JPH0230229A - Message processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To send a message again by selecting the capacity of a call data file capable of storing messages for one day or over and providing a code comprising a code identifying a sent date and a cyclic serial number to the message. CONSTITUTION:When a call number of a receiver 2 and a message are inputted from a terminal equipment 1 to a message processor 3, the message processor 3 gives a serial number to the message and stores the result in a call data file 6 together with a call number. The message provided with the call number and the serial number is sent to a radio call controller 4, which transmits the message provided with the call number and the serial number in a radio wave and the message is displayed on a receiver 2. The call data file 5 has a capacity capable of storing the message for one day to N days and a serial number provision means 6 provides a code identifying the sent date and the cyclic serial number to the message.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention relates to a message processing device for a high-performance radio paging system that wirelessly sends and displays messages on a portable character display type receiver, which responds at least to requests for retransmission of messages sent yesterday and today. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a message processing device with a serial number that can be used to respond to messages with the last serial number of the day, and to identify whether the message with the last serial number of the day has not been received. In addition, a serial number assigning means is provided for assigning a code consisting of a code indicating the sending date and a circulating serial number to the message.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to an improvement in a message processing device for a highly functional radio paging system that sends and displays messages wirelessly on a portable character display type receiver (character display type pager) (hereinafter referred to as receiver).

The highly functional radio paging system will be explained using FIG. 9.

In FIG. 9, when the calling number and message of the receiver 2-1 are input from the personal computer 10 to the message processing device 3, the message processing device 3 assigns a serial number to the message and files the calling number together with the calling number. At the same time, the message to which the call number and the serial number are added is sent to the radio call control device 4.

The radio call control device 4 connects to a plurality of radio base stations 8, 9 . . . . sends a message to which the calling number and the serial number have been assigned, and causes the receiver 2-1 to display the message to which the serial number has been assigned.

In this case, there may be a case where the subscriber carrying the receiver 2-1 is unable to stop reception, for example, because he or she is inside a tunnel.

At this time, the serial number of the received message becomes a missing number, so if, for example, the telephone 11 is used to send the calling number of the receiver 2-1 and the missing serial number to the message processing device 3, the message processing device 3 The corresponding message is read from the call file, sent to the radio call control device 4 along with the call number, and sent to the radio base station 8.9. ..., sends a message with the calling number and serial number, and sends the message to the receiver 2.
-1, the message is received and the message with the serial number is displayed.

In this system, as the number of subscribers who work night shifts and carry receivers has recently increased, the range of messages for which resending requests can be made is not limited to the same day, but can be made over at least two days, and missing numbers can be accurately determined. There is a request.

Note that 2-2.2-3 in FIG. 9 indicates a receiver.

[Conventional technology]

A conventional example will be explained below using figures.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a conventional message processing device.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the structure of a conventional subscriber file, FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the structure of a conventional call data file, FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a serial number update program when requesting a call in the conventional example, FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a conventional example of assigning serial numbers to messages.

The personal computer 10 in FIG. 10 can send a message to be sent and a calling number, so it can make a transmission request, and it can also make a retransmission request consisting of a calling number and a serial number, so it can be connected to the bus through the serial interface unit 14. be.

The telephone 11 can send a calling number and a serial number, and can request resending, but can only send messages in a fixed form that can be specified by a number, so it can inquire about the contents of a service request and give instructions in response. A voice response device 30 and a serial interface unit 12 are connected to the bus.

The following explanation assumes that a transmission request is made from the personal computer 10, and a retransmission request is made from the personal computer 10 and telephone 11.

In addition, as shown in Figure 11, the subscriber file 16' contains the calling number and the corresponding receiver number used for wireless transmission for each area of the receiver of the subscriber who has subscribed to this system. The address is written in advance, and in the later receiver's area, the serial number to be given to today's messages, the latest update date and time (for example, yesterday or today's date and time), and the number of calls are written in the area of the receiver. .

The call data file 5' is used to store messages sent on the day in order to be able to respond to requests for resending messages sent on that day.The stored contents are as shown in Fig. 12. The receiver's calling number 9 serial number for the message.

