JP3005510B2 - Mobile communication system and message transfer method thereof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a mobile communication system and a message transfer method thereof, and more particularly to a mobile communication system for transmitting a message from a telephone to a pager terminal and a message transfer method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional mobile communication system of this type and a message transfer method thereof will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional mobile communication system.

In FIG. 5, this conventional mobile communication system shows the contents disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-289348, in which communication data including a data body Ec and identification information Ea for specifying a pager A is transmitted to a paging base station B. When transferred, the pager A specified by the identification information Ea is
Determining means Ca for determining whether or not it has a data storage capacity capable of receiving the data body Ec; data storing means E for storing communication data; incoming notification generating means Db for generating an incoming notification Eb; If the pager A can receive the data body Ec, the data body Ec is transmitted to the pager A following the incoming call notification.
While storing the communication data in the data storage means E,
Transmission control means Da for transmitting the incoming call notification to the pager A.

[0005] That is, in this conventional mobile communication system, notification that communication data such as a message has arrived is sent to a specific pager, and the communication data is transmitted according to the data storage capacity of the pager. It is possible to select whether to directly transmit to the pager or to store it in the paging base station and take it out when necessary.

[0006]

The conventional mobile communication system and its message transfer method have the following problems.

The first problem is that in order to transmit a message to a pager terminal holder, the exchange must store the message and monitor the pager terminal until the pager terminal is ready to receive. .

The reason is that a message from a caller is sent to a pager terminal, or stored in an exchange to inform a called pager terminal holder that a message has been received. (Object of the Invention) An object of the present invention is to convert a pager message into an electronic mail and send it via the Internet. Therefore, even if the pager terminal cannot receive the message, the incoming pager will not be lost. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile communication system and a message transfer method thereof that can surely inform a terminal owner.

Further, since the message sent to the pager terminal can be saved as an e-mail, the message sent from the business operator using the mail drop function can be slowly confirmed later without being overlooked. A mobile communication system and a message transfer method thereof are provided.

[0010]

A mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a paging exchange connected to a telephone network, and a radio base station connected to the paging exchange and performing radio communication with a pager terminal. In the system, the paging exchange sends a message to the pager terminal received from the telephone network to the radio base station.
Transmitting means, and when it is determined that the e-mail address of the holder of the pager terminal is registered, the message is converted into a predetermined e-mail signal, and the e-mail address of the holder via the Internet network And second transmission means for transferring the data to

A message transfer method for a mobile communication system according to the present invention is directed to a mobile communication system including a paging exchange connected to a telephone network and a radio base station connected to the paging exchange and performing radio communication with a pager terminal. ,
The paging exchange, upon receiving a message from the telephone network to the pager terminal, transmits the message to the radio base station, and also determines whether the e-mail address of the holder of the pager terminal is registered, When it is determined that the e-mail address is registered, the message is converted to a predetermined e-mail signal, and the message converted to the e-mail signal is transferred to the holder's e-mail address via the Internet. .

A mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a telephone network including a telephone exchange accommodating a plurality of telephones, a major terminal for receiving a message from the telephone, and wirelessly transmitting the message to the pager terminal. A radio base station, and a paging exchange that accommodates the telephone exchange and the radio base station and connects to the Internet network, wherein the paging exchange has a subscriber control device for connecting to the telephone exchange; A central controller for controlling the entire paging exchange, a switch for switching to various devices to send the message to the radio base station, and a message for receiving the message sent from the telephone exchange A receiving device, a message sending device for sending the message to the radio base station, and the message And e-mail address registration existence determining unit holders of the pager terminal receiving the determines whether or not have an e-mail address registration, and e-mail converting apparatus for converting the message to an e-mail,
An e-mail transmission device for sending the converted e-mail to the Internet network.

