JPH0954630A - Time setting method and terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily set time to a large number of terminal devices. SOLUTION: This is a time setting method which sets the time of the internal timer 42 of a terminal device 41 when a program is downloaded from a master machine 40 to the terminal device 41. When downloading is indicated, the master machine 40 acquires time information from its internal timer and downloads it to the terminal device 41 together with the program and the terminal device 41 retrieves the time information from the received downloaded data and sets the time of its internal timer 42 according to the obtained time information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is suitable for a mobile terminal device or the like, particularly in the case of a form of downloading (installing) an application program from a parent device,
The method of setting the time of the built-in clock.

When the mobile terminal device is used in a specific business, the application program for the specific business is usually downloaded, and then the time of the built-in clock is set and provided to the department using the mobile terminal device.

In many cases, this work is handled by the system department that develops or manages application programs for specific jobs, but the work of setting the time of the built-in clocks of a large number of portable terminal devices in the system department is individual. Since it is necessary to set a value according to the work time for the terminal, it becomes a very troublesome work. Therefore, it is necessary to automatically set the time of the built-in clocks of these terminal devices.

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a conventional example, showing a case of a portable terminal (handy terminal). The portable terminal 2 is a terminal device that is convenient for mainly inputting data while moving, such as inventory work, collection work, and ordering work in a store, and has a function of communicating with a host computer. The input data is transmitted to the host for processing at a later time, or is directly transmitted by radio or the like to be processed by the host.

When installing an application program for carrying out the above-mentioned work such as stocktaking work on the mobile terminal 2, the operator connects the base unit 1 and the mobile terminal 2 with a cable and operates the base unit 1 to operate the application program. Instruct to transfer files. Upon receiving this instruction, the file transfer means of the parent device 1 starts the file transfer process, and when the mobile terminal 2 outputs a request for receiving the application program file, the application program file having the designated file name is transferred in a predetermined manner. Send by unit.

On the other hand, on the portable terminal side, when the operator selects the process "install" with the touch key 5 or the like on the display screen to start the installation program, the installation program outputs a request for receiving the application program file and The data of the transfer unit from the parent device 1 is received and stored in the file device. Such processing is repeated for each data in the transfer unit, and the transfer of all files is completed. After confirming the completion of receiving the file, the operator activates the time setting program (specify the process "time setting" on the display screen) of the built-in clock 7 using the touch keys 5, the key input unit 6, etc., and sets the time for setting. The time of the built-in clock 7 (time at the time of setting) is set based on the display.

As described above, the installation of the application program is completed and the application program can be started. The time of the built-in clock 7 is referred to when recording the data generation time and outputting the data to the printer 3.

[0008]

Conventionally, when setting the time of a built-in clock in a portable terminal device or the like, a time setting program is started from an initial screen displayed when the power is turned on and the time at that time is set manually. I had to type. This work is relatively problematic when each person uses the mobile terminal device for personal use, but if it is necessary to set the time on a large number of mobile terminal devices for business purposes, etc. This is a very troublesome task. There is also the problem of forgetting to set the time.

In view of the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a time setting method in the form of downloading a program from a parent device and a terminal device having the function thereof.

[0010]

To achieve the above object, as shown in the principle diagram of the present invention in FIG. 1, (1) the first invention downloads a program from a master device 40 to a terminal device 41. Built-in clock that the terminal device 41 has
In the time setting method for setting the time of 42, the master device 40
When the download is instructed, the time information is acquired from the built-in clock of the device itself and downloaded to the terminal device 41 together with the program, and the terminal device 41 retrieves and extracts the time information from the received download data. Based on the time information, the time of the internal clock 42 of the device itself is set.

As a result, since the time can be automatically set when the program is downloaded to the terminal device 40 from the master device 41, it becomes unnecessary to manually set the time for a large number of the terminal devices 41. (2) A second aspect of the present invention is the same as the first aspect, except that the base unit 41
Means that the time information is downloaded together with the program only when the time information transmission is designated in the program transmission request from the terminal device 40.

That is, since the time information is downloaded only when the terminal device side requests the notification of the time information, the master side can deal with it according to the usage of the terminal device. (3) A third invention is a time setting method for setting the time of a built-in clock of the terminal device from the master unit, wherein the master unit sets the time from the built-in clock of the master unit when a time setting instruction is issued. The terminal device acquires the information and notifies the terminal device of the time information in response to the time information request from the terminal device, and the terminal device sets the time of the internal clock of the device itself based on the received time information.

