KR100281645B1 - Home telecommunication terminal equipment combined with wireless pagers - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a home information communication terminal device incorporating a wireless pager. The wireless pager is embedded in the home information communication terminal device and receives various short information transmitted from an external server side through a receiving pager antenna, and receives the received short information (text data) through the wireless pager interfacing means. When connected to the microcontroller of the real-time transmission to the terminal device having a short information processing function, the short information processing means receives the interfaced short information through the wireless pager interface, the microcontroller stores in the storage means or service information display By interpreting and processing the received short information so that it can be displayed on the means, and outputting it to the microcontroller, the Internet user can periodically change the e-mail reception information, stocks, exchange rates, weather forecasts, traffic information, and software changes of the terminal device. Internet access In addition to making it easier to use information and communication terminal devices, when a user is in PC communication or telephone conversation, the user automatically connects to a pager to store a message in a mailbox or transmit necessary information to the information display device of the terminal device. By doing so, it is possible to realize an information communication service including more various Internet services such as urgent message delivery and communication.

Description

Home telecommunication terminal equipment combined with wireless pagers

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telecommunication terminal device for home use incorporating a radio pager, and in particular, a multifunctional telephone / Internet TV / which can be connected to the Internet using a public switched telephone network (PSTN) environment of a general household. The present invention relates to an apparatus for receiving and processing various short message information by complexing a wireless pager in a home telecommunication terminal device such as an Internet set-top box.

Conventionally, the home telecommunication terminal device with Internet access includes a multifunctional telephone / internet TV / internet set-top box together with an existing computer, and these devices are public switched telephone network and integrated services digital network (hereinafter referred to as “integrated services digital network”). It can be connected to the Internet using an ISDN), a local area network (hereinafter referred to as a LAN) environment, or the like.

In addition, a mobile terminal device such as a personal mobile communication (PCS) terminal can effectively perform internet access using a digital mobile communication network.

In general, in the case of using an ISDN or LAN environment, it is possible to maintain a connection to the Internet and to provide a bidirectional service.

However, in general households, modems are generally used to access the Internet in public switched telephone network environments.

In addition, in order to obtain inquiry or reception status of specific information, the user should periodically attempt to access the Internet through a modem, and a short information service cannot be provided when the terminal device of the user is not connected to the Internet. have.

That is, in order to receive the same level of Internet service as in a LAN environment in a general home, there is a problem only if the home telecommunication terminal device is continuously connected to the Internet.

This is a functional limitation of the existing public switched telephone network protocols and terminal devices because all connection settings can be made only at the user's request, not at the server side.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention, by combining a wireless pager in a home information communication terminal device such as a multi-function phone / Internet TV / Internet Set-top Box to receive a variety of short information through the wireless pager and the home information communication terminal device and The objective is to develop a device that can interoperate and develop various services.

One of the conventional home telecommunications terminal devices is to enable a connection request from both the server and the terminal device to more effectively perform the Internet service of the home telecommunications terminal device connected to the Internet using a public switched telephone network in a general home. To develop a new terminal device that is a combination of a pager.

Then, the short page information is received from the server through the wireless pager, which is integrated in the information communication terminal device, and the reception information is effectively processed in conjunction with the terminal device.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home information communication terminal device incorporating a wireless pager to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a functional diagram of a part of a combination of a pager of the home communication device according to the present invention,

3 is a schematic flowchart of a communication service using a home information communication terminal device according to the present invention;

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

101: I / O bus interface of the microcontroller

102: video signal encoder 103: multimedia interface

104: modem interface 105: public switched telephone network connection telephone line

106: printer interface 107: infrared port interface

108: RS-232C communication interface 109: input device port interface

110: pager interface

111: antenna interface for receiving a pager

112: input / output port 113: DRAM bus

201: antenna interface for receiving a pager

202: power supply connection line 203: pager interface

204: Microcontroller Interface

210: LCD / PC Monitor 220: SVGA Monitor I / F

230: TV monitor 240: Multimedia I / O interface

250: multimedia codec 260: speaker

270: microphone 280: video

290: memory device module

300: Accessories and Clock Control Module

310: microcontroller / central processing unit

320: network I / F module 330: external output device I / F module

340: Short information processing module 341: Function control and command execution unit

342: Short information display section 343: Short information detection section

344: Short information analysis unit 350: External input device I / F module

360,523: Modem 370: Built-in Wireless Pager

380: pager I / F module 390: keyboard

400: mouse 410: joystick

420,510,560: Antenna 520: Terminal device for home communication

521: Internal device of the information communication terminal 522: Wireless pager and short processing module

530: public switched telephone network 540: Internet service provider

550: pager operator

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a built-in home telecommunications terminal device for receiving a variety of short information transmitted from an external server side through a wireless pager antenna for receiving and the Internet access function, received by the wireless pager A wireless pager interfacing means for transmitting real-time short text information (text data) to a terminal device having a short information processing function by being connected to a microcontroller of a terminal device, and receiving the short text information interfacing through the wireless pager interfacing means. Short information processing means for interpreting and processing the received short information so as to control the controller to be stored in the storage means or to be displayed on the service information display means is characterized in that it is further configured to include.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a home telecommunication terminal device incorporating a wireless pager to which the present invention is applied, and a home telecommunication terminal device such as a multifunctional telephone / internet TV / internet set-top box is a central processing unit such as a computer. It consists of memory devices, external I / O processing and interface devices mainly on (CPU) or high-performance microcontrollers.

