JPH03198440A - Paging receiver with message receiving function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To receive a conventional call service using plural kinds of ringing tone and to easily confirm the presence or the absence of a reception message by reporting the reception of a reception message with a tone after the end of generation of the ringing tone at the time of sending the message together with a call. CONSTITUTION:This device consists of a CPU 1, an antenna 2, a reception part 3, a decoder part 4, an ID-ROM 5, a battery 6, a key input part 7, a RAN 8, a speaker driver 9, a speaker 10, an LED driver 11, an LED 12, a display part 13, a power switch SW, a reset switch SR, and a display switch SD. When a message is sent together with a call, reception of the reception message is reported with a tone after the end of generation of the ringing tone. Thus, the conventional call service using plural kinds of ringing tone is easily used also, and it is easily confirmed whether the message is sent together with the call or not.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a paging receiver with a message receiving function.

[Prior art and its problems] Conventionally, when a paging receiver with a message receiving function receives a call with a message.

A ring tone is generated and a received message is displayed on a display section, and when the call does not include a message, only a ring tone is generated, or a ring tone is transmitted and a display indicating that there is no message is performed.

By the way, with this type of device, if you receive a call, you cannot tell whether it has a message or not unless you look at the display. Therefore, if you carry the device in your pocket or bag, Every time there is a call, it is necessary to take the device out of a pocket or the like and look at the display to see if there is a message, which is extremely inconvenient.

As a method of resolving the above-mentioned inconvenience, it is also possible to make the ring tone different depending on the presence or absence of a message. However, this method has already been implemented,
A calling service that uses multiple types of ringing tones, i.e., a dual-alcohol service (a service when calling a receiver set with two types of calling numbers, which generates different ringing tones depending on the called number) service) or multi-call service (a paging service unique to the POC3AG system that uses two function bits in the address code word to generate 411 different ring tones for one called number). If you think about it, the types of ringtones will double and it will be difficult to distinguish between them0
For example, when used in combination with a multi-call service, it is necessary to distinguish between 8 types of ring tones, and if dual-alcohol is used in combination with this, it is necessary to distinguish between 16 types of ring tones, which is impractical.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and provides a message receiving function that allows the user to receive existing calling services that use multiple types of ring tones, and that allows the user to easily check whether or not there are received messages. The purpose is to provide a baging receiver with a built-in receiver.

[Summary of the Invention] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a system in which, when a message is sent along with a call, a sound is made to notify that there is a received message after the generation of the ring tone is finished. The gist is that.

[Example] The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to an example shown in the drawings.

Structure - 1st iFi! J indicates the circuit configuration of this embodiment. That is, the configuration is such that the CPU is centered and other circuit units are connected to it. CPU1 has built-in ROM
This circuit unit controls each circuit unit according to the program and measures the current time based on an internal clock. Reference numeral 2 denotes an antenna, and a receiving section 3 is a circuit section that demodulates a radio signal received by the antenna 2. This radio signal is
For example, it is an FSKM code coded using the POC5AG method. The ID-ROM 5 is a circuit section that stores frame data, address data, etc. assigned to the paging receiver, and sends out the stored frame data etc. to the decoder section 4 under the control of the decoder section 4. be. Based on the frame data from the ID-ROM 5, the decoder section 4 intermittently drives the reception WI&3 so that it can receive a specific frame of the transmission signal transmitted from the wireless base station, and also drives the reception WI&3 that is received and demodulated by the reception section 3. Connect the signal to the above ID-RO
This is a circuit that checks the address data from M5. Then, the address data (calling number) and ID-
When the address data from the ROM matches, that is,
When the paging receiver is called, the paging receiver receives a call detection signal and call type information (function bit information of the address code word in the POCSAG method mentioned above,
information that distinguishes which calling number was called)
At the same time, the reception unit 3 continues the reception operation, and the received signals subsequently received by the reception unit 3 are sequentially decoded and sent to the CPUI.

The battery 6 is a power supply battery that supplies power to each circuit section.

