KR100263075B1 - Apparatus and method for display message in paging receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: An apparatus for displaying a message state of a paging receiver is provided to display message information in a character displayer only, and to display a message state in an icon displayer where various message states are symbolized, so as to reduce a memory capacity. CONSTITUTION: A character displayer(803) displays character information only. An icon displayer(805) stores many icons. The first connection port(809) connects the character displayer(803) with a displayer controller(801). The second connection port(807) connects the icon displayer(805) with the displayer controller(809). If a message confirm is requested, a message controller transmits an icon on/off control signal for displaying data relating to displaying message information and a message state to the displayer controller(801). The displayer controller(801) controls the character information to be displayed in the character displayer(803) through the first connection port(809), when the data relating to the message information is received. The displayer controller(801) controls a corresponding icon to be turned on/off in the icon displayer(805) through the second connection port(807), when the icon on/off control signal is received.

Description

Message status display device and method of pager

The present invention relates to a message status display apparatus and method for displaying a message state stored in a pager, and more particularly, to a message status display apparatus and method for displaying a state of a message stored in a pager using an icon. .

A paging receiver is a device that subscribes to a paging service provider and displays received and stored message states. The general configuration of the paging receiver is illustrated in FIG. 1. A configuration and operation of a general pager will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

The receiver 11 receives radio call information and performs functions of frequency conversion, demodulation, and waveform shaping. Accordingly, the output of the receiver 11 becomes radio call information converted into digital data, and the output of the receiver 11 is applied to the decoder 13.

The decoder unit 13 sets the operation mode of the pager by decoding the received data. That is, in the idle mode, the supply of the operating power is controlled at regular intervals to detect the preamble data, and in the batch mode, the word sync data and the set frame data are detected. The detected frame data is decoded and converted into the original data form.

The controller 15 processes the received data to control an alarm function and a vibration function, and controls a confirmation operation of displaying stored message information and status according to a user's key input.

The memory 17 has an area for storing character and numeric data generated during program execution.

The display unit 19 displays the message of the calling party and the status information of the pager by the display control signal output from the control unit 15, and displays for displaying the personal information corresponding to the telephone number received by the control of the control unit 15. With an area.

The alarm unit 21 generates an alarm signal such as a tone signal or a vibration signal for notifying that the alarm signal has been called by the alarm control signal output from the controller 15.

The key input unit 23 applies a key signal according to a predetermined key input to the controller when the user searches for the received message.

A method of displaying a conventionally received message in a pager having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 4.

Figure 2 (a, b) is an illustration of a method of displaying a duplicate message of a conventional pager, Figure 2a is a duplicate message icon indicator disclosed in US Patent No. 5,347,269 patented by Motorola, Inc. It is a disclosed method. Briefly explained through the drawings; 100 represents a wireless pager, 101 represents a message display unit, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD), and 103 and 105 are displayed in an area where characters of the display unit are displayed. Indicates. In other words, the second and fifth messages are duplicate receptions when five messages are received. In addition, as shown in FIG. 2B, when a message is repeatedly received, there is a method of directly displaying text.

3 and 4 are examples for displaying a specific state of a message received by the pager, and FIG. 3 is displayed as 301 on a display unit displaying a message lock device for preventing deletion of a conventional pager. 4 is an example in which the state of the unread message of the conventional pager is displayed as 401.

As described above, the method for displaying a message received by the conventional pager has been described. As shown in FIG. 5, the reason for directly displaying the state of the message stored in the pager is displayed in the area where the message text is displayed. This is because the control unit and the display unit of the conventional pager are connected to each other. That is, the controller 15 directly controls the icon area through the information data 501 necessary for displaying characters on the display unit 19 and the control unit port connected one-to-one to the icon area (605 of FIG. 6) of the display unit 19. Interconnected with an ON / OFF signal 503.

Referring to Figure 6 briefly describes a wireless pager device and a display method for displaying a conventional message state;

When the controller 601 receives the control signal 607 and the data 609 corresponding to 400 of FIG. 5 from the controller 15, the message controller 610 displays the message information and status in the character display area 603.

