EP0682835A1 - Procede et systeme de recherche de personne a signalisation d'accuse de reception effectuee au moyen d'un systeme radiotelephonique - Google Patents

Procede et systeme de recherche de personne a signalisation d'accuse de reception effectuee au moyen d'un systeme radiotelephonique

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EP0682835A1
EP0682835A1 EP94902388A EP94902388A EP0682835A1 EP 0682835 A1 EP0682835 A1 EP 0682835A1 EP 94902388 A EP94902388 A EP 94902388A EP 94902388 A EP94902388 A EP 94902388A EP 0682835 A1 EP0682835 A1 EP 0682835A1
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paging
radio telephone
page
radio
message
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Walter L Davis
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Motorola Solutions Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/18—Service support devices; Network management devices
    • H04W88/185—Selective call encoders for paging networks, e.g. paging centre devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M11/00—Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M11/00—Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
    • H04M11/02—Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems with bell or annunciator systems
    • H04M11/022—Paging systems

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  • This invention relates in general to a combination paging system and radio telephone system, and in particular to a method and apparatus for paging with acknowledge back signaling utilizing a radio telephone system.
  • Selective call signaling systems provide one-way radio frequency (RF) communication of selective call messages, called pages, from a message originator to a paging receiver.
  • the message originator contacts the paging system via the public switched telephone network system or other input interface means and provides the message information to a paging terminal.
  • the message information is encoded into a conventional signaling protocol, modulated onto a carrier signal, and transmitted as an RF signal to the paging receiver.
  • the paging receiver receives the signal, demodulates and decodes the signal to recover the message, and presents the message to the system subscriber who is the user of the receiver.
  • Air time is a precious commodity in selective call signaling systems, particularly a wide area paging system with numerous subscribers.
  • a selective call system service provider wishes to provide service for a large number of subscribers in order to obtain high revenue. Therefore it is desirable that air time not be reserved for ack-back signals.
  • an ack-back communications path would involve costly investment by the service provider to construct a communications path devoted to ack-back signaling. Additionally, ack-back signals are infrequent and typically require little air time. Therefore, a devoted communications path would be inefficient and could not provide the service provider a sufficient monetary return for the added feature of ack-back. Thus, what is needed is an ack-back signaling system which does not take air time from the selective call signaling system, while not requiring a devoted communications path.
  • a selective call receiver comprising a radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving paging signals transmitted from a paging terminal, a decoder coupled to the RF receiving means for decoding the paging signals to recover a page, a flagged page identifier for determining whether the page is a flagged page requesting an acknowledge back, and a controller for coupling to the paging terminal via a radio telephone system and for transmitting an acknowledge back signal thereby in response to the flagged page identifier determining that the page is a flagged page.
  • RF radio frequency
  • a method for transmitting messages in a paging system to a combination radio telephone and radio pager comprises the steps of receiving message information from a message originator, determining whether the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal in response to reception of the message information by the radio pager, flagging the message information as a flagged message requesting an acknowledge back signal upon reception if the message originator wishes an acknowledge back signal, and transmitting the flagged message to the combination radio telephone and radio pager.
  • the method further comprises the steps of coupling to the combination radio telephone and radio pager via a radio telephone system, receiving the requested acknowledge back signal via the radio telephone system, and advising the message originator that the message was received.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram of a combination paging system and cordless telephone system in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow diagram of the operation of the paging terminal in the combination paging system and cordless telephone system of FIG. 1 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the combination radio pager and cordless telephone transceiver of FIG. 1 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of the operation of the paging message processor in the combination radio pager and cordless telephone of FIG. 3 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • a selective call signaling system combining a wide area paging system 10 and a radio telephone system, such as a cordless telephone system 15, uses the public switched telephone network (PSTN) 20 for communication therebetween.
  • PSTN public switched telephone network
  • CT-2 second generation cordless telephone
  • a message originator utilizes a page entry device 25 to enter paging information via the PSTN 20 for encoding and transmission to a subscriber of the paging system 10.
  • the page entry device 25 is a telephone for entry of voice or numeric information.
  • the page entry device 25 could also comprise a data processing device, such as a computer terminal, for generation of paging information comprising graphics, facsimile or alphanumeric information.
  • the message originator initiates a message transmission sequence via the page entry device 25 by entering a voice or data message in the form of a call to the system access number of the specific paging device (such as a radio pager/radio telephone 40) to be called.
  • the message originator is coupled to a paging terminal 32 via a telephone network interface 30 of the paging system 10 and PSTN path 20a for processing by the paging terminal 32.
  • a pre-recorded message is played that welcomes the message originator to the system 10, and describes how the originator can enter a paging message and request an optional acknowledgment that the message was received.
  • the originator then responds by entering the voice or data message and a special code signal to indicate that an acknowledgment of successful reception of the message is desired.
  • the message is initially entered in a buffer memory. Then, after the originator has ended the message entry sequence, the paging terminal 32 accesses a subscriber data base 34 to obtain a subscriber address to associate with the paging information to form a page.
  • an acknowledge-back (ack-back) message flagger portion 42 of the paging terminal 32 flags the message and the terminal 32 places the flagged message into the paging system queue 36 for later transmission.
