JPH05110676A - Radio terminal equipment and its registration method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make the terminal equipment small and to immediately start the service by registering a personal communication use radio terminal equipment in a radio signal. CONSTITUTION:The radio terminal equipment is provided with a registration processing section 29 receiving a number registration notice from a network and writing the received number to a number storage section. A terminal number or the like noticed to a number storage section 26 storing a terminal number or the like of the radio terminal equipment from the network via a radio line directly is registered.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is used for personal communication in which a terminal device owned by an individual can be called by dialing the terminal number of the terminal device. The present invention particularly relates to a wireless terminal device connected to a network by a wireless line, and relates to a wireless terminal device for wirelessly registering number information including the terminal number and a registration method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a personal communication system, a terminal device owned by an individual can be called by a number assigned to the individual. In such a terminal device for personal communication, a terminal number used for connection of the terminal device (hereinafter referred to as a terminal), authentication information used for terminal authentication, and the like are written in the terminal number storage unit before starting the communication service, It is also necessary to register in the database of the web.

This conventional number registration method will be described with reference to FIG.

The number used for connection is given after selecting a vacant number at the request of the terminal owner at the place of business of a service provider such as a telephone station, and is given to the network database and the terminal, respectively. Registered individually. That is, first, the operator 14 searches for a free number in the number management database 1 by the number registration device 4 at the request of the terminal owner (arrow A). Number registration device 4
Is composed of a device having an information processing function and a communication function, such as a personal computer. The number selected in the number management database 1 (terminal number MSN, authentication information MSI) is notified from the number management database 1 to the number registration device 4 (arrow B). At this time, the number registration device 4 and the terminal 10 are electrically connected to each other by the connector 12.
The number storage unit in 0 is accessed from the number registration device 4,
The above number is written in the writable area of the number storage unit. The number registration operation for the terminal 10 is performed by using the ROM writer 13 connected to the number registration device 4 having a writing processing function.
4 (arrow C). Also, the terminal number MSN
Is also registered in the number conversion database 2 in the network (arrow D). Further, the authentication information MSI is registered in the authentication database 3 (arrow E). By these operations,
The numbers required for communication are registered in predetermined positions on both the terminal 10 and the network.

Next, the configuration of a conventional wireless terminal will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. This conventional terminal includes a wireless receiver 21,
The configuration includes a wireless transmission unit 22, a call unit 23, a collation unit 24, a reading unit 25, a number storage unit 26, a number writing unit 27, and a connector 28. This terminal is connected to the number registration device 4 by a connector 28. When writing the terminal number MSN, the number writing unit 2 to which the connector 28 is connected
7 is written in a predetermined area of the number storage unit 26. Upon reception, the received terminal number MSN is stored in the number storage unit 26 in advance and collated by the collation unit 24 with the terminal number read out via the reading unit 25. If the collations match, the wireless transmission unit 22 responds to the network, and the call unit 23 is activated to enable a call. In addition, when responding to the request from the network,
It is also possible to send the authentication information MSI for authentication from the terminal to the network.

[0006]

As described above, according to the conventional method of registering the number of a terminal, the terminal is brought into a business office of a communication service provider, which is the location of the number registration device,
It is necessary to perform the registration operation. In addition, since the terminal selling place is generally different from the telecommunications carrier's place of business, there is a problem that the terminal owner cannot promptly receive the service provision after purchasing the terminal. Further, an external connection part such as a connector for connecting the terminal and the number registration device is required. Since this connecting portion is used only when registering a number, it is unnecessary after a number is registered in a portable terminal that is required to be downsized, which has been a cause of hindering downsizing of the device.

The present invention has a function of writing the number information used for connection or terminal authentication in the terminal directly from the network to the terminal using a wireless line, so that the service start for the terminal can be instantly performed. At the same time, it is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless terminal device capable of downsizing the device and performing number registration at an arbitrary location within a service area constituted by a plurality of wireless zones.

[0008]

The first aspect of the present invention is to:
Relating to a wireless terminal device, receiving means for receiving a wireless call from the network by a terminal number registered in the network, and a terminal number in which the calling number received by this receiving means is stored in a storage unit of the device itself. In a wireless terminal device provided with a collating means for collating whether or not, the wireless terminal device is activated by a notification that information including a terminal number from the network is registered, and includes the terminal number of its own device notified from the network. It is characterized by comprising a registration processing means for registering information in the storage unit.

A second aspect relates to a method of registering a wireless terminal device, in which information including the terminal number of the wireless terminal device is registered in a database on the network side before the service is started, and this information is registered. In the method of registering a wireless terminal device to be stored in the storage unit, the network side determines information including the terminal number of the wireless terminal device to be registered in response to a number registration request or number registration approval from the wireless terminal device side. A memory for registering in a database and notifying the wireless terminal device through a wireless line, receiving the information including the terminal number notified from this network, and storing the information including the terminal number of the own device. It is characterized by registering in the department.

