JP2000023217A - Method for recording and starting program to radio calling receiver and radio calling receiver to execute the method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the radio calling receiver that records a program sent by a radio wave and can start this program. SOLUTION: The receiver is provided with an input means 30, a memory means 30 having a program recording area 24, a display means 40 that displays an image, a main control means 60 that controls each means above and a program control means 70. Upon the receipt of a program in a form of a radio signal, the main control means 60 records the program to the memory means 20 and transfers control of the means 20, 30, 40 to the program control means 70 that starts the program.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technique for recording a program in a radio paging receiver and activating the recorded program, and more particularly to a program for a game or the like transmitted as a radio signal. Is recorded in a predetermined area in a memory means incorporated in the paging receiver, and the recorded program is activated in the paging receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a calling number of a receiver is dialed by a telephone or the like connected to a general public line network, a receiver of the dialed number is wirelessly transmitted through a general public line network, a central station, a base station, or the like. Various types of called paging services (so-called pagers or pagers) are provided.

The radio paging receiver has a function of notifying a call by a ringing sound such as a buzzer or the like, or notifying of an incoming call by light or vibration, and displaying inputted numbers or a predetermined arrangement based on the arrangement of inputted numbers and symbols. There are those that have various functions such as those that display messages etc. by replacing characters or fixed phrases with such characters, such numbers,
A display unit such as a liquid crystal screen is provided in a radio paging receiver by providing a function of displaying a message such as a character.

[0004] In such a radio paging service, there has been an increasing need for more advanced services than a simple paging service. In recent years, various types of information data have been transmitted by radio through radio base stations. On the LCD screen of the receiver that received the information data, for example, weather forecast,
There are those configured to display news, sports information, and the like to provide an information service.

The receiver 10 capable of receiving such an information service includes means (not shown) for displaying an incoming call such as a ringing tone and vibration, a liquid crystal screen for displaying a transmitted message and the like. A memory means 2 having an area for recording received information data, in addition to each means such as a display means 40;
0, and a control means 60 'for controlling recording, display, rewriting, etc. of the information data is realized by a central processing unit which controls the respective means in a comprehensive manner (FIG. 5).

FIG. 6 shows the operation of the receiver constructed as described above.
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As shown in FIG. 6, when the power of the receiver is turned on (S1), a screen is displayed and the receiver 1 is turned on.
0 is in a standby state of waiting for reception (S2). Then, when there is an operation key or wireless input to the receiver 10, the control means 60 'realized by the central processing unit determines whether the input to the receiver 10 is an operation key input or a wireless signal input, If the input is an operation key, the display on the screen is switched according to the input (S3).

If it is determined that the input is a wireless signal (S4), the control means records the data transmitted as the wireless signal in a predetermined area in the memory means 20 according to the type. (S5). Then, when a predetermined signal is input via an operation key or the like, the control means 60 ′ selects data recorded in an area in the memory means 20 corresponding to the input of the signal and transmits the data to the display means 40. , Display means 4
0 displays an image based on this data, and receives new information data that is received periodically, and
The data recorded in 0 is sequentially rewritten with new data. Further, when the radio signal is a calling signal, a buzzer or a vibration generating means is driven to generate a buzzer sound or a vibration to operate so that the user can recognize that the user is in a calling state.

[0009]

As described above, today's radio paging receivers are configured to provide new services such as information services in addition to radio paging. Memory means 20 built in the machine
It is configured such that data of various information such as weather forecast, news, sports information, etc. can be recorded therein.

[0010] However, in the above-mentioned receiver 10, even if data such as weather forecast, news, sports information, etc. are recorded in the built-in memory means 20 as described above, they are transmitted by radio. There is no one that can record written programs.

[0011] The transmission speed of the communication in the radio paging service is 12 Mbps in the currently used system.
Since the line occupancy time for one line is about 1 second due to the adoption of the intermittent reception method, for example, a message input from a calling telephone or the like, A relatively simple character information of about 100 characters is transmitted as data such as weather forecast, news, sports information and the like transmitted through a station as data, and the data is received by the receiver 10 and stored in a memory. It can be recorded in the means 20.

