JPH10108234A - Communicating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly transmit correct information to respective homes by executing ringing for a fixed time for a calling, also displaying a communication matter in a display means and, after that repeating ringing at the previously set interval till a recognition button is depressed. SOLUTION: A home communication display means is established using an existing pager base station, a public telephone network, a telephone subscriber line and a communication network controller arranged in school, etc. When the home communication display device receives communication information by this configuration, a calling means A generates sounds for a short time to inform a person at home that there was a communication. In parallel with this, a conversation control means B converts a transmitted data string into character data and displays communication contents in a display means C. The person who sees the display contents depresses the recognition button K which is provided in the in-home communication display device. Unless the recognition button K is depressed due to absence, etc., calling sound is issued again at the previously set proper time interval.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication system for information, and more particularly to a communication system in which the use of a current pager system is expanded and a terminal is provided with a communication network control device and a home communication display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when information needs to be communicated to each home when a student is at home from an elementary school or a junior high school, the information is sequentially transmitted using telephones according to predetermined routes of a telephone communication network. Means are usually taken.

[0003]

However, the above-mentioned information transmission method using the telephone communication network has the following problems. First, if a home is not present on the telephone communication route, the information cannot be communicated in a short time in many cases, and the communication may be significantly delayed. In extreme cases, the communication of the connection route may be interrupted on the way. Second, when emergency information needs to be communicated in the middle of the night or early in the morning, information may not be transmitted to all students by the conventional method by the time they arrive at school. Third, when the content of the information is rather complicated, the information is not accurately transmitted next along the communication route, and the content is often distorted.

[0004] As a method of solving the above problems,
There is a method of installing a dedicated and reliable communication means between the school and each home, instead of a method of communicating by phone from the school, but it requires extremely expensive initial investment and operation costs.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a communication system according to the present invention comprises a communication system for transmitting a message from a communication network control device to a plurality of communication display devices via a selective call line. Wherein each of the communication display devices includes a selective call receiver, a display means for displaying the message, and a confirmation button, and sounds for a predetermined time in response to a call from the communication network control device, and the display means After displaying the message, the sound is repeated at preset intervals until the confirmation button is pressed, and the communication network control device inputs the transmission start time of the message,
The communication system is characterized in that this is stored and the transmission waiting is maintained until the transmission start time is reached, and when the time is reached, a message is transmitted to the selected calling line.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and aims to solve the problem by installing an inexpensive display device at each home and a simple communication network control device at a school or the like. In the communication system according to the present invention, the pager system used when it is necessary to contact a moving person is expanded from the conventional usage method, and is suitable for communication from a school or the like to each home. It is an improvement and has the following features. First, many wireless communication systems such as mobile phones and PHSs have recently been operated, but paging systems are used not only outdoors but in buildings.
It is the only wireless system that has been designed so that radio waves can reach homes directly.

Second, the pager system in Japan has already covered almost 100% of the residences nationwide and is the system with the highest radio wave density among radio communication systems including broadcasting. Third, pager subscribers in Japan have spread over 10 million, and the terminal price and usage fee are extremely low, coupled with the system construction concept. Fourth, in addition to ringing, in recent years, a message function for transmitting “numerical” and “character” data has been added. Although it is a pager system having such excellent characteristics, it has not been used for anything other than the task of notifying a mobile body as described above.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a communication system according to the present invention, wherein a home communication display device 1 (hereinafter referred to as a communication display device) installed in each home and an existing pager base station 2 (Hereinafter referred to as a base station), an existing public telecommunications network 3, an existing telephone subscriber line 4, and a communication network control device 5 installed in a school or teacher's home. As shown in FIG. 2, the communication display device 1 has a calling means A having a selective calling function similarly to a conventional pager receiver.
Conversion control means B for converting a data string such as a message transmitted together with a call signal into character data and the like; and display means C for storing the character data and the like and displaying the data using a liquid crystal or the like.
, And a confirmation button K indicating that the resident has confirmed the displayed contents. The operation of the communication display device 1 is such that when the device 1 receives the communication information, the calling means A generates a sound for a short time informing that a person in the home has been contacted, and the conversion control means B transmits the sound. That is, the data string is converted into character data, and the contact content is displayed on the display means C. The person who has viewed the displayed contents presses the confirmation button K provided on the communication display device 1. If the confirmation button K is not pressed due to absence or the like, an appropriate time interval set in advance, for example, 1 The ringing tone is generated again after a certain time, so that the call is not overlooked. In addition, since the contact display device 1 is set in the home, the ringing tone is intermittently sounded in a short time.

