JP3295668B2 - Portable wireless call transmission / reception method - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication method for calling and transmitting information between portable radio paging terminals via a public telephone network, a radio paging station, a radio control station, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 shows a flow chart of a first conventional system for communication between an information transmission center and a reception-only terminal via a public telephone network and a radio paging station. In FIG. 3, a block 31 is an information transmission center, a block 32 is a center side adapter, a block 33 is a public telephone network, a block 34 is a wireless calling station side adapter, a block 35 is a wireless calling station, and a block 36 is a reception only terminal.

In this conventional example, an information transmission center 31
When sending information to the fixed call center 31, for example, an information transmission center of a company office calls display information using a personal computer or the like via a public telephone network 33 to a wireless paging station 35 and sends the display information, Terminal for which the calling station 35 is specified
36 For example, the display information was wirelessly transmitted to a terminal owned by a traveling mobile salesperson of the company. According to this method, information cannot be transmitted to a terminal other than the fixed center, so that information cannot be freely transmitted from a terminal outside to another terminal outside. Next, FIG. 4 shows an example of a flowchart of a second conventional system in which communication between mobile radio stations is performed via a radio base station and an exchange.

In FIG. 4, block 41 is a calling mobile radio station, block 42 is a radio base station, block 43 is a radio network controller, block 44 is a mobile radio exchange, block 45 is an exchange, and block 46 is a telephone network. General terminal phones, blocks
47 is an incoming mobile radio station. In this example, the calling mobile station 41 sends an outgoing signal when calling the terminating mobile station 47 to transmit information. The radio base station 42 performs a mobile station check by specifying a channel. When the call path is set, the calling mobile station 41 sends out a dial digit, and sends an incoming signal from the wireless base station 42 to the called mobile station 47 via the exchange 45. The receiving mobile station 47 returns an incoming call response, the radio base station 42 selects a communication channel, and the communication starts on the specified communication channel. With this method, when a calling signal is transmitted from the calling mobile station to the called mobile station, if the called mobile station has no responder, or if the receiving side has turned off the switch because of an inconvenient ringtone, the call is sent to the called party. Communication becomes impossible.

[0005]

The first conventional method described above has a problem in that display information is transmitted only from a fixed center using a personal computer or the like, and the second conventional method has a problem. When the caller sends information to a specific called mobile station, the other party is not near the called mobile station, or is switched off for the sake of the called party,
The problem lies in the fact that even if the incoming call is known, it may not be possible to respond depending on the circumstances. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and to simplify the equipment itself, which can freely transmit and display call display information between wirelessly receivable terminals that are in a mutually moving state anytime and anywhere. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable wireless call transmitting and receiving method that can be configured in a small size.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a portable radio call transmitting and receiving method according to the present invention is controlled by a radio base station and / or an exchange, and is capable of transmitting and receiving radio signals. When exchanging information between the terminals, a call is sent from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal, and when an artificial response is possible at the receiving terminal,
The transmitting and receiving terminals exchange information by voice with a wireless telephone provided in each terminal, and there is a call from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal, and an artificial response of the receiving terminal is performed. When it is not possible, in order to exchange information by characters or numbers between the sending and receiving terminals using the information storage / display / call system provided for each terminal,
The status signal indicating that the artificial response is impossible is transmitted from the receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal, and the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal that receives the status signal, Switching from the wireless telephone provided in the terminal to the information storage / display / call system similarly provided in each terminal, the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal are configured to store, display, and call the information from the wireless telephone. After switching to the system,
In the terminal on the transmitting side of the receiving terminal, the information to be transmitted to the terminal on the receiving side is wirelessly transmitted to the radio base station as information consisting of letters or numbers, and in the radio base station, The information to be transmitted, which is received wirelessly to the terminal that is the receiving side, is transmitted wirelessly, and the terminal that is the receiving side that receives the information to be transmitted, wirelessly, as information consisting of characters or numerals, The information transmitted from the terminal on the transmitting side is temporarily stored in a RAM provided in the terminal on the receiving side, and is then displayed on a display device.

Further, a portable radio paging transmission / reception method according to the present invention is controlled by a radio base station and / or an exchange, and performs information exchange between portable radio paging terminals capable of radio transmission / reception. When there is a call from the terminal to the receiving terminal and an artificial response is possible at the receiving terminal, information is exchanged by voice between the sending and receiving terminals using the wireless telephones of each terminal. When there is a call from the transmitting terminal to the receiving terminal and no artificial response is possible at the receiving terminal, the information storage provided in each terminal between the sending and receiving terminals Transmitting a status signal indicating that the artificial response is impossible from the receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal in order to perform information exchange using characters or numbers using a display / call system; Terminal and In the transmitting terminal that has received the status signal, switching from the wireless telephone provided in each terminal to the information storage / display / calling system provided in each terminal, the receiving terminal and the After the transmitting terminal has switched from the wireless telephone to the information storage / display / calling system, of the transmitting and receiving terminals, the transmitting terminal transmits the information to the receiving terminal. The information to be transmitted and the designated number of the terminal on the receiving side to which the information is to be transmitted are wirelessly transmitted to the radio base station as information comprising characters or numerals, and the designated number is transmitted to the radio base station. Transmitting the information to be transmitted wirelessly received to the terminal which is the receiving side, and transmitting the information to be transmitted wirelessly to the terminal having the designated number. In the terminal, the information transmitted from the terminal on the transmitting side as information consisting of letters or numbers is temporarily stored in a RAM of the terminal on the receiving side, and then displayed on a display device. Is what you do.