The information including the terminal number registered in the wireless terminal device may include the authentication information used for authenticating the terminal device.

[0011]

In the present invention, the registration processing unit is provided instead of the connector for connecting to the outside for registering the number. In this registration processing unit, the number registration instruction signal sent from the network through the wireless line and received by the receiving unit is identified, and when the terminal number MSN is assigned, it is stored in the number storage unit via the number writing unit. In the case of the authentication information MSI, it can be written only once in its storage part. In the case of a number inquiry such as connection, the number stored in advance is read from the number storage unit via the reading unit and sent to the network via the wireless transmission unit. The registration processing unit is composed of a logic circuit and software, and is stored as a part of the signal processing function possessed by the wireless terminal.

The conventional technique is that the number registration information can be transferred between the network and the terminal through a wireless line, the terminal can recognize that it is a number registration signal, and the terminal can perform the number registration process according to the instruction from the network. What you can do is different. Further, it is also different in that it is not necessary to provide a connector used for external connection, a socket, an outlet, or the like by realizing the parts necessary for registering the number in the terminal by software and a logic circuit.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (First Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a terminal according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the number registration operation of this first embodiment.

That is, the terminal of this embodiment includes a radio receiving section 21, a radio transmitting section 22, a call section 23 for performing a call process,
A collating unit 24 for collating numbers, a reading unit 25 for reading out a stored number for collating terminal numbers or transmitting authentication information, a number storage unit 26 for storing terminal numbers or authentication information, and this number storage unit. A number writing unit 27 for writing a number to the terminal 26 is provided, and as a feature of the present embodiment, the number registration instruction signal received from the network is identified, and the terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI notified from the network. The number storage unit 2 via the number writing unit 27
6 is provided with a registration processing unit 29.

Next, the procedure for registering the terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI in this first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows the structure of a network for performing this number registration. Reference numeral 1 is a number management database for managing numbers such as empty numbers. Reference numeral 2 denotes a number conversion database, which stores information for converting the terminal number MSN into an address required for routing. An authentication database 3 stores the correspondence between the authentication information MSI necessary for terminal authentication and the terminal number MSN. Reference numeral 4 denotes a number registration device for controlling or managing the number registration operation and for instructing the registration operation by the operator 14 and displaying the input information. A transmission network 5 transfers various signals. 6 is an exchange. Reference numeral 9 denotes a wireless zone formed by the antenna 8 of the wireless base station 7. Reference numeral 10 is a wireless terminal within this wireless zone, and 11 is the owner of this wireless terminal. The arrow indicates the flow of information in the registration process.

The registration operation of the terminal will be described. First, the wireless terminal 10 has neither the terminal number MSN nor the authentication information MSI registered therein. First, the registration request signal or the registration operation start acknowledge signal a issued from the terminal 10 reaches the number registration device 4 via the wireless line, the wireless base station 7, the exchange 6, and the transmission network 5. In the number registration device 4, the operator 14 accesses the number management database 1 to search for a free number based on a request (or an approval). Reference numeral b indicates this empty number selection request. A free number is searched from the number management database 1 and the number is notified to the number registration device 4 by a signal c. After confirming that the terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI are complete, the operator 14 sends a registration request signal or a registration operation start acknowledge signal a to the terminal 10.
A number writing instruction signal d is sent to the terminal 10 through a route opposite to that for instructing the number writing. In the terminal, the registration processing unit 29 recognizes the number writing instruction signal d, and the number writing unit 27 stores the number instructed in the number storage unit 26. The terminal number MSN is written in the storage area in which the writable content can be changed, and the authentication information MSI is written in the writable storage area only once. The number registration device 4 registers the terminal number MSN in the network in correspondence with the terminal position information notified to the number conversion database 2 by the signal e. Also, the signal f instructs the registration database of the correspondence information between the terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI in the network authentication database for registration. (Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The second embodiment is an example in which the authentication information MSI is written in the number registration section of the terminal in advance by the manufacturer when the terminal is shipped. The configuration of this terminal is the same as the configuration of the terminal of the first embodiment. This number registration procedure will be described. A registration request signal or a registration operation start acknowledge signal a is issued from the terminal 10, and this signal a reaches the number registration device 4 via the radio base station 7, the exchange 6, and the transmission network 5.
In the number registration device 4, the operator 14 accesses the number management database 1 on the basis of a request (or an approval) and searches for an empty number (terminal number MSN). b indicates a request for selecting an available number. The selected free number MSN is notified to the number registration device 4 by a signal c. The operator 14
The signal d instructs the terminal 10 to write the terminal number MSN in a predetermined storage area. Further, the operator 14 instructs the terminal 10 to send the authentication information MSI to the network by the signal g. The terminal 10 reads the authentication information MSI stored in the readable area in advance via the reading unit 25, and sends the authentication information MSI to the network by the signal h.
The operator 14 uses the terminal number M in the number registration device 4.
After confirming that the SN and the authentication information MSI are complete, the terminal number MSN is registered in the number conversion database 2 by the signal e in the network in association with the position information. Further, the signal f instructs the network authentication database 3 to register the correspondence information between the terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI. (Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the third embodiment, the operation system 15 manages and controls the number registration process, not the operator. The configuration of the terminal of this third embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.