However, the icon on / off control of the icon area 605 is performed through the control unit 15 and the direct connection port 503 of the icon area 605.

As described above, in the conventional case, the status of the message received by the pager is displayed by directly displaying it on the text display area serving as the display. However, in order to display the message status directly in the text display area, there is information for displaying various message states in the text display area, or it must be in a program. If there is a lot of information indicating the message status, there is a problem that a large memory area is required in the character display area or in the program.

In addition, if the information indicating the status of the message uses a separate area in which an icon is displayed instead of a text display area, the connection port of the controller is required as many as the number of icons, and the need for unnecessary connection between the controller and the display is hardware. there was.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a message status display apparatus and method for a wireless pager that can solve a memory problem and unnecessary hardware configuration by placing a state or icon of a message received in the pager in addition to the text display area to solve the above problem. In providing.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a message display unit comprising a text display unit and an icon display unit, a display unit controller connected to a connection port independent of each of the character display unit and the icon display unit to control character display and icon on / off, to the display unit controller. In the message status display method of a wireless pager having a message status display device composed of a message control unit for transmitting data and control signals, the message control unit displays a specific message status or when a user requests confirmation of a stored message through a key input. When necessary, the process of applying an icon control signal for data and message status of the message information to the display controller through a connection port connected to the message controller and the display controller, and from the display controller to the message controller If the data for the message information is based on the signal applied from the first display port connected to the text display unit, the text display unit for the message information on the text display unit, and the icon control signal for the message status The method may include displaying a corresponding icon on the icon display unit through a second connection port connected to the icon display unit.

1 is a block diagram of a typical pager

Figure 2 (a, b) is an illustration of a method for displaying a duplicate message of a conventional pager

Figure 3 is an illustration of a method for displaying a message lock device for preventing deletion of a conventional pager

Figure 4 is an illustration of a method for displaying the status of the unread message of the conventional pager

5 is a connection diagram of a control unit and a display unit of a conventional pager

6 is a detailed configuration diagram of a conventional pager display unit

7 is a connection diagram of a message control unit and a message display unit of the pager according to the present invention.

8 is a detailed configuration diagram of a pager message display unit according to the present invention

9 is an exemplary view of an icon displayed on an icon display unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention, such as specific processing flows. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. Detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that are determined to unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

In the present invention, the connection between the message control unit 15 and the message display unit 19 is configured as shown in Figs. 7 and 8 will be described in detail the connection relationship between the pager message control unit 15 and the message display unit 19 and the message status display method according to the present invention.

In FIG. 7, the message controller 15 recognizes when the user requests confirmation of the stored message through the key input unit 23, and displays data and an icon display unit for displaying message information on the character display unit 803 of the message display unit 19 (FIG. 8). A control signal for controlling the on / off of the icon in the 805 of 8 is sent through the connection port 701.

When explained further through Figure 8;

In FIG. 8, the display controller 801 controls the on / off of an icon in the data 813 or the icon display 805 of FIG. 8 to display message information from the message controller 15 on the character display 803 of FIG. 8. Receive signal 811.

If the signal received by the display controller 801 is data 813 for displaying stored message information, the display controller 801 operates to display message information through the first connection port 809 connected to the text display 803, and the display controller 801. When the received signal is a control signal 811 for controlling the display of an icon indicating the status of a message, the display controller 801 selects and controls an icon through the second connection port 807 connected to the icon display 805.

That is, the message controller 15 transmits message information data to be displayed on the text display unit 803 or message status icon control information to be displayed on the icon display unit 805 to the display controller 801. As a result, only the message information is displayed on the character display unit 803 in the message display unit 19, and only an icon indicating the message status is displayed on the separate icon display unit 805.

9 illustrates an example of icons displayed on the icon display unit 805. The icons illustrated in FIG. 9 are stored in the icon display unit 805 and are turned on / off by a control signal of the display controller 801 through the second connection port 807 to display a message state. Explaining what each icon means;

I1 is an icon indicating a duplicate message, I2 is an icon indicating a message locked state to prevent the message from being deleted, and I3 is an icon displayed when the message is read when the received message contains an error. , I4 is an icon indicating the presence of an information service message that has not been read yet, I5 is an icon indicating the presence of a message that has been received but not yet read, and I6 is a numbering message in the paging system. This icon is used to indicate whether there is a message that has not been received when there is a message that has not been received in the middle when the order of transmission is given. I7 and I8 indicate whether a message exists before or after the message when reading the message. Icon used to display.