The power switch SW is a switch that is turned on and off by a user's operation, and cuts off and on the power supply from the battery 6 to the receiving section 3 and the decoder section 4. The reset switch SR is a switch operated to stop the sound generation from the speaker lO and the display on the display section 13, and the display switch So is operated when the received data stored in the RAM 8 is displayed on the display section 13. This is a switch that can be operated. The key input unit 7 is a circuit that sends a corresponding key input signal to the CPUI when the reset switch SR or display switch SO is operated, and sends a detection signal to the CPUI when the power switch SW is turned on. Department.

RAM8 has the configuration described below, and is controlled by the CPU.
This circuit stores data from PU1 and sends the stored data to CPUI. speaker driver 9
is a circuit unit that drives the speaker 10 to generate a ring tone and a notification tone with a message in different tones based on a control signal from the CPUI. LED driver 11
1 is a circuit unit that drives the LED 2 based on a control signal from the CPU to display a one-lit or blinking display.

Further, the display section 13 is a circuit section that displays received data etc. sent from the CPUI.

FIG. 2 shows a partial configuration of the RAM 8. The time register TR is a register in which the current time is set every moment. Message flag M is a flag that is set when a message is added to an incoming call. The 1st% tone timer T M l is a timer that measures the time during which a ring tone is generated, for example, 8 seconds, and the I82 tone timer TM2 is a timer that measures the time when a ring tone is generated, for example, 8 seconds. This is a timer that measures the time, for example, 2 seconds, during which the message notification sound is generated after the sound generation ends. The display timer DT is a timer that measures the time that the sent message and the received data read from the RAM 8 are displayed on the display WA 13, for example, 30 seconds.

Further, the buffer register BR to which the row of address 1 is given is a register in which received data is temporarily stored when data is received.

The received message memory section CM consists of rows with row addresses 2 to 10, and is a memory section in which received data received in the past is stored. Each row of the buffer register BR and the received message memory section CM stores received data related to the reception of l. Assuming that the maximum number of message code words sent following the address code word is 4, each line is a call type area CA where the received call type information is stored, and a reception time where the reception time is stored. Area TA, first message word data storage area MIA-14 where data for each message code word is stored, respectively MIA-14 message word data storage area M
It consists of sA.

Operation Next, the operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained.

For example, when the decoder unit 4 detects the address code given to the paging receiver in the sent address code word, it proceeds to the reception process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3, first at step 51. So,
The first step S is to fetch call type information from the decoder unit 4.
2, the call type information and the current time of the timer register TR are set in the call type area CA and reception time area TA of the buffer register BR, respectively.

The data of the code word following the address code word is 1
The code word is fetched in units of code words (step S3), and based on the first flag bit of the code word, it is determined whether or not the code word is a message code word. If it is a message code word, set the message flag M to 1 and set the message data related to the code word in the buffer register BR (7) first message word data storage area MIA (step S5); Return to step S3. Thereafter, in the same manner, code word data is sequentially fetched, and as long as the data is message data, the I82 message word data storage area M2A-4th of the buffer register BR is read.
The message words are sequentially set in the message word data storage area M4A.

Also, when it is determined in step S4 that the code word is not a message code word, all messages sent through the above processing are stored in the buffer register BR.
I81 message word data storage area MIA-1
When the four messages have been set in the data storage area M4A, the process advances to step S6, where a reception abort command signal is sent to the decoder section 4, and the reception operation at the reception section 3 is ended. After that, it is determined whether the current reception is a repeat call (a later call when the same call is made twice to deal with poor reception) (step S7), and if it is a repeat call, it is set for this reception. The received data in the buffer register BR is cleared, and then the message flag M is set to O, thereby terminating the current reception process. On the other hand,
In step S7, if it is determined that the call is not a repeat call, the past received data stored in each row of the received message memory section CM is shifted and stored in a row whose row address is larger by 1, and the row address is increased by 1. Leave the row with the youngest row address 2 empty, and add buffer register B to each area of the row.
Storage processing is performed to transfer and store the storage data of the area corresponding to R (step 59).Next, in step SIO, the first ringing timer T M +
Start counting seconds, obtain the call type of the current call based on the contents of the call type area CA of the buffer register BR, send a corresponding signal to the speaker driver 9, and use the speaker IO to determine the call type of the current call. The corresponding sound is made to sound (step 511), and the sound is continued until the reset switch SR is operated or the first sound timer TMI measures 8 seconds (steps 512, 513. 511), that is, when the reset switch SR is operated, it is detected in step S12, and when the first sound timer TMI measures 8 seconds, it is detected in step 313. , proceed to the next step S14, and proceed to the next step S14.
Then, the above-mentioned sound by the speaker IO is stopped, and then it is determined from the message flag M whether a message has been added to the current call (step 515).