[0008]

According to the transmitting / receiving method of the present invention, the information transmitted from the radio paging station is automatically stored once in the RAM provided in the terminal regardless of the presence or absence of the responder, and is output again at a later time. It can be displayed on the display device of the
As in the prior art, the problem of the presence or absence of the correspondent at the terminating mobile station is solved, and the consideration of the convenience of the terminating side becomes unnecessary.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a transmitting / receiving apparatus for a terminal described in the present specification, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart when one terminal calls another terminal. In FIG. 1, block 11 is an input key for inputting information to be transmitted,
Block 12 is a display device for displaying input and received information, block 13 is a start-up device for transmitting information stored in a RAM 23 to be described later to a telephone network line, and block 14 is a switch for temporarily stopping a paging signal of a radio paging station. , Block 15 is a signaling device for signaling the paging of the paging station, block 16
Is a radio receiver for receiving radio waves from the radio paging station, block 17 is an acoustic coupler, block 18 is a terminal control unit and a modem for communication over a telephone network line, and block 20 is a CPU (central processing unit) controller. The CPU control unit 20 includes a CPU 21, a ROM 22 for storing a program, and a RAM 23 for temporarily storing information to be transmitted to another terminal and information received wirelessly, which are input by an input key.

In FIG. 2, block 1 is a transmitting / receiving apparatus for a terminal used in the present invention, block 2 is an acoustic coupler, block 3 is a telephone coupled with the terminal, block 4 is a telephone network exchange, and block 5 Is an adapter on the side of the paging station, block 6 is a paging station, and block 7 is a transmitting / receiving device for another terminal. Next, the operation of the terminal transceiver will be described. First, while confirming the display device 12 using the input key 11 of the terminal transmitting / receiving device, information to be transmitted to another terminal and a designated number of another terminal to which the information is to be transmitted are inputted. The input information and designated number are immediately stored in the RAM 23 via the CPU 21. Here, the number of characters and numbers to be input may be arbitrary, but is preferably about 40 characters per line for a personal computer or the like.

Next, the terminal 1 is connected to a hand-held acoustic coupler 17.
Is connected to the public telephone network from the telephone 3 at hand via
The line is connected to the radio paging station 6 via the telephone network exchange 4 and the radio paging side adapter 5, and the contents stored in the RAM 23 are transmitted by the activating device 13 provided in the terminal. The radio paging station 6 that has received the call returns the content to the terminal 1 once for confirmation of the received content and performs an operation of confirmation. The radio paging station 6 transmits the received information to the terminal having the designated number according to the designated number of another terminal in the contents received from the terminal 1. Other terminal 7 of the designated number
Receives the radio content from the radio paging station 6 in the radio receiving device 16, stores the content in the RAM 23, immediately displays the content on the display device 12, and simultaneously informs the signal device 15 of the reception.
Indicates the reception by sound or vibration or flashing of light. The sound, vibration or flashing of the light by the receiving signal device can be temporarily turned off by the switch 14 for the convenience of the owner of the terminal device 7. Even if the signal of reception is cut off by the switch 14, the information from the radio paging station 6 is stored in the RAM 23, so that the information can be confirmed on the display device 12 at a necessary time. Since the terminal has the ability to receive a plurality of incoming information and store them, the contents can be confirmed and the contents can be retained or deleted as necessary.

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. Although no specific reference diagram is provided for this, in short, simply, the configuration of the second conventional system described in the section (Prior Art) is combined with the terminal transmitting / receiving apparatus shown in FIG. This is the method of the present invention. That is, between the portable radio paging terminals 41 and 47 having, for example, a mobile telephone capable of wireless transmission and reception controlled by a control station such as the radio base station 42, the radio network controller 43, and the mobile radio exchange 44. When calling and exchanging information, the receiving terminal
If an artificial response is possible when it is called at 47, the mobile telephone provided at each terminal between the transmitting and receiving terminals 41, 47 by the method of the second conventional example. In the case where the information exchange by voice is performed and the artificial response is impossible, a status signal indicating that the response is impossible is wirelessly returned from the receiving terminal 47 to the transmitting terminal 41 and , Can be switched to a method of storing, displaying, and calling information separately provided by the two terminals.

