JPH0389639A - Selective call receiver with display function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable a user to understand that the reception day is not today in the case the display of a reception message in made on the following day after the reception by storing information indicating that the message reception day is not today at the time of updating the data by the clock function and displaying the reception message and the reception time. CONSTITUTION:A display message signal sent after a selective call signal is inputted to a decoder 3 and is converted to message data by a message editing circuit 8a and is stored in a message time/day number storage circuit 9a together with the present time of a clock 7 and day number data '0'. This message data is displayed on a display device 11a as the display means through a display driving circuit 10 in accordance with user's demand. The clock 7 is 24-hour type, and a data change discriminating circuit 13 increments day number data stored in the storage circuit 9a by one in the case of discriminating the time when it is 10:00 p.m by this clock 7. When the reception message is read out, the number of elapsed days is displayed on a display device 11a together with the reception message.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a selective call receiving device with a display function, and more particularly to a selective call receiving device with a display function that displays changes over time.

2. Description of the Related Art A block diagram of a conventional selective call receiving apparatus with a display function is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 1 indicates an antenna for receiving a selective call signal, and reference numeral 2 indicates a receiving section. The received selective call signal is input to a decoder 3 and decoded into a number ID, which compares it with a selective call number ID prestored in an ID-ROM (read only memory) 4.

If the two numbers match, the sound generator 6 is operated via the sound generating circuit 5 to generate a sound to notify the user that there is an incoming call.

On the other hand, the display message signal sent after the selection call signal is input to the decoder 3, decoded by the decoder 3, and then transmitted to the message editing circuit 8, where it is converted into message data. This message data is then stored in the message storage circuit 9. Then, this message data is displayed on a display device 11, which is a display means, via a display drive circuit 10 according to the user's needs.

Furthermore, the clock 7 whose time is set by the time setting circuit 12 recognizes the time when the selective call signal is an incoming call, and stores it in the message storage circuit 9 in association with the message. The incoming call time is displayed on the display 11 via the display drive circuit 10 according to the user's needs.

In this way, even in the conventional example, the user can know the time when each message was called.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the conventional example described above, for example, when a message is read out after receiving multiple incoming calls over several days, the date of the incoming calls displayed at the same time is displayed without knowing the date. Therefore, there was a problem in that the time was displayed incorrectly and caused confusion for users.

That is, in the conventional example, the information on the incoming call time is valid only on the same day, and from the next day onwards it is not only meaningless, but also becomes a nuisance.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a selective call receiving device with a display function that is convenient for displaying received messages from the day after the reception date.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a clock function to determine whether the date has been updated or not, and when the date has been updated, to remember that the date the message was received is not today. The message is displayed along with the received message and the time of reception.

The present invention also displays the number of days that have passed since the message was received, along with the received message and time.

According to the above-mentioned structure, the present invention allows the user to know that the received message is not today when the received message is displayed on or after the day after the received message. It can be realized.

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates an antenna for receiving a selective call signal, and reference numeral 2 indicates a receiving section.

The receiving section 2 is connected to the decoder 3, and the decoder 3 is connected to the ID-
It is connected to the RO 4 and the sound generating circuit 5, respectively, and to a clock 7 for counting 24 hours and a message editing circuit 8, respectively. A sounding body 6 is connected to the sound generation circuit 5 so that it can generate a sound, while the clock 7 has a clock adjustment circuit 12 and a date change judgment circuit 1.
3 is connected so that the clock 7 can determine midnight.

Further, the decoder 3 is sequentially connected to the message editing circuit 8, the display drive circuit 101 and the display 11a so that the received message can be displayed.
It is stored in the number of days storage circuit 9a.

Next, the operation will be explained based on the above configuration.

The selective call signal is received by the antenna 1 and input to the decoder 3 via the receiver 2, where it is compared with the selective call number 10 previously stored in the ID-ROM 4.

If the two numbers match, the sound generator 6 is operated via the sound generating circuit 5 to generate a sound to notify the user that there is an incoming call.

On the other hand, the display message signal sent after the selection call signal is input to the decoder 3, decoded by the decoder 3, and then transmitted to the message editing circuit 8, where it is converted into message data. The message data is then stored in the message time/days storage circuit 9 together with the current time of the clock 7 and the number of days data "O".
It is stored in a. Then, this message data is displayed on a display device 11, which is a display means, via a display drive circuit 10 according to the user's needs.

On the other hand, the time of the clock 7 is adjusted by the time adjustment circuit 12 after the power is turned on. The clock 7 is of a 24-hour type, and when the date change determination circuit 13 determines that it is midnight, it increments the number of days data stored in the storage circuit 9a by one. That is, if the message data stored in the memory circuit 9a is not erased and many days have passed, the number of days elapsed is stored for each message data, and the display drive circuit 10 is used to display the message data as required by the user. 11 is displayed.

Note that the display of the number of days elapsed for the received message need not be complicated, and may be a simple mark as long as it can be identified.

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, when reading a received message, the number of days that have passed is displayed together with the received message on the display 11a, so that even if there are multiple received messages over multiple days, the user will not be confused. This makes it easier to manage received messages.

Also, if an erase circuit that specifies the number of memory retention days is installed in the ID-ROM4 in advance, messages/
It becomes possible to prevent the time/day storage circuit 9a from overflowing, and it is possible to efficiently manage received messages.

As described in detail, the present invention uses a clock function to determine whether the date has been updated, and when the date has been updated, it remembers that the message reception date is not today, and Since the reception time is displayed together with the reception time, when a received message is displayed on or after the day after the reception date, the user can know that the reception date is not today. can be realized.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a selective call receiving device with a display function according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional selective call receiving device with a display function. 7...Clock, 9a...Message/time/days storage circuit, lla...Display device, 13...Date change judgment circuit.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Clock function, and when a message is received, the received message,
means for storing data indicating the current time of the clock function and whether the reception date is today; determining whether the date has been updated by the clock function;
means for writing in the storage means that the reception date of the message is not today when the date is updated; a received message stored in the storage means; and a time;
A selective call receiving device with a display function, comprising means for displaying whether the reception date is today or not. (2) If the data indicating whether the received date is today is the number of days that have passed since the received date and the date is updated,
2. A selective call receiving device with a display function according to claim 1, wherein the number of days elapsed for a message in said storage means is incremented and displayed together with the received message and time. (3) The selective call receiving device with a display function according to claim 2, wherein the message is deleted from the storage means when the number of days that have passed for the message exceeds a predetermined number of days that have passed.