Memorizes the retransmission serial number, reception date and time (today's date and time), receiver address, message length, and message.

Note that when the date changes, the stored contents are transferred to the magnetic tape device 20.
Transfer and memorize it.

Also, it is the processor 1 that transmits the call number and message requested to be sent from the personal computer 11 to the wireless call control device 4.
Serial interface unit 1 with 7° control
3, a message is sent with the receiver's address and serial number in place of the calling number.

The memory 15 is used to store programs shown in FIG. 12 and data, for example.

Therefore, when a transmission request consisting of a calling number and a message is received from the personal computer 11, the processor 17 checks to see if a receiver with this calling number is registered in the subscriber file 16, and confirms whether it is registered or not. For example, a serial number is assigned using the program shown in FIG.

In step 1, it is checked whether the latest update date and time in the area of the receiver for the called number in the subscriber file 16' is today, and if it is today, in step 2, the serial number currently stored is changed. It is updated and memorized by adding 1, and if it is not today, the serial number is changed to 1 in step 3, and the latest update date and time is updated to today's date by referring to the clock 18 in step 4. and memorize it.

The message with the serial number assigned in this manner is sent to the radio call control device 4 along with the address of the receiver corresponding to the calling number.
At the same time, in the call data file 5, as shown in FIG.
Message length, memorize the message.

Next, FIG. 14 shows a state in which a serial number is assigned to a message sent to a receiver.

That is, if the messages sent from the personal computer 10 to the receiver 2-1 on the day of the (01,MA), (02゜MB), ・・
- Send to receiver 2-l as (05, ME).

84 sun changed on Y+1 of X month, meso sage was MF, M
If it is O, give the serial number 01, 02 and write (01, MF
), (02, MG) to the receiver 2-1.

In the receiver 2-1, (05, ME) and (Ol.

If MP) was not received, (01, MF) was not received because (02, MO) was received, and the serial number is skipped, so (05, ME) is X month Y day. Since this is the message with the last serial number, I don't understand it.

Therefore, using the personal computer 10 or the telephone ALL, the receiver 2-
When the calling number 1 and the serial number 01 are sent, the corresponding message is retransmitted to the receiver 2-1.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, in the conventional message processing device 3°, the call data file 5° stores only the messages sent for today's day, and it is not possible to resend yesterday's messages. Because it is changed in 1
There is a problem in that the receiver cannot tell if the message with the last serial number of the day has not been received.

An object of the present invention is to provide a message processing device that can respond to at least a retransmission request for a message sent yesterday and today, and that assigns a serial number that makes it clear that the message with the last serial number of the day has not been received.

Means to solve problem C] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention.

In the high-performance radio paging system shown in FIG. 1, when a terminal device 1 inputs the calling number of a receiver 2 and a message into a message processing device 3, the message processing device 3 assigns a serial number to the message and The message is stored in the call data file 5 together with the calling number, and a message with the calling number and the serial number is sent to the radio call control device 4, and the radio call control device 4 sends the message with the calling number and the serial number. Display on receiver 2.

When the terminal device 1 issues a retransmission request to the message processing device 3 using the calling number and the serial number as a key, the message processing device 3 reads the message corresponding to the key from the call data file 5 and sends the message corresponding to the key. It is sent to the radio call control device 4 along with the calling number, and then transmitted to the receiver 2.

As shown in FIG.
The device has a capacity to store messages for N days or more, and is provided with a serial number assigning means 6 for assigning a code consisting of a code indicating the sending date and a circulating serial number to the message.

[For production]

According to the present invention, the call data file 5 stores messages for one or more N days, and the serial number given to the message consists of a code that indicates the date of transmission and a rotating serial number. When requesting resending, if you request using the message serial number consisting of a code that shows the sending date, a rotating serial number, and the calling number, it is possible to resend messages from one day or more N days ago. Messages also rotate as serial numbers, so if you look at the next day's serial number, you can tell if the number is missing, so you can recognize it even if the last message of the day has not been received.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a message processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of a subscriber file according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a structure of a call data file according to an embodiment of the present invention. A diagram showing the configuration, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the program of the input reception processing section and the program of the call message processing section of the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is the program of the input reception processing section of the embodiment of the invention. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the program of the calling message processing unit in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing message serial number assignment in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, two days' worth of messages are stored as a call data file, and the code used to determine the sending date of the message serial number is the day of the week. fire is 3
．． Water is 4. Tree is 5. The following explanation will be given by taking as an example a case where Friday is set to 6, Saturday is set to 7, and 00 to 99 are used as the serial numbers to be circulated.