  • the ack-back flagger 42 can, for example, flag the message by using an address that is reserved for messages with acknowledge requests, or it can attach an acknowledgment request flag to a general addressing functional portion of the message.
  • the pages stored in the paging system queue 36 are retrieved sequentially by the paging terminal 32 and provided to the paging transmitters 38 for transmission as selective call signals therefrom.
  • Selective call signals transmitted from the paging system 10 are received by the combination radio pager and radio telephone 40.
  • the pager receives the selective call signals.
  • the radio telephone such as a CT-2 cordless telephone transceiver, couples to the PSTN 20 via the radio telephone system 15 for communication therewith.
  • the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 receives selective call signals broadcast by the paging system 10 via the paging transmitters 38. If a flagged message is received by the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40, a cordless telephone link is established between the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 and the cordless telephone system 15.
  • a call point transceiver 50 comprising a receiver portion 50a and a transmitter portion 50b, receives the acknowledgment signal from the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40 along with information identifying an access number for accessing the paging system 10 via the PSTN 20.
  • the acknowledgment signal and the access information are provided to a call point controller 52 which utilizes the access information to call up the paging system 10 via a telephone network interface 54 of the cordless telephone call point station 15.
  • the paging terminal 32 in response to reception of the acknowledgment signal, can generate a message received response signal that is returned to the message originator at the page entry device 25.
  • This response signal to the message originator can occur while the caller is holding on the input telephone line at the telephone network interface 30 or can be directed to a pager or other communication device that is capable of receiving the response signal.
  • the acknowledgment signal can indicate the type of message that was received (i.e. a voice, numeric or alphanumeric message) , the time the message was received, whether or not the message was received error free, or a personalized acknowledgment signal.
  • the paging terminal 32 can provide the additional information received to the message originator.
  • the acknowledgment signal could also be used by the paging terminal 32 to initiate retransmission of a message that was received with errors.
  • the paging system 10 need not have dedicated air time or a dedicated channel to receive acknowledgment signals from radio pagers.
  • the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver utilizes a cordless telephone link to provide an acknowledgment signal to the paging system 10 for real time confirmation to a message originator that a message was received.
  • FIG. 2 a flowchart of the operation of the call reception routine of the paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1) begins upon the paging system being put into service 100. Processing then awaits reception of an incoming call 102 from a message originator. When an incoming call is received 102, via the telephone network interface 30 (FIG.
  • the call is answered 104 and the paging terminal provides a voice prompt 106 requesting the caller (message originator) to enter the message via the page entry device 25 (FIG. 1) .
  • the message is entered, it is stored 108 in a buffer memory of the paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1) until the end of message is detected 110.
  • it is determined whether an ack-back signal is requested 112. If no ack- back signal is requested 112, the message is recalled from the temporary message memory 42 by the paging terminal 32 and placed in the paging system queue 36 such that the message is queued for paging transmission 114. Processing then returns to await the next incoming call received 102.
  • ack-back signaling is requested 112
  • the message is recalled from the message memory 42 and provided to the paging system queue 36 (FIG. 1) such that the message is queued for paging transmission on a priority basis 116.
  • a recording is then played 118 to the caller asking the caller to wait for an acknowledgment (ack-back) signal.
  • Processing then awaits for the ack-back signal to be received 120 or for the time out limit to be reached 122.
  • the time out limit is a predetermined time which the system will keep the caller on the line to await reception of an ack-back signal.
  • a message is played to the caller that no response has been received 124 the paging terminal 32 hangs up 126, and processing returns to await the next incoming call received 102.
  • the ack-back signal is examined to see if a predetermined security identification (ID) code is received 127. If the security ID code is not received 127 with the ack-back signal, processing returns to await reception of another ack-back signal 120 or time out 122.
  • ID code prevents falsing by verifying that the ack-back signal originated in response to the caller's message. It is desirable that a hospital, for example, receives a verified acknowledgement that a doctor has been paged.
  • the ack-back response either a standard message (e.g. "No Acknowledgment Signal Received") or a message generated by the pager user is relayed to the caller 128.
  • the paging terminal 32 then hangs up 126 and processing returns to await reception of the next incoming 0 call 102.
  • the combination radio pager and cordless telephone transceiver 40 (FIG. 1) according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention comprises a paging receiver section 200, a cordless 5 telephone transceiver section 205, and a message and display controller section 210.
  • the paging receiver section 200 includes an antenna 212 for receiving selective call signals, a paging channel radio frequency (RF) receiver 214 coupled to the antenna for demodulating 0 the selective call signals, and a selective signaling decoder 216 for decoding the demodulated signal to recover the page transmitted thereon.
  • RF radio frequency
  • the decoded page is provided to a message processor and display controller 220 for processing thereby.
  • the decoded page is stored in a message memory 222 and the user (subscriber) is alerted via an alert device 224 that a page has been received.
  • the user can activate user and display controls 226 to retrieve the page from the message 0 memory 222 and display the page on a message display 228.
  • the controls 226 can manipulate the message display 228 or alter receiving parameters in a manner well known to those skilled in the art.