Since the base station 2, the public telecommunications network 3, and the telephone subscriber line 4 use existing paging system equipment or existing public telephone network equipment, low contract and usage fees are required. No initial equipment costs are required at all. The communication network control device 5 is installed in a school staff room, a teacher's house, or the like, and is a device in which a teacher easily inputs various kinds of contact information and controls transmission of the information. As shown in FIG. 3, the function of the communication network control device 5 is to provide input means D for creating data necessary for the destination, such as text (text) of the content to be contacted and the telephone number of the destination, Storage means E for storing a telephone number or the like assigned to the communication display device 1 provided; and a telephone number and text (text) of each communication display device 1 read directly from the input means D or read from the storage means E at the start of communication. Automatic conversion means F for converting to a signal format or the like for transmitting a calling signal to an existing pager system, and making a call to a telephone line, terminating a call, etc. for automatically calling the pager system. A communication network control device including an interface means G.

The feature of the present invention resides in the communication control device 5. The input means D is used for the storage means E of FIG. In addition to the text of the contact content, the time to start calling to each home can be input in advance. Particularly important is the time of contact with each home. In the early morning or late at night, the home is troubled. For example, the call start time is set and stored at 6:00 in the morning, and the transmission start instruction is issued. In this case, the communication control device waits for a call operation until a built-in clock circuit (not shown) reaches 6:00, and starts a call at 6:00.

The use of the communication system according to the present invention can solve the problems at the time of communication by the conventional method, and make it possible to quickly communicate with each home and transmit information without error. For example, even if a certain home is absent for a long time, only contact to the home is delayed until returning home. Also, compared to the case where the communication system as shown in this embodiment is realized using other wired communication or other wireless communication, the initial investment cost and the operation cost can be implemented at a significantly lower cost. Inconveniences such as delay in contacting or non-delivery of households can be resolved. What is particularly noteworthy is that a transmission start time can be set on the transmission side, thereby preventing a situation in which the user goes to bed at midnight.

Although the communication system according to the present invention has been described by taking information communication between a school or the like and each home as an example, the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say, it is also useful for communication with other families, information communication between the local government offices and staff households, and various communications including emergency communications between the Defense Agency and staff homes. Further, it is apparent that the present invention can be applied not only to an existing pager system but also to a pager (selective call) system constructed in a specific range. Available.

[0013]

As described above, the present invention is constructed as described above. If the communication system according to the present invention is used, the problems in the conventional communication method can be corrected accurately with a low initial investment and a small operation cost. There is an effect that transmission to each home can be quickly performed. It should be noted that a transmission start time can be set on the transmission side, thereby preventing a situation in which the user goes to sleep at midnight beforehand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a communication system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating functions of a home communication display device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating functions of a communication network control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... In-home communication display device 2 ... Pager base station 3 ... Public telecommunications network 4 ... Telephone subscriber line 5 ... Communication network control device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A communication system for transmitting a message from a communication network control device to a plurality of communication display devices via a selective call line, wherein each of said communication display devices displays a selective call receiver and said message. A display means and a confirmation button, which ring for a certain time in response to a call from the communication network control device and display a message on the display means, and thereafter, at predetermined intervals until the confirmation button is pressed, When the communication network control device inputs the transmission start time of the message, the communication network control device stores the communication start time and maintains the transmission standby until the transmission start time is reached. A communication system for sending communication information to a line.