Call data file 5- of message processing device 3 in FIG.
1 stores yesterday's messages and call data file 5.
-2 is for storing today's message, memory 1
5 stores the program of the input reception processing section shown in FIG. 6, the program of the calling message processing section shown in FIG. This is slightly different from the conventional example shown in FIG. 4, except that a calendar 19 for knowing the days of the week is provided, and the rest is the same as the conventional example shown in FIG.

The receiver area of the subscriber file 16 of the subscriber subscribed to the system is as shown in FIG. 3, and what is different from the conventional example shown in FIG. The main points are that it consists of a circulating serial number, an area for writing a number that indicates the day of the week, and an area for writing a start transmission sequence number which is the first serial number of the day.

The structure of the call data file 5-1.5-2 is as shown in FIG. 4. What is different from the conventional example shown in FIG. The first point is that it consists of a serial number, and the second point is that a number that indicates the day of the week is written.

The relationship between the program 30 of the input reception processing section stored in the memory 15 and the program 31 of the call message processing section is as shown in FIG. The stored message is retrieved and transmitted by the program 31 of the calling message processing section.

The operation of input reception will be described below in accordance with the program 30 of the human input reception processing section in FIG.

In step 1, the serial interface unit 14
If there is no input, proceed to step 13 and check whether there was input from the serial interface unit 12 (telephone 1).
1), and if there is no input, return to step 1, and if there is, proceed to step I4.

If there is an input in step 1, it is checked in step 2 whether it is a retransmission request or a transmission request. If it is a retransmission request, the process proceeds to step 14, and if it is a transmission request, the process proceeds to step 3.

In step 3, the call number of the input information is checked against the subscriber file 16, and if it is not found in step 4, step 12
Step 1 informs the serial interface unit 14 that the serial interface unit 14 is not present, and returns to step 1.

If there is, proceed to step 5 and set the clock 18 and calendar 19.
Obtain the current date and day of the week, proceed to step 6, update the serial number to +1, proceed to step 7, proceed to step 9 if the day of the week number is today, proceed to step 8 if it is not today, Set the number of the day of the week as today's number, write the serial number in the start sequence number area of the subscriber file 16,
Proceed to step 9.

In step 9, the latest update date and time is set to today, and the process proceeds to step IO, where a calling message consisting of the receiver's address, the day of the week number, a message serial number with a circulating serial number, and a message is edited, and as shown in FIG. The process proceeds to step 11, where the call message is edited with the call number, reception date and time, and message length, and is registered in the current day's call data file 5-2.
Return to

If it is a retransmission request and the process proceeds to step 14, the call number of the input information is checked against the subscriber file 16, and the process proceeds to step 15.
If not, the process proceeds to step 12, and informs the serial interface unit 14 or 12 that retransmission is not possible, and if so, proceeds to step 16, obtains the current date and day of the week from the clock 18 and calendar 19, and proceeds to step 17. Check whether the day number of the retransmission request is today or yesterday, and if not,
Proceeding to step I2, the serial interface unit 14 or 12 is notified of the inability to retransmit.

If it is today or yesterday, proceed to step 18; if it is today, proceed to step 19, extract the corresponding call data from today's call data file 5-2, and step 2
If the call data file 5-1 is not today's data, the process goes to step 22 and searches for yesterday's call data file 5-1.
In step 3, it is checked whether there is corresponding call data, and if there is, the process proceeds to step 20; if not, the process proceeds to step 12, and the serial interface unit 14 or 12 is notified of the inability to retransmit.