  • certain 5 paging address codes or "flag" signals appended to a message cause the message processor 220 to initiate a telephone call via the cordless telephone transceiver section 205 when the unit is within range of a cordless telephone call point station 15 (FIG. 1) . Therefore, when the alert signal is generated, the alert device 224. alerts the user that a message has been received, and, depending on the desired operation, can either indicate that a return acknowledgment signal has been requested so that the user can initiate the response, or it can automatically generate the return acknowledgment signal.
  • the acknowledgment signal is generated by activating the cordless telephone transceiver section 205 of the combination radio pager/cordless telephone transceiver 40.
  • Operation of the cordless telephone section 205 is controlled by a telephone control logic device 230.
  • An antenna 232 is utilized for transceiving signals for conventional transceiver operation.
  • the antenna 232 is coupled to a transmit-receive switch 234 which operates under the control of the telephone control logic 230.
  • the transmit-receive switch 234 in one position couples the antenna 232 to a telephone channel RF receiver 236 for processing received RF signals and providing the signals to the telephone control logic 230.
  • the transmit-receive switch 234 couples the antenna 232 to a telephone channel transmitter 240 which processes signals received from the telephone control logic 230 for transmittal as an RF signal from the antenna 232.
  • a speaker 238 can be coupled to the receiver 236 and a microphone 242 can be coupled to the transmitter 240 for conventional cordless telephone operation.
  • the receiver 236 would provide audio portions of the signals to the speaker 238 and digital portions of the signals to the telephone control logic 230.
  • the transmitter 240 would process audio signals received from the microphone 242 and digital signals received from the telephone control logic 230 for transmission from the antenna 232.
  • a microphone 242 could allow a user to provide a personalized acknowledgment response to a message originator.
  • the receiver 236 searches for a signal from a cordless telephone call point station 15 (FIG. 1) .
  • the telephone control logic 230 activates the transmitter 240 to place a call through the call point station 15 to the paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1) .
  • the processor 220 provides a special code thereto that identifies the specific radio pager 40 that is calling and a message received acknowledgment signal.
  • the acknowledgment signal can optionally indicate the type of message that was received (i.e. a voice, numeric or alphanumeric message), the time the message was received, whether or not the message was received error free, or a personalized acknowledgment signal.
  • the acknowledgment signal could also be used by the paging terminal 32 to request retransmission of a message that was received with errors.
  • the operation of the paging message processor 220 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention starts 300 upon powering up of the combination radio pager and cordless telephone transceiver 40. Processing of messages awaits reception of a message having a paging address code assigned to the radio pager 40.
  • processing determines if an acknowledgment (ack-back) signal is requested 304. If the message is a flagged message, having been flagged by the ack-back message flagger 42 (FIG. 1) , an acknowledgment signal is requested 304. Also, a predetermined assigned paging address code could indicate that an acknowledgment signal is requested 304.
  • an acknowledgment signal is not requested 304, the message is stored 306 for subsequent retrieval by the user in accordance with conventional pager operation and an alert is generated 308 to notify the user that a message has been received and stored. Processing then returns to await reception 302 of a next message having an assigned paging address code. If an acknowledgment signal is requested 304, the message is stored 310 and an alert is generated 312. In accordance with the present invention, the acknowledgment signal response is generated 314 including a security ID code assigned to the pager. The acknowledgment signal can be automatically generated or can allow for personalization by the user through activation of the controls 226 or through entry of a voice message via the microphone 242 (FIG. 3).
  • a particular response requesting retransmission could be generated by the processor 220 in response to detection of sufficient errors in the received message to indicate that the message may not have been correctly received.
  • the security ID code authenticates the acknowledgment signal, verifying that the acknowledgment signal originated from the pager/cordless telephone 40.
  • the processor 220 activates the cordless telephone transceiver section 205 in the acknowledge mode 316.
  • the receiver 236 searches for a call point station 318.
  • a call point station signal is detected 318, a cordless telephone link is established between the transceiver section 205 and a call point station.
  • the processor 220 signals the telephone control logic 230 to call up 320 the paging terminal 32 (FIG. 1) .
  • the transceiver section 205 is coupled to the paging terminal 32 via the cordless telephone link, the generated acknowledgment signal is provided 322 to the paging terminal 32.
  • paging messages transmitted from a paging terminal and received by the radio pager can be acknowledged via a cordless telephone link between a transceiver coupled to the radio pager and the paging terminal.

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Un ensemble récepteur de recherche de personne par radio et radiotéléphone (40) combinés comprend un récepteur (214) permettant de recevoir des signaux de recherche de personne provenant d'un terminal (32) de recherche de personne, un décodeur (216) servant à décoder les signaux pour restituer un appel, et un contrôleur (220) servant à déterminer si l'appel requiert un signal d'accusé de réception. Une partie radiotéléphone (205) relie le contrôleur (220) à un système (15) de radiotéléphone afin d'établir une liaison radiotéléphonique avec le terminal (32) et de transmettre le signal d'accusé de réception au terminal (32) de recherche de personne par l'intermédiaire de la liaison radiotéléphonique lorsqu'il a été déterminé que l'appel requiert le signal d'accusé de réception (304).
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