[0013] A mobile communication system according to the present invention includes a telephone network including a telephone exchange accommodating a plurality of telephones, a pager terminal for receiving a message from the telephone, and wirelessly transmitting the message to the pager terminal. A radio base station, a paging exchange accommodating the telephone exchange and the radio base station and connecting to the Internet network, wherein the paging exchange is connected to the paging exchange connected to the radio base station and the Internet network. An e-mail exchange / sending device to be connected, wherein the paging exchange comprises a subscriber controller for connecting to the telephone exchange, a central controller for controlling the entire paging exchange, and A switch for switching to various devices to send to the wireless base station, A message receiving device for receiving the incoming message, a message sending device for sending the message to the radio base station, and a first interface device for sending the message to the e-mail converting / sending device. The e-mail converting / sending device transmits an e-mail address registration to a second interface device that receives the message via the first interface device and a holder of the pager terminal that receives the received message. An e-mail address registration presence / absence determination device that determines whether or not the e-mail is registered; an e-mail conversion device that converts the message into an e-mail; an e-mail transmission device that sends the converted e-mail to the Internet network; And a CPU for controlling the entire electronic mail conversion / transmission device.

A message transfer method for a mobile communication system according to the present invention comprises: a telephone network including a telephone exchange accommodating a plurality of telephones; a pager terminal for receiving a message from the telephone; A radio base station for transmitting a message; and a paging exchange accommodating the telephone exchange and the radio base station and connecting to the Internet network, wherein the paging exchange is controlled by the subscriber control device from the telephone exchange. Detecting the arrival of the message, receiving the message by connecting the subscriber control device to a message receiving device by a switch, transmitting the received message to the wireless base station by a message transmitting device, and ,
The e-mail address registration presence / absence determination device determines whether or not the owner of the pager terminal receiving the message has registered an e-mail address.If the registration has been made, the message is converted to an e-mail signal. The data is converted and transferred to the registered e-mail address on the Internet network by an e-mail transmission device.

[0015]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first example of a paging exchange in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 is the first of the paging exchanges shown in FIG.
9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication system according to the present embodiment transmits a message to pager terminal 5 which receives a message, an Internet network 6 which converts the message into an electronic mail and sends the electronic mail, and a message to pager terminal 5. Base station 4, a paging exchange 3 accommodating the radio base station 4 and connected to the Internet network 6, and a telephone 11 for inputting a message into the telephone network 1 connected to the paging exchange 3. And a telephone exchange 12 for accommodating the telephone 11 and sending a message to the paging exchange 3.

Referring to FIG. 2, paging exchange 3 of the first example in the mobile communication system of the present embodiment comprises:
A subscriber control unit 31 for connecting to the telephone exchange 12
A central controller 32 for controlling the entire paging exchange 3; a switch 33 for switching to various devices for sending messages to the radio base station 4;
A message receiving device 35 for receiving a message sent from the server, a message sending device 34 for sending the message to the radio base station 4, and a pager terminal holder receiving the message register an e-mail address. An e-mail address registration presence / absence determination device 38 for determining whether or not there is an e-mail, an e-mail conversion device 36 for converting a message into an e-mail, and an e-mail transmission device 3 for sending the converted e-mail to the Internet 6. ing.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment of the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3.

The pager terminal 5 is called by the caller by inputting the pager number from the telephone 11 (calling subscriber calling: S1), and is relayed to the telephone exchange 12 to be connected to the subscriber control device 31 of the paging exchange 3. Is done. The central controller 32 specifies the pager terminal 5 from the pager number from the subscriber controller 31, receives the message from the sender by the message receiver 35 (message receiving process: S2), and sends the message from the message transmitter 34 to the radio base station. 4
To the pager terminal 5 from the wireless base station 4 (message transmission processing: S3).

The central control unit 32 determines whether or not the incoming pager holder has registered an electronic mail address by the electronic mail address registration presence / absence determining device 38 based on the pager number from the subscriber control unit 31 (e-mail address registration presence / absence determination). : S4). If the e-mail address has been registered, the message received by the message receiving device 35 is sent to the e-mail converting device 36. The e-mail conversion device 36 converts the message into an e-mail format (e-mail conversion processing: S5) and sends it to the e-mail transmission device 37. The e-mail transmission device 37 transmits the message converted to the e-mail to the e-mail address of the pager holder via the Internet 6 (e-mail transmission processing: S6).