If the message has not been added, the reception process ends, but if the message has been added, step S1
6, the message flag M is set to 0, and the first sound timer T M 2 starts measuring for 2 seconds. After that, a signal is sent to the speaker driver 9 to cause the speaker lO to emit a sound indicating that there is a message.
The above sound is continued until the reset switch SR is operated or the second sound timer TM2 measures 2 seconds (steps 317 to S19.517).

When the reset switch S hole is operated, this is detected in step S18 and 8i! 2 When the beep timer TM2 has finished measuring 2 seconds, it is detected in step 519, and the process proceeds to Stella 7'S20, and in this step 520, the beeping that indicates the presence of the message is stopped, Next, the display timer DT starts measuring for 30 seconds (step 521), and the first message word data storage area M+A"l@4 message word data storage area Ms of the buffer register BR is started.
The current message stored in A is displayed on the display section 1 along with the reception time in the reception time area TA of the buffer register BR.
3 (step 522).Hereafter, the reset switch SR is operated or the display timer DT is set to 30.
The above display continues until the seconds are counted (step S2
3, S24.522), when the reset switch SR is operated, it is detected in step S23, and when the display timer DT has finished measuring 30 seconds, it is detected in step S24, and the respective steps are performed. The process advances to step 325 to stop displaying the message on the display fi13 and end this reception process.

That is, in this embodiment, when a call with a message is received, first the ring tone is played in a tone corresponding to the call type of the call for 8 seconds (if a switch operation to stop it is performed during that time, the ring tone is After that, a sound indicating the presence of a message is generated for 2 seconds (if a switch operation to stop it is performed during that time, until that operation), and finally a message is sent. Messages and the like are displayed on the display section for 30 seconds (if a switch operation to stop it is performed during that time, until that operation is performed). Therefore, even if the paging receiver with the message receiving function is placed in a pocket or the like and a call is received, it can be determined very easily whether the call includes a message or not.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and can be modified and applied in various ways without departing from the scope of the present invention. However, it is of course possible to make these sounds the same and make them sound at intervals of, for example, 0.5 seconds between the rain sounds so that the preceding sound can be distinguished.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the message is displayed after the sound indicating the presence of a message ends, but the display of the message is started at the same time as the start of the sound.
When a switch is operated to stop the sound, only the sound may be stopped and the display may be continued.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, in the present invention, when a message is sent along with a call, after the generation of the ring tone is finished,
Since the present invention relates to a paging receiver with a message receiving function that notifies by sound that there is a received message, it can be easily used in combination with existing paging services that use multiple types of ringtones, and the paging receiver can be easily used in conjunction with existing paging services that use multiple types of ring tones. To provide a paging receiver with a message receiving function that can easily confirm whether a message is attached or not.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 141 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a part of the RAM in FIG. 1.
FIG. 83 is a flowchart showing the reception processing operation in the above embodiment. l...CPU, 2...Antenna, 3.
...Receiver section, 4...Decoder section, 5...
...ID-ROM. 6...Battery, 7...Key personnel department, 8.
...RAM. 9...Speaker driver, 10...Speaker, 11...LED driver, 12...
-・-LED, l 3...Display section, SW...
...Power switch 2,000, SR...Reset switch, So...Display switch, TR...
・Time register, M...Message flag, T
M+...! $1 sound timer, TM2.
...Second sound timer, DT...Display timer, BR...Buffer register, CM...
...Received message memory section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a paging receiver with a message receiving function that also receives a message when a message is sent at the time of a call, a ring tone that generates a ring tone indicating that when there is a call. a message generating means; a message notification means for notifying the user when a message is sent with the call; and a message notification means for notifying the user when a message is sent with the call; A paging receiver with a message receiving function, comprising: a control means for instructing the message presence notification means to make a notification.