JPH10285305A - Selective calling receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a selective calling receiver that counts and stores number of times of received calls every time a call is received and displays on request of the user, so as to allow the user to grasp number of times of received calls on the occasion. SOLUTION: When a control section 4 compares an ID of received data with its own ID registered in an ID-ROM 7 and counts up a count in a reception counter in a memory section 8 when they match, and reads number of times of reception from a reception counter 8a in the memory 8, when the display of reception number of times is instructed by an operation section 5 and allows a display section 6 to display the number of times of reception.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a selective call receiver, and more particularly to a selective call receiver capable of displaying the number of times a call has been received.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, a service charge of a selective call receiver will be described. At the beginning of the service, the service charge of the selective call receiver was only a fixed monthly fee regardless of the number of times the call was received.

However, with the recent change in the use of the selective call receiver, introduction of a frequency-based service fee has been studied and some have been introduced. For example, if the number of receptions is 20
The service fee up to 0 times is a monthly fee (1600 yen)
And a fixed fee (2
00 yen).

[0004] As a specific example of a service fee, a service fee when the number of receptions is 180 is 201.
Because it is less than the number of times, the monthly fee is only 1600 yen. If the number of receptions is 245, the service charge is 20
Since it is in the range of once to 250 times, the monthly fee is 1600 yen, and the additional amount of 200 yen is added to be 1800 yen.

[0005] When a conventional selective call receiver receives a call addressed to itself, it makes a call according to a preset calling method and stores a received message. I didn't have it.

In order to confirm the number of times a call has been received, the user can record the number of times the call has been received by himself / herself, or use the "frequency inquiry" performed by a service company of the selective call receiver. There was a way to use the service.

[0007] Here, the "frequency inquiry" service is a service that, when a telephone is called to a service center and its own calling number and personal identification number are input, the total usage frequency from the beginning of the month to that point is announced. It is.

[0008]

However, in the above-described conventional selective call receiver, when receiving a billing system based on a frequency system, the user must confirm the actual number of times of receiving a call. It has to be recorded or checked by calling a "frequency inquiry" service, which is inconvenient because it cannot be confirmed on the spot.

[0009] Further, since the "frequency inquiry" service is a guide of the total frequency of use from the beginning of the month to that point in time, if the call is not made at the end of the month in a timely manner, it will be cleared in the next month, and the billing will be charged After receiving the request, there was a problem that the contents of the request could not be confirmed.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances. Each time a call is received, the number of times of reception is counted and stored, and is displayed according to a request from a user.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a selective call receiver that allows a user to grasp the number of receptions on the spot.

[0011]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a selective call receiver for counting and storing the number of times a call is received, and displaying the number of times of reception. The stored reception count is displayed according to an instruction, and the call reception count can be displayed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of call numbers are set in a selective call receiver, the number of call receptions for each of the call numbers is reduced. The number of receptions is counted and stored, and the number of receptions is displayed according to an instruction to display the number of receptions. The number of receptions for each call number can be displayed for each call number.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a selective call receiver according to the first or second aspect, wherein the stored number of receptions is cleared by a clear instruction from an input unit. It is characterized in that it is cleared or cleared every specific period, and the number of receptions in the period requested by the user can be displayed.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The selective call receiver according to the present invention counts and stores the number of receptions each time it receives its own call, and displays the stored number of receptions when an instruction to display the number of receptions is received. The number of receptions can be grasped.

First, the configuration of the selective call receiver according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a selective call receiver according to the present invention. The selective call receiver according to the present invention includes a radio unit 1, a demodulation unit 2, and a decoder unit 3.
, Control unit 4, operation unit 5, display unit 6, ID-RO
M7, a memory unit 8, and a calling unit 9.

Next, each part of the selective call receiver according to the present invention will be specifically described. The wireless unit 1 receives a wireless signal. The demodulation unit 2 demodulates a radio signal received from the radio unit 1 into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal to the decoder unit 3.

The ID-ROM 7 is a memory in which its own ID (call number) is registered in advance. Decoder section 3
Is for decoding the digital signal input from the demodulation unit 2 and outputting it to the control unit 4 as received data.

The calling unit 9 notifies reception of a call.
Specifically, when a ringing signal is output from the control unit 4 in accordance with a previously set ringing mode, the vibrator vibrates, the LED flashes, or the ringing unit outputs a ringing tone. ing.

The display section 6 displays general information on the selective call receiver. Specifically, the display section 6 displays a received message in accordance with a display signal output from the control section 4, and also has a feature of the present invention. As a part, the number of receptions is displayed.

The operation unit 5 is provided with a key for instructing the display of the number of receptions as a characteristic part of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the general selective call receiver such as instructing the display of the received message. .