However, up to now, there has not been provided a radio paging receiver 10 having a function of receiving and recording data, programs, and the like having a larger amount of information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new added value to a user.

As an example of such added value, the present invention is applied to a case where a game function is added to the radio call receiver 10 by incorporating a program such as the above-mentioned game. Has at least 16 KBYTE
A game program requiring a certain amount of information is transmitted as a radio signal, and this is recorded in a memory means 20 built in the receiver 10 to add a function as a game machine to the radio call receiver 10. Is what you do.

In a known receiver, the above function can be added by incorporating a ROM (Read Only Memory) or the like in which the game program is recorded in advance in the receiver 10. The user has no options other than a program pre-recorded in the receiver, for example, a program of a specific game, and cannot rewrite the contents of the program.

Further, when the above-mentioned program is a game program, the content of the game realized by the fixed program is invariable, uniform, and lacks interest.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks in the prior art, and receives a program transmitted as a radio signal, records the program in a memory means in a receiver in a rewritable manner, and It is an object of the present invention to provide a radio paging receiver capable of starting a program and, therefore, selecting a program to be started by one receiver by rewriting the program and realizing various functions.

Another object of the present invention is to improve the playability of the game and increase the fun by giving the game realized by the program, when the program is a game program, a spaciousness. To be able to do things.

[0018]

In order to achieve the above object, a method for recording and starting a program in a radio call receiver according to the present invention, and a receiver for implementing the method are provided by a general public switched telephone network. Data and / or a program converted to a radio signal via the radio base station in a radio call for calling a specific receiver 10 by a call signal transmitted from the radio base station in response to a call from a telephone connected to the radio base station And the receiver 1
0, a wireless input means 32 for receiving a wireless signal, a manual input means 31 for performing a manual input, a memory means 20 for recording the data and the program received as a wireless signal, Display means 40 for displaying an image based on a program; and control means (60, 70) for controlling each of the means 20, 30, 40 constituting the receiver 10, wherein the memory means 20 stores the received data. And a program area 24 for recording a received program. The control means (60, 70) activates the program recorded in the memory means 20 and constitutes the receiver 10. A program control means 70 for controlling each of the means 20, 30, 40 when the program is started; It consists main control unit 60 for controlling the respective means 20, 30, and 40 constituting the receiver 10 when there is no, the main control unit 60, the wireless input device 32
When the received wireless signal is a program, the program is recorded in the area 24 as a program area which is recorded and formed in the memory means 20, and a predetermined signal is received by the wireless input means 32 and / or manually. When there is an input from the input means 31, the control of each means 20, 30, 40 constituting the receiver 10 is transferred to the program control means 70 to start the program.

In the above method, the program converted into the radio signal and transmitted is divided and transmitted for each predetermined amount of information, and the main control means 60 transmits the divided signal until the predetermined program is completed. The completed programs can be sequentially recorded in the program area 24 in the memory means 20 and recorded as a completed program.

Further, the program control means 70 is provided when the radio input means 32 receives a call signal during the activation of the program or when the input is made by the manual input means 31. , 30,
The control of 40 can be shifted to the main control means 60 to return the receiver 10 to its normal function.

Further, the program is a game program whose development is variable according to given conditions,
The program control means 70 changes the development of the game based on the program on condition of the signal received by the wireless input means 32.

[0022]

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

The receiver 10 according to the present invention receives a program transmitted as a radio signal, records the received program in a program area 24 in the memory means 20, activates the program at any time, and In this embodiment, a case where a game program is recorded in the memory means 20 of the receiver 10 will be described as an example.

In the present embodiment, the game program is a relatively simple game program of about 16 kbite, for example.
The transmission is repeated at intervals of 20 to 30 seconds for each information amount of about 100 bits, and transmission is repeated about 160 times in total, so that transmission of one game program can be completed.