In addition, it includes multimedia codecs and network interface modules for video and audio such as H.323 / H.324.

1 illustrates a configuration of a home telecommunication terminal device in which a wireless pager and a short information processing module are combined with a general home telecommunication terminal device through an input / output bus interface 101 of a microcontroller. .

The memory device 290, the network interface devices 220 320, 330, and 350, the short information processing device 340, and the like are connected to the microcontroller 310 through the input / output bus interface 101. Is connected via the DRAM bus 113.

The monitor interface 220 is connected to the video signal encoder 102, the multimedia codec 250 is connected to the multimedia interface 103, and the modem 360 is connected to the modem interface 104 of the network interface module. The infrared port, RS-232C, is connected to the respective external output device interface modules 106, 107, and 108, and a keyboard, a mouse, a game device, and the like are connected through the external input device interface module 109.

The short information from the server is received by the wireless pager 370 through the antenna 420 and the antenna interface 111 connected to the wireless pager, and the received short information is transmitted through the wireless pager interface 110 through the short information processing module ( 340).

The short information processing module 340 interprets and processes the short information using the microcontroller 310.

2 is a functional block diagram of a part of a wireless pager in the home information communication terminal according to the present invention, wherein the short information processing module using the wireless pager is connected to the microcontroller 310 through the input / output bus interface 101.

The short information transmitted from the server is received by the pager 370 through the antenna 420 connected to the antenna page 111 for receiving the pager.

The short page information received by the wireless pager 370 effectively interworks with (connects) the terminal device and processes the short page information, which is a hardware interface device which is connected to the microcontroller and transmits to the terminal device having the short information processing function in real time. The short text information processing module 340 is transmitted through the interface 110.

In the short information processing module 340, the short information is detected in hardware and software through the short information detection unit 343, and the short information is detected and analyzed by software through the short information analysis unit 344. The information required for display by transmitting the interpreted short message to an output device such as an LCD / PC / TV monitor is displayed through the short information display unit 342 of the terminal device, or directly connected to the short information processing module. Information displayed through a text display device (small LCD device) and required for function control and command execution by interworking with the home information communication terminal device 520 is interlocked with other devices in the microcontroller 310 through the I / O bus interface 101. To be treated.

In addition, the wireless pager 370 is supplied with a relatively stable power through the connection line 114 of the power supply of the home information communication terminal device.

3 is a schematic flowchart of a communication service using a home information communication terminal device according to the present invention, in which real-time necessary short information such as e-mail reception information, stocks, weather forecast, exchange rate, traffic information, etc. is provided with an Internet service provider 540. The pager provider 550 is transmitted to the subscriber as short information through the transmission system of the dedicated line 304 and the pager provider 550 interworked with each other.

The service subscriber 540 receives and processes the short message information through the pager module 522 of the home telecommunication terminal, and, if necessary, the modem 523 and the telephone network (by the server connection command received from the server side). 530 automatically accesses the Internet to obtain necessary information.

Through the above process, the pager service provider 550 and the Internet service provider 540 may develop more various and easy services.

As described above, the home information communication terminal device incorporating the wireless pager of the present invention minimizes periodic Internet access for Internet users for mail receiving information, stocks, exchange rates, weather forecasts, traffic information, software changes of terminal devices, etc. It is possible to use the information communication terminal device more easily.

When the user is in a PC communication or a telephone call, the user automatically connects to a pager and stores a message in a mailbox or transmits necessary information to an information display device of a terminal device to include various quality Internet services such as urgent message delivery and communication. There is an effect that can contribute to the realization of information and communication services.

Claims (2)

Service information display means for receiving and displaying service information such as text, audio, and video, storage means for storing the service information, public telephone network communication means for communicating with a public switched telephone network, and user service operation Operation means for outputting, an external output interfacing means for outputting service information to an external output device, an accessory device and a clock control means for generating a periodic signal of the service information, and a microcontroller for controlling the respective means as a whole. In the configured home information communication terminal device, A wireless pager embedded in the home information communication terminal device to receive various short information transmitted from an external server side through a wireless pager antenna for reception; A wireless pager interfacing means for transmitting the short information (text data) received by the pager to a terminal apparatus having a short information processing function connected to a microcontroller of the terminal apparatus; Receiving the short text information interfaced through the pager interface, interpreting and processing the short text information so as to control the microcontroller to be stored in the storage means or displayed on the service information display means, and outputting the short text information to the microcontroller. Short information information processing means further comprises a household information communication terminal device incorporating a wireless pager, characterized in that the configuration. The method of claim 1, wherein the short information processing module A short information detecting unit for detecting short information output from the pager interfacing means in hardware and software; A short information analysis unit for interpreting and processing the detected short information by software through syntax analysis and syntax analysis; A short information display unit which displays the short text interpreted through the short information analyzing unit by transmitting to an output device such as an LCD / PC / TV monitor, which is the service information display unit, or by displaying the short text on a character display included in the short information processing module; ; A home telecommunications terminal device comprising a wireless pager, comprising a function control and command execution unit for interworking with a home telecommunications terminal device to process information required for function control and command execution in conjunction with another device through a microcontroller.