The owner of the pager terminal 5 can read a message addressed to itself by a personal computer (not shown) connected to the Internet network 6 separately.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second example of the paging exchange according to the present embodiment shown in FIG.

Next, a second example of the paging exchange according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 4, the second embodiment has a paging exchange 3A instead of the paging exchange 3 of FIG.
a and an electronic mail conversion / transmission device 3b.

The paging exchange 3a has the same configuration as the subscriber control unit (31), central control unit (32), switch (33), message receiving unit (35) and message transmitting unit (34) in FIG. The electronic mail conversion / transmission device 3b has the same configuration as the electronic mail conversion device (36), the electronic mail transmission device (37), and the electronic mail address registration presence / absence determination device (38) in FIG. In addition, the paging exchange 3a and the e-mail conversion / transmission device 3b have interface devices 40 and 41 for interfacing with each other, and the e-mail conversion / transmission device 3b has a CPU 39 for controlling the whole. ing.

The transmission of the message from the paging exchange 3a to the e-mail conversion / transmission device 3b is sent unconditionally. The e-mail conversion / transmission device 3b determines whether or not the e-mail address is registered. If so, the message is converted to an electronic mail and sent to the Internet network 6.

The electronic mail conversion / transmission device 3b can be realized by using a workstation (WS) or a personal computer (PC). That is, the second embodiment can be realized by connecting a paging exchange not connected to the Internet 6 to a workstation (WS) or a personal computer (PC).

Next, in the operation of the second embodiment,
Paging exchange 3a to e-mail conversion / transmission device 3
Since the messages are transmitted and received to and from the interface devices 40 and 41 by the interface devices 40 and 41, and the overall control of the e-mail conversion / transmission device 3b is performed by the CPU 39, the operation is almost the same as that of the first embodiment. The description of the operation of the example is omitted.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the message sender does not need to be aware of anything from the telephone 11 and executes the message transmission procedure to the pager terminal 5 as usual, so that the paging exchange office 3 (3
A) The side judges whether the e-mail address of the target pager terminal holder is registered, and if registered, sends a message to the pager terminal 5 and converts the message into an e-mail and sends it via the Internet 6. Send the message as email. If the e-mail address is not registered, the message is transmitted only to the pager terminal 5.

Therefore, in the pager terminal 5 in which the e-mail address is registered, the message can be transmitted to the owner of the pager terminal 5 without dropping the message even when the pager terminal 5 is in the reception disabled state.

[0032]

As described above, the present invention relates to a mobile communication system including a paging exchange connected to a telephone network and a radio base station connected to the paging exchange and performing radio communication with a pager terminal. The paging exchange sends a message to the pager terminal received from the telephone network to the radio base station by a first transmitting means, and when the e-mail address of the holder of the pager terminal is registered, the message is stored in advance. The provision of the second transmission means for converting the data into a predetermined electronic mail signal and transferring the electronic mail signal to the holder's electronic mail address via the Internet network has the following effects.

A first effect is that a pager message input from a telephone or the like is converted into an electronic mail and transmitted to the Internet. As a result, even if the pager terminal is in the reception disabled state, the message can be transmitted to the pager terminal holder without the message being lost.

The reason is that the electronic mail is sent via the Internet network, so that there is no missing message.

The second effect is that a message sent using the mail drop function can be saved as a file.