As described above, the transmission of the program is performed by 100 bi.
As described above, the transmission rate in the current commercial paging service is 1200
bps (150 bite / sec), and transmission at intervals of 20 to 30 seconds is based on the intermittent reception method employed in the radio paging service, which is about one second per line occupation time per line. Since the line cannot be used for about 20 to 30 seconds thereafter, the necessity and the amount of division are limited only by the transmission speed of the commercial service and the regulation of the line use.

Therefore, from the above transmission rate, the above 16 kb
The transmission of the ite game program takes approximately 56 minutes to 1 hour and 23 minutes, and therefore the transmission of the program is preferably performed during the late night hours when the line is relatively free.

As described above, the data is divided into a predetermined amount of information,
The game program converted into the wireless signal is transmitted to each receiver 10 via the wireless base station.

FIG. 1 shows an outline of a hardware configuration of the radio paging receiver 10 which receives a program transmitted as required as described above and records it in the built-in memory means 20. As shown in FIG. 1, the radio paging receiver 10 of the present invention
Are input means 30 such as a wireless input means 32 for receiving a wireless signal through an antenna or the like and a manual input means 31 having operation keys and the like; and data and programs converted into wireless signals received by the wireless input means 32. A central processing unit which includes a memory means 20 having an area for recording, and a display means 40 such as a liquid crystal screen for displaying an image realized by data and a program recorded in the memory means 20; (Hereinafter referred to as “CPU”)
50.

The CPU 50 is constituted by, for example, a microprocessor in which an arithmetic unit, a register, a decoder, a controller, a program counter, and the like are incorporated in an LSI, and the CPU 50 operates the above-described units built in the receiver 10. (Randam Access) with an area 21 for recording a control program for controlling
Memory means 20 such as a Memory) is connected.
Therefore, as shown in the functional block diagram of FIG.
0 and a main control means 60 in a ROM, which will be described later, which controls the respective means by the memory means 20, and the memory means 2
A program control means 70 in the RAM that activates the program recorded in 0 and controls the above-described units when the program is started is realized.

Further, the memory means 20 stores a telephone number or a message transmitted at the time of calling by radio call,
Weather forecasts, news,
It has a data area 23 which is an area for recording data such as sports information and a program area 24 which is an area formed by recording a program such as a game transmitted as a wireless signal.

The main control means 60 includes the memory means 2
When a program such as a game recorded in the program area 24 of the input unit 30 is not activated, the input means 30 (3
1, 32), for controlling the display means 40 and the memory means 20, receiving a calling signal, generating a buzzer sound or vibration,
While controlling the operation as the conventional receiver 10, such as controlling the display of a message and the function switching of the receiver in accordance with the input by the operation key provided on the manual input means 31,
Recording of data and programs in the memory means 20,
It controls erasure and transmission to the display means 40 and the like. Further, control of each of the units constituting the receiver 10 is performed on condition that an input by the manual input unit 31 and / or an input of a predetermined wireless signal (trigger) input by the wireless input unit 32 are performed through the operation keys. Is transferred to the program control means 70, and the control of each of the above-described means is transferred to the program control means 70 so that the memory means 2
The program recorded in the 0 program area 24 can be started.

The program control means 70 controls the start of the program recorded in the memory means 20 and, when the program is started, the main control means 60.
Means 20 and 3 constituting the receiver 10 in place of
0, 40, and further determines the progress of the game on condition of input by operation keys, reception of radio signals, and the like when the program is started, and input by operation keys of the manual input means 31 or radio input means 32 When the calling signal is received by the main control unit 6, the control of each unit of the receiver 10 is performed.
The state shifts to 0 to secure the function as a radio paging receiver.

The rest of the configuration of the receiver 10 is the same as that of the conventional receiver 10.

The receiver 1 of the present invention configured as described above
0 will be described with reference to FIG. 3. When the power of the receiver 10 is turned on in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 (S1),
When the power is turned on, the display means 40 such as a liquid crystal screen provided in the receiver 10 is displayed (S2). And
When the program is not yet recorded in the memory means 20 of the receiver 10 or when the program is rewritten, in this state, for example, the operation key is operated to instruct the writing or rewriting of the program and the receiver Is ready for input.