In summary, the message controller, 15 and the message display unit 19, more specifically, the message controller 15 and the display controller 801 are connected by using one connection port 701, and the message display unit 19 (display unit) in the message controller 15 is displayed. If the controller 801 sends data of the message information to be displayed on the character display unit 803 and an icon control signal to be displayed on the icon display unit 805, the display unit controller 801 may display the character display unit 803 or the icon display unit 805 on the basis of a signal applied by the message controller. By controlling the message information or icon display, no separate connection port is required between the message control unit 15 and the icon display unit 805. Only the pure message information is displayed on the text display unit 803, and the message state is stored in the icon display unit 805. The icon is turned on by the display controller 801 Since the text display unit 803 does not need to store a shape or text information indicating a separate message state in the text display unit 803.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention may have a shape or text information capable of displaying the message information on the text display part and displaying the message status only on the text display part, and displaying the message status only on the icon display part where various message states are iconized and stored. There is no need to significantly reduce the amount of memory required in the display or program.

In addition, the message control unit does not directly perform the control of the icon, but controls the icon to be on / off only through the display controller in the middle, thereby eliminating the connection port between the message control unit and the icon display unit necessary for the number of icons to display the message status. Therefore, the hardware configuration can be simplified.

Claims (5)

In the message status display apparatus of the pager, Character display unit to display only the character information, An icon display unit for storing a plurality of icons, A first connection port connecting the character display unit and the display unit controller; A second connection port connecting the icon display unit and the display unit controller; A message control unit which sends an icon on / off control signal for displaying data and message status of the message information to be displayed upon recognition of the message confirmation request stored by the user to the display unit controller; When receiving the data on the message information from the message control unit to control to display the text information on the text display through the first connection port, and receives the icon on / off control signal from the message control unit through the second connection port And a display controller configured to control to turn on / off a corresponding icon of the icon display unit. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of icons stored in the icon display unit, An icon representing a duplicate message, An icon representing the message locked state to prevent the message from being deleted; An icon displayed when reading the message if the received message contains an error, An icon indicating that an information service message was received but not yet read, An icon indicating that a personal message was received but not yet read, An icon used to indicate the existence of an unreceived message when there is a message that is not received in the middle when the paging system informs the message transmission order by numbering the message; Message status display device of a pager, characterized in that consisting of an icon used to indicate whether the message exists before and after the message when reading the message. A display unit consisting of a character display unit and an icon display unit, a display unit controller connected to each of the character display unit and the icon display unit independent connection port for controlling the character display and icon on / off, message control unit for sending data and control signals to the display unit controller In the message status display method of the pager having a message status display device, When the user requests confirmation of a stored message through a key input or needs to display a specific message status, the message controller transmits data about message information to the display controller through a connection port connected to the message controller and the display controller. Applying an icon control signal for a message status; Displaying, by the display controller, a text for the corresponding message information on the text display unit through a first connection port connected to the text display unit based on a signal applied from the message control unit; If the icon control signal for the message status, the message status display method of the pager, characterized in that the process of displaying the icon on the icon display unit through the second connection port connected to the icon display unit. The method of claim 3, And a plurality of icons stored in the icon display unit, and displayed on the icon display unit by controlling a specific icon on / off of the display controller. The method of claim 4, wherein the icon displayed on the icon display unit, An icon representing a duplicate message, An icon representing the message locked state to prevent the message from being deleted; An icon displayed when reading the message if the received message contains an error, An icon indicating that an information service message was received but not yet read, An icon indicating that a personal message was received but not yet read, An icon used to indicate the existence of an unreceived message when there is a message that is not received in the middle when the paging system informs the message transmission order by numbering the message; The message status display method of the pager, characterized in that the icon used to indicate whether the message exists before and after the message when reading the message.