Thus, the time can be set not only at the time of downloading the program but also at any time or without manually inputting the time to the terminal device which does not need to be downloaded. (4) The fourth invention is a terminal device 41 for setting the time of the built-in clock 42 based on the time information notified at the time of installing the program from the master device 40, and stores the program and the time information from the master device 40. It is configured to have a sorting means 43 for sorting the time information from the included download data and a setting means 44 for setting the time of the built-in clock 42 based on the sorted time information.

With this terminal device, the time setting methods of the first to third inventions can be realized.

[0015]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the invention, FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of a master unit, and FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of a mobile terminal.

In the present embodiment, an example is shown in which, when there is a time information request from the portable terminal 20 during a reception request for an application program file, the time information is downloaded following the program file. Even when the time information request is not output, the time information can be downloaded by the designation of the parent device side, and the parent device side can easily deal with it depending on the type of the mobile terminal.

In the parent device 10 of FIG. 2, a file device 17 stores an application program file 33 to be downloaded. Reference numeral 16 denotes a file transfer processing unit which, when a file name is designated by the main control unit 13 and a file transfer is instructed, reads a designated application program file 33 from the file device 17 in a transfer unit, and through the communication control unit 19. Transfer to the mobile terminal 20.

A built-in clock 14 outputs time information. Fifteen
Is a time acquisition processing section, which reads out time information of the internal clock 14 at that time point according to an instruction from the main control section 13 and sets it in the communication control section 19.

A communication control unit 19 communicates with the mobile terminal 20. Reference numeral 18 denotes an editing unit which, when a time information request is issued from the mobile terminal 20, as shown in the download data 35 of FIG. (Indicating the end of transfer) is added, and then the time information obtained from the time information acquisition processing unit 15 is added (for example, described in the first predetermined byte of the transfer unit) and downloaded to the communication control unit 19.

A main control unit 13 analyzes a transmission request from the portable terminal 20 received via the communication control unit 19, and if the transmission request is for the application program file 33, starts a transfer process to the file transfer processing unit 16. If there is a time information request in the transmission request, the time acquisition processing unit 15 is instructed to acquire the time at the end of the file data download, and the editing unit 18 of the communication control unit 19 is instructed to download the time information. .

Reference numeral 11 is a keyboard, and 12 is a display unit, which is used for inputting / outputting data for performing the above-described installation processing and the like. In the mobile terminal 20, 30 is a communication control unit, which is a master unit.
It communicates with the communication control unit 19 of 10. Reference numeral 31 denotes a classification unit, which passes the data (time information) received subsequent to the above-mentioned identification information to the time setting unit 28. 29 is a file transfer processing unit, which is an application program file for each received transfer unit 33
Is stored in the file device 34 through the file controller 32. The application program file 33 is started by the main control unit 26 via the file control unit 32 when specified by the touch key 23 or the like, and performs a predetermined business process.

Reference numeral 27 is a built-in clock that counts a predetermined clock and engraves the date and time based on a calendar (not shown).
A time setting unit 28 sets and activates the time of the internal clock 27 based on the time information passed from the sorting unit 31 or the time information input from the key input unit 24 or the like. When the present time display is requested, the time information of the built-in clock 27 is displayed on the display unit 22 via the input / output control unit 25.

In addition, 21 is a printer, 22 is a display section, 23 is a touch key, 24 is a key input section, and an input / output control section 25,
Controlled by the main control unit 26, a process selection instruction such as “install” and “time setting” is input, and the process result is displayed.

The master unit 10 and the mobile terminal 20 having the above-described configurations are R
Connect with the S-232C cable and perform the installation operation. The operations of the parent device 10 and the mobile terminal 20 accompanying this will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