The operation system 15 includes a terminal 10
Function for receiving and recognizing registration request from PC, decoding function for registration request signal content, function for deciding processing procedure based on content of registration request signal, access function for number management database 1, and request for number selection Then, it has a function of receiving a response, a function of writing a number in one or both of the number conversion database 2 and the authentication database 3 in the network, and a function of reading the authentication information MSI from the terminal 10.

The number registration procedure according to this embodiment will be described. First, the operation system 15 recognizes the registration request from the terminal input by the signal a. This registration request is executed by a conventional technique such as calling by a special number, and automatic recognition by the operation system 15 is easy. At this time, the terminal 10 notifies the operation system 15 of a registration request signal a including information for identifying whether the terminal has a request for registration of both the terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI or only the terminal number MSN. Fifteen examines this information and decides to continue processing. The example shown in FIG. 4 is an example in which both the terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI are registered. Based on this request, the operation system 15 instructs the number management database 1 to select the terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI by the signal b. Based on the request, the number management database 1 notifies the operation system 15 of the selected terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI by the signal c. In the operation system 15, the terminal number MS
N, instruct to write the authentication information MSI in the terminal 10 by the signal d. Further, the signals e and f are used to instruct the number conversion database 2 and the authentication database 3 to be written together with necessary information.

By the above method, the numbers can be automatically registered in the terminal 10 and the network database. Further, even when the authentication information MSI is written in the number storage unit 26 of the terminal 10 in advance, it is recognized by the function of the operation system 15 and the terminal number MSN.
Can be registered in the terminal, the authentication information MSI can be read from the terminal, and the terminal number MSN and the authentication information MSI can be registered in the number conversion database 2 and the authentication database 3.

By such a terminal number registration procedure, if the terminal owner is in the wireless zone even if he / she does not go to the office of the communication service provider, the number information can be assigned to the terminal and registered in the network. it can. Since the registration processing unit can be realized by software and a logic circuit as one of the signal processing functions, the occupied volume ratio as a component in the terminal is smaller than that of the connector for connection to the outside, and the number registration mechanism of the present invention has a small terminal size. Is effective against

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the number can be registered from the terminal through the wireless line, the terminal owner can register at any place within the wireless zone covering the service area. Moreover, there is an effect that the service can be promptly provided. Furthermore, there is an advantage that the connection connector required in the conventional number registration method is unnecessary, and the portable terminal can be downsized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a terminal according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a number registration procedure according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a number registration procedure according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a number registration procedure according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a conventional number registration operation.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Number Management Database 2 Number Conversion Database 3 Authentication Database 4 Number Registration Device 5 Transmission Network 6 Switch 7 Wireless Base Station 8 Antenna 9 Wireless Zone 10 Wireless Handheld Terminal (Terminal) 11 Terminal Owner 12 Connector 13 ROM Writer 14 Operator 15 Operation system 21 Wireless receiving unit 22 Wireless transmitting unit 23 Calling unit 24 Collating unit 25 Number reading unit 26 Number storage unit 27 Number writing unit 28 Connector 29 Registration processing unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Receiving means for receiving a radio call from the network by means of a terminal number registered in the network, and the calling number received by the receiving means matches the terminal number stored in the storage section of the own device. In a wireless terminal device equipped with a verification means for verifying whether or not it is activated by a notification that information including a terminal number from the network is registered, and information including the terminal number of its own device notified from the network is stored. A wireless terminal device, comprising: a registration processing unit for registering in a unit. 2. The wireless terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the registration processing means includes means for registering authentication information used for authentication of the wireless terminal device. 3. A method of registering a wireless terminal device, wherein information including a terminal number of the wireless terminal device is registered in a database on the network side before starting the service, and the information is stored in a storage unit of the wireless terminal device. In response to the number registration request or number registration approval from the wireless terminal device side, the network side determines the information including the terminal number of the wireless terminal device to be registered, registers it in the database and notifies the wireless terminal device via the wireless line. Then, the wireless terminal device receives the information including the terminal number notified from this network, and registers the information in the storage unit that stores the information including the terminal number of the own device. .. 4. The method of registering a wireless terminal device according to claim 3, wherein the information includes authentication information of the wireless terminal device.