The reason is that a message using the mail drop function cannot be stored on the pager terminal, but can be saved as a file by converting it to electronic mail and sending it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a first example of the paging exchange according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment of the paging exchange shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second example of the paging exchange according to the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional mobile communication system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone network 3 and 3A Paging exchange 3a Paging exchange 3b E-mail conversion / transmission device 4 Radio base station 5 Pager terminal 6 Internet network 11 Telephone 12 Telephone exchange 31 Subscriber control device 32 Central control device 33 Switch 34 Message transmission device 35 message receiving device 36 electronic mail converting device 37 electronic mail transmitting device 38 electronic mail address registration presence / absence determining device 39 CPU 40, 41 interface device

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A paging exchange that connects to a telephone network.
In a mobile communication system including a radio base station connected to the paging exchange and performing radio communication with the pager terminal, the paging exchange transmits a message to the pager terminal received from the telephone network to the radio base station. A first transmitting unit that converts the message into a predetermined e-mail signal when it is determined that the e-mail address of the holder of the pager terminal is registered, and converts the message into a predetermined e-mail signal via the Internet. A mobile communication system comprising: a second transmission unit configured to transfer the data to an electronic mail address. 2. A paging exchange which connects to a telephone network;
In a mobile communication system including a radio base station that performs radio communication with a pager terminal by connecting to the paging exchange, the paging exchange receives a message from the telephone network to the pager terminal and sends the message to the radio base station. Sending a message, and determining whether the e-mail address of the holder of the pager terminal is registered, and determining that the e-mail address is registered, converting the message to a predetermined e-mail signal A message transfer method for a mobile communication system, wherein the converted message is transferred to an electronic mail address of the holder via the Internet. A telephone network including a telephone exchange accommodating a plurality of telephones, a major terminal receiving a message from the telephone, a radio base station transmitting the message wirelessly to the pager terminal, A paging exchange accommodating the telephone exchange and the radio base station and connecting to the Internet network, wherein the paging exchange comprises a subscriber control device for connecting to the telephone exchange, and the entire paging exchange. A central controller for controlling, a switch for switching to various devices for sending the message to the radio base station, a message receiving device for receiving the message sent from the telephone exchange, and the message Sending device for sending a message to the radio base station, and the pager terminal receiving the message An e-mail address registration presence / absence determination device for determining whether or not the holder has registered an e-mail address, an e-mail conversion device for converting the message into an e-mail, and transmitting the converted e-mail to the Internet network A mobile communication system, comprising: an e-mail transmission device for sending. 4. A telephone network including a telephone exchange accommodating a plurality of telephones, a pager terminal receiving a message from the telephone, a radio base station transmitting the message wirelessly to the pager terminal, A paging exchange that accommodates a telephone exchange and the radio base station and connects to the Internet network, wherein the paging exchange has a paging exchange that connects to the radio base station, and an e-mail converter / connector that connects to the Internet network. A transmitting device, wherein the paging exchange includes a subscriber control device for connecting to the telephone exchange, a central control device for controlling the entire paging exchange, and a device for transmitting the message to the radio base station. And a switch for switching to various devices, and receiving the message sent from the telephone exchange. A message receiving device, a message sending device for sending the message to the radio base station, and a first interface device for sending the message to the email converting / sending device. / Sending device receives the message via the first interface device, a second interface device, and determines whether or not the owner of the pager terminal receiving the received message has registered an e-mail address. An e-mail address registration presence / absence determination device for performing the determination, an e-mail conversion device for converting the message into an e-mail, an e-mail transmission device for sending the converted e-mail to the Internet network, and the e-mail conversion / transmission device A mobile communication system, comprising: a CPU that controls the entire system. 5. A telephone network including a telephone exchange accommodating a plurality of telephones, a pager terminal receiving a message from the telephone, a radio base station transmitting the message wirelessly to the pager terminal, A paging exchange which accommodates a telephone exchange and the radio base station and connects to the Internet network, wherein the paging exchange detects a reception of the message from the telephone exchange by a subscriber control device, and switches the switch. Connecting the subscriber control device to a message receiving device to receive the message, transmitting the received message to the radio base station by a message transmitting device, and receiving the message. E-mail address registered whether the holder has registered an e-mail address A judgment is made by a judging device, and when the registration is made, the message is converted into an e-mail signal and transferred to the registered e-mail address of the Internet network by an e-mail transmitting device. A message transfer method for a mobile communication system.