In the state of waiting for input, the manual input means 3
When an input to the receiver 10 is performed by receiving a wireless signal from one of the operation keys or the wireless input means 32, the main control means 60 performs the input by the manual input means 31 through the operation keys. Alternatively, it is determined whether or not the input is based on the reception of the wireless signal by the wireless input means 32 (S3), and the operation is performed as follows according to each case.

When the input is made by receiving a wireless signal, the main control means 60 determines whether the wireless input is a call signal, data such as an information service, or a game program. It is determined (S4), and if the data is information data, a buzzer, a vibration generator and the like are operated as in the conventional receiver, and messages and information are recorded in the data area in the memory means (S4).
5) transmitting the data to the display means and displaying the data on the display means as an image;

On the other hand, if the received wireless signal is a game program, the game program is stored in the program area in the memory means by the main control means 60 (S6), and a screen indicating that the program has been received is displayed. (S2).

In the present embodiment, the game program is transmitted wirelessly by dividing the game program into a predetermined amount of information and transmitting the game program a plurality of times in the present embodiment. According to the present embodiment, the received programs are stored and recorded a plurality of times sequentially (S
6) is done.

The program recorded in the program area 24 of the memory means 20 can be started by transferring the control from the control by the main control means 60 to the program control means 70. On the other hand, for example, a predetermined command (program permission flag; S7) is output to the target receiver 10 in response to the charging for the receiver, a program permission flag set is displayed on the screen (S2), and the program permission flag is displayed. A set state is set (S12).

Next, when a program start command is input (S8), a screen to that effect is displayed (S2), and it is determined whether or not the program permission flag is set (S12). Control transfers to the program control means 70.

In this embodiment, when the recording of the program in the program area 24 of the memory means 20 is completed, the main control means 60 determines whether or not the program permission flag command (S7) has been input, and the input has been made. In case,
Further, the control of each means is transferred to the program control means 70 by the program start command (S8), the game program is started, and the program permission flag command (S7) and the program start command (S8) are not input. In this case, the control is not transferred to the program control means 70, and the program is not started (S8 to S12).

On the other hand, when the input to the receiver 10 is made, for example, by operating the operation key of the manual input means 31 provided in the receiver 10 (S3), this input is performed in the data area in the memory means 20. The main control means 60 determines whether the instruction is to instruct the display of the data recorded in the data area 23 or to start the program recorded in the program area 24 (S9). In the case of instructing display, a message recorded in the memory means 20 and data such as various information are transmitted to the display means 40 in response to an operation with an operation key or the like, and an image based on the data is displayed. It is displayed by the display means 40 (S2).

When the input by the operation keys of the manual input means 31 is for instructing the start of the program (S1).
At 0), it is determined whether or not the program permission flag is set (S12). Similarly, if YES, the control shifts to the program control means 70.

As described above, the recording of the game program in the program area 24 in the memory means 20 is completed, and the control of each means of the receiver 10 shifts from the main control means 60 to the program control means 70. When a start of a program recorded in the memory means 20 is commanded by input of a key or the like, a game program recorded in a program area 24 in the memory means 20 is started to start a game.

Then, when there is an input to the receiver 10 by an operation key input or a wireless input at the time of control by the program control means 70, that is, during the progress of the game, the program control means 70 receives the input signal, and Is transferred to the main control means 60, and the function as the radio paging receiver 10 is secured.

The game program recorded in the program area 24 of the memory means 20 as described above can be rewritten with a new game program.
The program is rewritten by repeating the same operation as described above.

If the program recorded in the program area 24 in the memory means 20 is a game program as described above, and if the program is a game program whose development can be varied according to given conditions, the program control The means 70 is, for example, a character in the game displayed on the display means 40 in accordance with the input of the operation keys or the like of the manual input means 31 provided in the receiver 10 according to the development of the game written in the program, the progress of the game. In the present invention, for example, reception of a message by a wireless signal in addition to or instead of the input by the operation key, the content of information in various information services And the progress of the game, etc., can be changed in accordance with It is possible.

