 in which the calling number is registered, and the caller The message is composed of

Next, the operation of the control unit 13 will be described with reference to FIG.

The control unit 13 receives the selective call signal received by the radio selective call receiving unit 11 (step 101). When the ID code of the selective call signal matches the ID code stored in the ID memory 15, , The received message is stored in the data memory 14, the notification unit 19 is activated to notify the carrier of the reception, and the message data is transmitted to the display unit 18 for display. (Step 102).

It is checked whether the received selective call signal includes a call number header (step 103). The search of the call number header is performed by checking the call number header registered in the data memory 14 in advance. If the call number header is included, the call number corresponding to the registration number following the call number header is read from the reply data area of the data memory 14 (step 104). If the received selective calling signal does not include the calling number header, the process ends.

Further, it is checked whether a reply message is registered corresponding to the corresponding call number (step 1).
05), if it is registered, the response message is read (step 106). The reply message can be arbitrarily set in advance for each call number. If the reply message has not been registered, the standard reply message is read (step 107).

Thereafter, the power supply of the portable telephone transmitting / receiving section 12 is turned off.
N (step 108), it is checked whether or not it is within the service area of the mobile phone base station (step 109). If it is within the service area, the caller's radio selective call receiver read from the data memory 14 is checked. The call number is automatically dialed (step 110), and after confirming the incoming call (step 111), a reply message is transmitted (step 11).
2). If the mobile phone is out of the service area in step 109, or if no incoming call is received even in the service area in step 111, the power of the mobile phone transmitting / receiving unit 12 is temporarily turned off, and after waiting for a predetermined time (step 113) Then, turn on the power again, check whether or not a call is possible, and repeat the same operation. When the transmission of the reply message is completed, the completion of the reply is notified to the carrier (step 1).
14).

FIG. 5 shows a signal path when a reply message is transmitted to a caller by the radio selective call receiver with a reply function of the present invention.

The calling side radio selective calling receiver 2 is always carried by the sender. The caller dials the telephone 3, and transmits a selective calling signal S1 to the radio selective calling receiver 1 with a reply function on the receiving side via the telephone station 4 and the radio selective calling base station 5 constituting the paging system. The selective calling signal S1 includes number information indicating the calling number of the wireless selective calling receiver 2 of the caller.

Radio selective call receiver 1 with reply function on receiving side
Receives the selective call signal S1, reads out the call number of the caller's wireless selective call receiver 2 and the reply message registered in advance in the memory based on the number information contained in the selective call signal S1, and reads the cellular phone signal. S2 is transmitted, and the mobile telephone base station 6 and the telephone station 4 and the radio selective calling base station 5 are transmitted.
, A selective calling signal S3 including a reply message is sent to the caller's wireless selective calling receiver 2.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

In the above-described embodiment, the reply message is transmitted only to the caller's radio selective call receiver. In this embodiment, however, the reply message is transmitted to other parties than the caller. Reply messages can be forwarded. Therefore, it can be used as a group call. The block configuration of the radio selective call receiver with a reply function is the same as that of FIG.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the configuration of the data memory 14.
The reply data area is different from that of FIG. Here, in the reply data area, in addition to the call number of the caller's radio selective call receiver, the call numbers of a plurality of radio selective call receivers that transmit the reply message, and the transfer message are registered. The transfer message and the received message are sent together as a reply message.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control unit 13.

The control section 13 receives the selective call signal received by the selective radio call receiving section 11 (step 201), identifies the selective call signal addressed to itself, stores the received message in the data memory 14, and receives the received message. The notification and message data are displayed (step 202). If the selected call signal has a call number header (step 203), a plurality of call numbers are read from the data memory 14 based on the registration number following the call number header (step 204), and if there is a transfer message (step 204). 205), and read the transfer message from the memory (step 206). If there is no transfer message, the standard transfer message is read from the memory (step 207).

Then, the portable telephone transmitting / receiving section 12 is activated (step 208), and it is checked whether or not the portable telephone is within the service area of the portable telephone base station (step 209). The read call number is automatically dialed (step 210), and when the incoming call is confirmed (step 211), the received message and the transfer message are transmitted as a reply message (step 212). If the mobile phone is out of the service area in step 209 or if no incoming call is received in step 211, the power of the mobile phone transmitting / receiving unit 12 is temporarily turned off, and after waiting for a predetermined time (step 21).
3) Return to step 208 again and repeat the operation.

Thereafter, the process is repeated until the transmission of the reply message to all the transfer destinations is completed (step 21).
4) When the transmission of the reply message to all transfer destinations is completed, the completion of the reply is notified to the carrier (step 2).
15).

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a signal path, in which a reply message is transmitted to the radio selective calling receiver 2a on the transmitting side and the radio selective calling receiver 2b as the transfer destination.

The caller dials the telephone 3 to call the telephone office 4
Then, a selective call signal S1 is transmitted to the wireless selective call receiver 1 with a reply function on the receiving side via the wireless selective call base station 5. The radio selective call receiver 1 with a reply function on the receiving side receives the selective call signal S1 and, based on the registration number included in the selective call signal S1, the radio selective call of the caller and the transfer destination registered in advance in the memory. The call number of the receiver is searched, and reply messages are sequentially transmitted to the mobile phone base station 6 by the mobile phone signals S2a and S2b. Then, via the telephone station 4 and the radio selective calling base station 5, a selective calling signal S3a including a reply message is sent to the radio selective calling receiver 2a of the caller.
Is received by Further, the selective calling signal S3b including the reply message is received by the wireless selective calling receiver 2b of the transfer destination.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, a selective call signal transmitted via a paging system is received, and a caller can carry a portable telephone based on the number information contained in the selective call signal. By sending a reply message to the selected wireless selective call receiver via the mobile phone system, even if the caller sends a selective call signal using a public telephone while going out, the caller can leave the seat Even if it is removed, a reply message can be sent reliably. Also,
By setting a reply message in advance for each caller's call number, a reply message suitable for the caller can be sent.

[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 a control unit 13 shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a data memory 14 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a radio selective calling signal.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a signal path by the radio selective call receiver with a reply function of the present invention.

FIG. 6 shows a data memory 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of a control unit 13 according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a signal path of a radio selective call receiver with a reply function according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a signal path of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Radio selective call receiver with a reply function on the receiving side 2 Radio selective call receiver on the transmitting side 3 Telephone 4 Telephone station 5 Radio selective call base station 6 Mobile telephone base station 11 Radio selective call receiving unit 12 Cellular telephone transmitting / receiving unit 13 Control Part 14 Data memory S1 Caller's selective call signal S2 Cellular phone signal S3 Selective call signal including reply message

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A selective call receiving means for receiving a selective call signal transmitted by a caller via a paging system, and a memory storing in advance a call number of a radio selective call receiver carried by the caller. Means for searching the memory based on the number information included in the selective calling signal and reading out the calling number of the wireless selective calling receiver carried by the caller from the memory; and And a portable telephone transmitting / receiving means for transmitting a reply signal to a call number read from the memory. 2. A reply function according to claim 1, wherein said memory stores a reply message set in advance corresponding to said call number, and said reply signal includes said reply message. Radio selective call receiver. 3. The memory of claim 1, wherein the memory stores in advance a call number of a radio selective call receiver of the transfer destination corresponding to the call number, and the mobile phone transmitting / receiving means includes a radio selective call receiver of the transfer destination. 3. The radio selective call receiver with a reply function according to claim 2, wherein the reply message is transmitted to a call number of the receiver. 4. The radio selective call receiver with a reply function according to claim 3, further comprising means for adding a message included in the selective call signal sent by the caller to the reply message.