In the present invention, each terminal is also provided with a terminal transmitting / receiving device as shown in FIG. 1, and this transmitting / receiving device operates immediately upon the above-mentioned switching. That is, after the switching, the transmitting terminal 41 is switched to the receiving terminal.
Information to be transmitted to 47 and the receiving terminal to be transmitted
The designated number of 47 is wirelessly transmitted to the control station (at this time, there is no acoustic coupler connection to the public telephone network), and the receiving side of the designated number receiving the information to be transmitted received by the control station. The information is transmitted to the terminal 47 wirelessly, and the information received wirelessly by the receiving side terminal 47 of the designated number that has received the wireless is temporarily stored in the RAM 23 of the terminal, and then the information is transmitted to the terminal 23. This is displayed on the display device 12 provided. Using the input key 11, the display device 12, and the RAM 23 of the transmitting / receiving device provided in the receiving terminal, the information to be transmitted to the receiving terminal and the designated number of the receiving terminal to which the information is to be transmitted are checked in advance. It is preferable for the method of the present invention that the data is stored in the RAM with an input key and is transmitted wirelessly by the activation device 13 immediately upon the switching. The embodiments described herein are not limited thereto, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes can be made within the scope of the appended claims.

[0014]

As described above in detail, according to the portable radio call transmission / reception method of the present invention, both terminals on the transmission / reception side have the function of the radio telephone and the function of the information storage and display system. At first, information exchange by voice is attempted using the function of the wireless telephone, and when this is not possible, a status signal indicating that voice response (artificial response) is impossible from the receiving terminal is transmitted to the transmitting terminal. The two terminals on the transmitting and receiving sides are switched to the information storage and display system functions with the return as a trigger, and, for example, information other than sound transmitted from the transmitting terminal is displayed on the receiving terminal. Since the information is left displayed on the screen, an easy-to-use mobile phone system that did not exist before the present invention can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a portable wireless calling terminal.

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart when one terminal calls another terminal.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart according to a first conventional example system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart according to a second conventional example system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Terminal 2 Acoustic coupler 3 Telephone 4 Telephone exchange 5 Adapter 6 Radio paging station 7 Other terminals 11 Input key 12 Display device 13 Activation device 14 Switch 15 Signal device 16 Wireless reception device 17 Acoustic coupler 18 Modem and terminal control Unit 20 CPU control unit 21 CPU 22 ROM 23 RAM 31 Information transmission center 32, 34 Adapter 33 Public telephone network 35 Radio paging station 36 Receiving-only terminal 41 Calling mobile radio station 42 Radio base station 43 Radio circuit control station 44 Mobile radio Exchange 45 exchange 46 terminal telephone 47 incoming mobile radio station

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An information exchange between portable radio paging terminals controlled by a radio base station and / or a switching station and capable of wireless transmission / reception, when a call is transmitted from a transmission terminal to a reception terminal. When an artificial response is possible at the receiving terminal, information exchange by voice is performed between the transmitting and receiving terminals by a wireless telephone provided in each terminal, and the transmitting terminal receives the information from the receiving terminal. When there is a call to the terminal and an artificial response is not possible at the receiving terminal, characters or characters are transmitted using the information storage / display / call system provided for each terminal between the sending and receiving terminals. In order to exchange information by numbers, a status signal indicating that the artificial response is impossible is transmitted from the receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal, and the transmitting terminal receives the status signal and the receiving terminal. On the terminal Switches from the wireless telephone included in each terminal to the information storage / display / call system also included in each terminal, wherein the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal store the information from the wireless telephone. After switching to the display / calling system, the transmitting and receiving terminals, on the transmitting side, transmit the information to be transmitted to the receiving side as information comprising characters or numerals. The wireless base station wirelessly transmits, the wireless base station wirelessly transmits the information to be transmitted wirelessly received to the terminal on the receiving side, and receives the information to be wirelessly transmitted. In the terminal on the receiving side, the information transmitted from the terminal on the transmitting side as information including characters or numerals is temporarily stored in the RAM of the terminal on the receiving side. After, portable radio call receiving method characterized by displaying on the display device. 2. An information exchange between portable radio paging terminals controlled by a radio base station and / or a switching station and capable of wireless transmission / reception, when a call is transmitted from a transmission terminal to a reception terminal. When an artificial response is possible at the receiving terminal, information exchange by voice is performed between the transmitting and receiving terminals by a wireless telephone provided in each terminal, and the transmitting terminal receives the information from the receiving terminal. When there is a call to the terminal and an artificial response is not possible at the receiving terminal, characters or characters are transmitted using the information storage / display / call system provided for each terminal between the sending and receiving terminals. In order to exchange information by numbers, a status signal indicating that the artificial response is impossible is transmitted from the receiving terminal to the transmitting terminal, and the transmitting terminal receives the status signal and the receiving terminal. On the terminal Switches from the wireless telephone included in each terminal to the information storage / display / call system also included in each terminal, wherein the receiving terminal and the transmitting terminal store the information from the wireless telephone. After switching to the display / call system, the transmitting and receiving terminals, on the transmitting side, transmit information to the receiving terminal and the reception for transmitting the information. The designated number of the terminal on the side, wirelessly transmitted to the radio base station as information consisting of letters or numbers,
The wireless base station wirelessly transmits the information to be transmitted, which has the designated number and is wirelessly received to the terminal on the receiving side, and receives the designated number by wirelessly receiving the information to be transmitted. The terminal on the receiving side has information transmitted from the terminal on the transmitting side as information comprising characters or numerals, and temporarily stores the information in the RAM of the terminal on the receiving side, and then displays the information on the display device. A portable wireless call transmitting and receiving method.