For example, the reception timing of a call signal received during the progress of a game, the content of data in an information service (for example, data such as sunny, rainy, or cloudy in a weather forecast), the presence / absence of input with operation keys, and the number of inputs , Input timing and the like as conditions, the progress of the game or the characters appearing in the game can be changed depending on the presence or absence of each condition.

FIG. 4 shows the conditions A, B,
An example is shown in which three conditions of condition C are set, and eight types of characters and game developments displayed by a combination of the conditions can be selected. Therefore, the predictability of the progress of the game is reduced by the combination of the above conditions, and the development of the game can be made more interesting.

[0050]

According to the configuration of the present invention described above, it is possible to provide a recording method of a program for receiving a program transmitted as a radio signal and recording the program in the memory means of the receiver. By rewriting, a radio paging receiver capable of realizing various functions by one receiver could be obtained.

In the case where the program recorded in the memory means of the receiver is a game program, the development of the game realized by this program is used to determine the reception timing of radio signals received by the receiver, the contents of data, and the like. By changing the conditions, the game realized by the program can be broadened, and the playability of the game can be improved to make the game more interesting.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a hardware configuration of a receiver.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of a receiver.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the receiver.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a change in game development.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of a conventional receiver.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of a conventional receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Receiver 20 Memory means 21 Control program 23 Data area 24 Program area 30 Input means 31 Manual input means 32 Wireless input means 40 Display means 50 Central processing unit (CPU) 60 Main control means 70 Program control means

Claims (5)

[Claims] In a wireless call for calling a specific receiver by a call signal transmitted from a wireless base station in response to a call from a telephone set connected to a general public network, the wireless base station converts the signal into a wireless signal. Data and / or
Or transmitting the program, receiving the data and / or the program by the wireless input means of the receiver, and receiving the data and / or the program received as the wireless signal by the main control means by the wireless input means, respectively. When the wireless signal is a program, the program is recorded in a program area in the memory means, and when the wireless signal received by the wireless input means is data,
The data is recorded in a data area in the memory means, and when a predetermined signal is received by the wireless input means and / or input by the manual input means, control of each means constituting the receiver is performed by a program control means. In addition to activating the program, displaying an image based on the data and the program received by the display means, activating the program recorded in the memory means by the program control means of the receiver, and A method for recording and activating a program for a radio paging receiver, wherein each means is controlled when the program is activated. 2. The program which is transmitted after being converted into the radio signal is divided and transmitted for each predetermined amount of information, and the main control means transmits the divided and transmitted until a predetermined program is completed. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the program is sequentially recorded in a program area in the memory means. 3. The program control means controls the control of each of the means constituting the receiver when the wireless input means receives a call signal during the activation of the program or when an input is made by a manual input means. 2. The method for recording and starting a program for a radio paging receiver according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. The game program according to claim 1, wherein said program is a game program whose development is variable according to a given condition, and said program control means executes a game development based on said program on condition of a signal received by a wireless input means. The method for recording and activating a program in a wireless paging receiver according to claim 1, wherein the program is changed. 5. A wireless input means for receiving a wireless signal including data and a program converted to a wireless signal, a manual input means for performing an input by a manual operation, and recording the data and the program received as a wireless signal. Memory means, display means for displaying an image based on the received data and program, and control means for controlling each means constituting a receiver, wherein the memory means records the received data A data area and a program area as an area in which a received program is recorded and formed, wherein the control means activates the program recorded in the memory means and executes the respective means constituting the receiver by the program. Program control means for controlling at the time of activation of the receiver, and before configuring the receiver when the program is not activated When the wireless signal received by the wireless input means is a program, the main control means records the program in a program area in the memory means, and controls the wireless input means. Receiving a predetermined signal and / or inputting by a manual input unit, the control of each unit constituting the receiver is transferred to a program control unit to start a program, and the reception of a radio call is performed. Machine.