In addition to storing the received message, the memory section 8 has a reception counter 8a for storing the number of times a call addressed to itself has been received (the number of times of reception) as a characteristic part of the present invention. More specifically, the control unit 4 counts up the value of the reception counter 8a every time a call is received. In addition, the reception counter 8 a
Is cleared by the control unit 4 when there is an instruction to clear. If a plurality of call numbers are set in the radio call receiver, the reception counter 8a
May be secured so that the number of receptions can be counted for each call number.

The control unit 4 controls the selective call receiver, and performs a receiving process of counting received times by inputting received data and a displaying process of displaying a received message and the number of received times. ing.

Here, the display processing means that when an instruction to display a received message is input from the operation unit 5, the received message is read out from the memory unit 8, display data of the received message is output to the display unit 6, and the operation unit 5, a reception counter 8a in the memory 8 is input.
This is a process of reading the number of receptions from, and outputting display data of the number of receptions to the display unit 6.

Next, the control unit 4 of the selective call receiver according to the present invention.
Will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of a receiving process in the control unit of the selective calling receiver of the present invention.

The receiving process of the present invention is started when receiving the received data from the decoder unit 3, and the ID in the received data is
Is compared with its own ID registered in the ID-ROM 7 (100), and the ID in the received data and the ID-ROM 7 are compared.
It is determined whether the own ID registered in the ID-ROM 7 matches the own ID (102). If the ID in the received data does not match the own ID registered in the ID-ROM 7 (No).
Ends the receiving process.

On the other hand, ID and ID-RO in the received data
When the own ID registered in M7 matches (Ye
s) stores the received message in the received data in the memory unit 8
(104), and the reception counter 8a in the memory unit 8
Is counted up (106), a calling signal is output to the calling unit 9, and a calling sound output is called from the vibrator vibration or LED blinking or sounding unit (108), and the receiving process is terminated.

Next, the operation of the selective call receiver according to the present invention will be described. When the radio signal is received by the radio unit 1, it is demodulated into a digital signal by the demodulation unit 2, decoded by the decoding unit 3, and output to the control unit 4 as received data.

Then, the control unit 4 compares the ID of the received data with its own ID registered in the ID-ROM 7, and if they match, the received message is stored in the memory unit 8, and the received message is stored in the memory unit 8. The value of the reception counter is counted up, a calling signal is output to the calling unit 9, and a ringing sound is output from the vibrator vibration or LED blinking or sounding unit.

When the display of the received message is instructed by the operation unit 5, the control unit 4 reads the received message stored in the memory 8, displays the received message on the display unit 6, and displays the received message. When the display of the number of receptions is instructed by 5, the number of receptions is read from the reception counter 8 a in the memory 8, and the number of receptions is displayed on the display unit 6.

The reception counter 8a in the memory unit 8
The reception counter 8a may be cleared by a clear instruction from the operation unit 5, or the control unit 4 may use a clock provided in the control unit 4 to periodically clear the reception counter 8a. You may make it clear. Also, when clearing at a fixed cycle (for example, on a monthly basis), the reception count of the previous month is stored in another area before the reception counter 8a.
May be cleared so that the previous month's portion can be displayed later.

Further, by storing the charge system and the like as information, the usage amount may be calculated from the number of receptions in the reception counter 8a and displayed.

According to the selective calling receiver of the present invention, the control unit 4 compares the ID of the received data with its own ID registered in the ID-ROM 7, and if they match, the memory unit 8
When the display of the number of receptions is instructed by the operation unit 5, the number of receptions is read from the reception counter 8 a in the memory 8 and the number of receptions is displayed on the display unit 6. Therefore, there is an effect that the user can grasp the number of receptions and compare with the billing information.

[0033]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the selective call receiver counts and stores the number of times of reception of a call and displays the stored number of receptions in response to an instruction to display the number of times of reception. This has the effect of displaying the number of calls received.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a plurality of call numbers are set, the number of call receptions is counted and stored for each call number, and each call number is displayed in response to an instruction to display the number of receptions. Since the selective call receiver displays the number of calls, the number of calls received can be displayed for each call number.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the stored number of receptions is cleared by a clear instruction from the input unit, or is cleared every specific period.
The selective call receiver described above has the effect of displaying the number of receptions during the period requested by the user.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a selective call receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a receiving process in a control unit of the selective call receiver according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Radio section, 2: Demodulation section, 3: Decoder section, 4:
Control unit, 5 operation unit, 6 display unit, 7 ID-R
OM, 8 ... memory unit, 8a ... reception counter, 9 ...
Calling part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A method for counting and storing the number of calls received,
A selective call receiver, wherein the stored number of receptions is displayed according to an instruction to display the number of receptions. 2. When a plurality of call numbers are set, the number of received calls is counted and stored for each of the call numbers, and each of the received numbers is displayed in accordance with an instruction to display the number of received calls. A selective call receiver characterized by the above-mentioned. 3. The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the stored number of receptions is cleared by a clear instruction from an input unit, or is cleared at a specific time interval.