[Operation of Master Unit] (1) In the display screen of the process menu, the operator selects the process “install” with the keyboard 11, and then inputs the “file name” on the screen displayed. (2) As a result, the main control unit 13 causes the file transfer processing unit 16 to
Is instructed to send the application program file 33 having the specified file name. (3) On the other hand, the same process "install" on the mobile terminal side
Is selected, and a transmission request for the application program file 33 is output to the master device 10. At this time, the time information request sentence is inserted in the transmission request. During this time, the base unit side waits for transmission. (4) The communication control unit 19 that receives this transmission request is the main control unit 13
The main control unit 13 analyzes the transmission request. (5) If it is a transmission request for the application program file 33 and there is no time information transmission request, the main control unit 13
The file transfer processing unit 16 is instructed to start the transfer, and the file transfer processing unit 16 transmits the application program file 33. Then, the installation process ends at the end of this transmission. (6) If it is a transmission request for the application program file 33 and a time information transmission request, the main control unit 13 first instructs the file transfer processing unit 16 to start transfer, and the file transfer control unit 16 determines the transfer unit. Data is repeatedly transmitted until the end of transmission. (7) When the program file transmission is completed, main controller 13
Instructs the time acquisition processing unit 15 to transmit time information, and (8) the time acquisition processing unit 15 reads the time from the built-in clock 14 and sets it in the communication control unit 19. (9)) During this period, hexadecimal data for a predetermined number of bytes is added as identification information, and the editing unit 18 adds the time information set after the identification information (represented by a predetermined number of bytes in the data of the transfer unit). Download. (10) When the download is completed, the process returns to (3) and waits for the next transmission request from the mobile terminal 20. At this time, if the stop key is pressed, the process ends.

As described above, the download data 35 as shown in FIG. 2 is sequentially downloaded to the portable terminal 20. [Operation of Mobile Terminal] (1) After the installation operation of the master device 10 described above, the operator selects the “install” process from the process selection screen displayed on the display unit 22 of the mobile terminal 20. (2) As a result, the main control unit 26 activates the file transfer processing unit 29, and the file transfer control unit 29 outputs a transmission request including a time information transmission request. (3) As a result, as described above, the transfer unit file data is downloaded from the parent device 10, and this is received and loaded into the file device 34. (4) Since the identification information is received when the download of the file data is completed, the time information received following this identification information is passed to the time setting unit 31. (5) As a result, the time setting unit 28 sets the received time information in the built-in clock 27 and activates it.

As a result, the time information of the built-in clock 14 of the master device 10 is automatically transplanted to the built-in clock 27 of the portable terminal 20 after the application program file 33 is downloaded.

In the above, an example in which the program file is simultaneously downloaded is shown. However, the master device 10 selects the "time setting" process, and the portable terminal 20 selects, for example, "external time setting" and only the time information is displayed. It is also possible to notify and set. Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the time information is transmitted after downloading the application program file 33 has been shown, but if the data format is configured to be discriminable on the mobile terminal side, it may be before transmission of the program file 33, and it is optional. Of course, it may be inserted at the position of.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the time of the built-in clock can be set only by the operation of downloading the application program to the portable terminal device, it becomes easy to initialize the time of a large number of portable terminal devices. This has the effect of improving work efficiency. In addition, it is possible to prevent operation by forgetting the time setting.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the base unit

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the mobile terminal.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 master unit 2 mobile terminal 3 printer unit 4 display unit 5 touch key 6 key input unit 7 built-in clock 10 master unit 11 keyboard 12 display unit 13 main control unit 14 built-in clock 15 time acquisition processing unit 16 file transfer processing unit 17 file device 18 Editing unit 19 Communication control unit 20 Mobile terminal 21 Printer 22 Display unit 23 Touch key 24 Key input unit 25 Input / output control unit 26 Main control unit 27 Built-in clock 28 Time setting unit 29 File transfer processing unit 30 Communication control unit 31 Sorting unit 32 File control unit 33 Application program file 34 File device 35 Download data 40 Master device 41 Terminal device 42 Built-in clock 43 Sorting means 44 Setting means

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A time setting method for setting the time of a built-in clock of the terminal device when a program is downloaded from the master device to the terminal device, wherein the master device: The time information is acquired from the built-in clock of the own device and downloaded to the terminal device together with the program, the terminal device searches the received time data for the time information, and the own device based on the obtained time information. A time setting method characterized by setting the time of the built-in clock of. 2. The time setting method according to claim 1, wherein the master unit downloads the time information together with the program when the time information transmission is designated in the program transmission request from the terminal device. 3. A time setting method for setting the time of a built-in clock included in a terminal device based on time information from the parent device, wherein the parent device is set to operate when the time setting instruction is issued. The time information is acquired from the built-in clock and notified to the terminal device in response to the time information request from the terminal device, and the terminal device sets the time of the built-in clock of the device itself based on the received time information. Time setting method characterized by. 4. A terminal device for setting the time of a built-in clock based on time information notified at the time of installing a program from a parent device, wherein the time information is separated from download data including the program and time information from the parent device. A terminal device, comprising: a sorting unit that performs the sorting, and a setting unit that sets the time of the built-in clock based on the sorted time information.