In step 20, a calling message consisting of the receiver's address, the day of the week number, a message serial number having a circulating serial number, and a message is edited, and
, proceed to step 21, add the calling number, retransmission serial number, reception date and time, and message length to the calling message,
Edit the retransmitted call data and create the current day's call data file 5-
Register in step 2 and return to step 1.

Next, the sending of a calling message will be explained according to the program of the calling message output control section shown in FIG.

In step l, the radio paging control device 4 checks whether it is busy;
Wait until there is a space available, then proceed to step 2, check whether there is a call message in the queue 32 of FIG. 5, and if there is, proceed to step 3, take out one call message from the queue 32, and step 4 The paging message is transmitted to the radio paging control device 4 at the step .

Then send or resend the message.

Messages and message serial numbers added to them in the case of the present invention are shown in FIG.
Assuming that the message sent from 0 to receiver 2-1 on Monday, month and day Y (Monday) is MA-ME, message serial numbers 201 to 205 are assigned to each of them, and (201, MA) is sent.
, (202゜MB), ... <205. M.E.
) to the receiver 2-1.

If the date changes to X month Y + 1st (Tuesday) and the message is MF or MG, the message serial number will be 306.307.
(306, MF), (307, M
G) to the receiver 2-1.

In this case, if (205, ME) and (306, MF) have not been received, (204, MD) and (307
, MG) shows that messages with serial numbers 05 and 06 have not been received, so use the computer 10 or telephone ``l'' to send the calling number of receiver 2-1 and the message serial number 205.
, 306, the corresponding message is retransmitted to the receiver 2-1.

If the message serial number 205 is 305, the receiver 2-1's calling number and message serial number 305 are sent again and the message is retransmitted.

Therefore, it is possible to know whether the last message of the day has not been received, and it is possible to retransmit messages over two days, thereby improving service for subscribers who carry nighttime receivers.

The above example shows a case where it is possible to resend messages for two days, today and yesterday, but in this case, it is possible to resend messages for N days each time the call data file has a capacity for N days. It can be done.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to know whether the last message of the day has not been received, and it is possible to resend messages for N days more than one day.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention; Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a message processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the structure of a subscriber file according to an embodiment of the present invention; 5 is a diagram showing the structure of the call data file in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between the program of the input reception processing section and the program of the call message processing section of the embodiment of the present invention. A flowchart of a professional program of the input reception processing unit according to an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing message serial number assignment according to an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 9 is a block diagram of an example of a high-performance radio paging system, FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a conventional message processing device. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the structure of a conventional subscriber file. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the structure of a conventional call data file. FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a conventional serial number update program at the time of a call request. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the conventional method of assigning a serial number to a message. In the figure, 1 is a terminal device, 2.2-1.2-2.2-3 is a character display type receiver, and 3.
3" is a message processing device, 4 is a radio call control device, 5.5°, 5-1.5-2 is a call data file, 6 is a serial number assigning means, 7 is a connection device, 8.9 is a radio base station, 10 is a personal computer, 11 is a telephone, 12.13.14 is a serial interface unit, 15.15° is a memory, 16.16' is a subscriber file, 17.17' is a processor, 18 is a clock, 19 is a calendar, 20 indicates a magnetic tape device, and 0 indicates a voice response device. °“Ram Hiro? Munu beg-ji stop 5 turtles & jri mo pyry
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A character display type receiver (2) that displays a message sent from a terminal device (1) to a message processing device (3).
When the calling number and message are input, the message processing device (3) assigns a serial number to the message and stores it together with the calling number in the call data file (5). The message is sent to the radio call control device (4), and the radio call control device (4) sends and displays a message with the call number and serial number of the character display type receiver (2), and also causes the terminal device to display the message. (1)
Therefore, when a retransmission request is made to the message processing device (3) using the call number and the serial number as a key, the message processing device (3) reads the message corresponding to the key from the call data file (5), In the message processing device (3) of the high-performance wireless paging system, the call data file is sent together with the call number to the radio call control device (4) and sent to and displayed on the character display type receiver (2). The feature is that (5) has a capacity for storing messages for one or more N days, and that serial number assigning means (6) is provided for assigning a code consisting of a code indicating the sending date and a circulating serial number to the message. message processing device.