JPH1098531A - Data confirmation and correction device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To eliminate a need for connection of a telephone number of a pager by designating a number to decide a pager of a call destination after connection of a line to a radio call central station and to use the telephone number in common to all pagers by cross-referencing one telephone number to the radio call central station. SOLUTION: A plurality of numbers (identification numbers) to decide a call destination pager 17 and a message are entered with a caller to a radio call central station 14 by using a common dial number by a pager 17 of an optional call destination in a section to designate the pager 17 of the call destination and the message to the radio calling central station 14 of a pager system and by connecting the line of the caller to the radio call central station 14 with a common dial number. Thus, the radio call central station 14 identifies a plurality of call destination pagers 17 to send the same message to each pager.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio paging device (hereinafter referred to as a pager) for making a call on an individual basis by using radio waves, and an information device incorporating a pager transmission device.
It relates to a pager-integrated information device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 9 and 10 are block diagrams showing the configuration of a conventional pager system.

[0003] Here, the caller 1 sets the pager 7 to be called.
, The operation of the pager system is performed in the following order from step (1) to step (11).

Step (1): The caller inputs dial information corresponding to the pager 17 to be called, to the general telephone network terminal 7 with a push button, or sends the dial information as a tone signal using the pager access information terminal 2. . Step (2): The general telephone network terminal 7 sends the directly received tone signal as it is to the general telephone network exchange controller 10, and if there is an input with a push button, sends the content as a tone signal. Step (3): If the general telephone network exchange control device 10 determines that the received dial information is for a pager, the general telephone network terminal 7 and the radio page central office 14 through a dedicated line.
Are connected by the exchange 11 and dial information is sent to the radio page central office 5. Here, it is possible to exchange signals between the caller and the radio page central office 14.

Step (4): The paging central station 14 determines a pager 17 to be called from the dial information received. Step (5): The paging central office 14 sends voice guidance message information to the caller, and requests a message input. Step (6): The caller uses the caller himself or the pager access information terminal 2 to convert the call message to be sent to the callee pager 17 into a call message code. Step (7): The caller inputs a call message code to the general telephone network terminal 7 by himself / herself or sends the call message code as a continuous tone signal using the pager access information terminal 2.

Step (8): The general telephone network terminal 7 sends the directly received calling message code to the radio calling central office 14 as it is, and if there is a key input, sends the calling message code of the content as a tone signal. Step (9): When the code for confirming the message code is sent by a tone signal, the radio page central office 14 gives the contents of the message code by voice.

Step (10): Radio paging central office 14
Creates call destination pager information that specifies the call destination pager 17, and creates message information from the received call message code. Step (11): The paging central station 14 sends out the call destination pager information and the call message information by radio signals using radio waves. Step (12): When the pager 17 of the call destination receives the radio signals of the pager information of the call destination and the call message information, if the caller pager information is for itself, the received message is converted from the call message information to a character or numeral. To indicate the incoming call.

Here, the configuration of the pager access information terminal 2 will be described. In FIG. 11, the pager access information terminal 2 has a message creation function, a message editing function,
It has a message tone transmission function, message display function, and telephone number dialing function. These functions are performed by the control CPU 12, and the respective functions and operations are listed in the following steps (1) to (5).

Step (1): Message creation function The key input unit 14 can input numbers, hiragana, katakana, alphabetic characters, kanji, etc., input a message using these characters, and convert this as a transmission message using shift JIS code. The data is stored in the storage device 13.

Step (2): Message editing function The transmission message stored in the storage device 13 is converted into a reception message by adding characters to a part of the transmission message or inserting or deleting a part of another transmission message. The data is newly stored or updated in the storage device 13.

Step (3): Message Tone Transmission Function The transmission message stored in the storage device 13 is converted into a code that can be recognized by the central station, and the tone signal generator 17 and the tone transmission speaker 19 are used to transmit the message to an external device. To be transmitted as a tone signal.

Step (4): Message Display Function An arbitrary transmission message stored in the storage device 13 with the shift JIS code is displayed on the display device 15 as characters such as numerals, hiragana, katakana, alphabetic characters, and kanji.

Step (5): Telephone number dial function A plurality of telephone numbers are stored in the storage device 13 and the telephone numbers are stored in the tone signal generator 17 and the tone transmitting speaker 1.
9 to the outside as a tone signal tone.

Here, the configuration of the pager 6 to be called will be described. In FIG. 12, all the controls are performed by the CPU 3,
The storage device includes a secret information storage device 8 and a general information storage device 9 so that the secret information and the general information are handled separately. The secret information data input / output device 10 is capable of inputting / outputting digital data from / to the outside. The secret information data input / output device 10 can access the secret information storage device 8.

Setting information for determining a data output method when a call is made is held in the general information storage device 9, and this information can be changed by input from the key input unit 4.
The operation when there is a call is described below.

The radio signal received by the antenna 1 is digitized by the signal processing unit 2 and the CPU 3 judges whether or not the call is to itself using the ID information in the secret information storage device 8. If this is a call for itself, the CPU 3 converts the message into a message and shifts it to the general-purpose storage device 9.
Save in S-code format. Further, a calling method and a message output method are determined from the setting information stored in the general-purpose storage device, and output is performed from a corresponding one of the display device 5, the calling speaker 6, and the vibrator 7.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Sho 60-220632 discloses whether or not transmission data is normally transmitted when data is transmitted and received between the radio paging central station 5 and the pager 6 to be called using the radio signal shown in FIG. And does not refer to the confirmation of data transmission / reception seen from the caller 1, such as confirmation of data transmission / reception from the caller 1 to the radio page central office 5.

[0018]

In the conventional paging system, the transmission of information from the caller to the pager is performed as described above. However, the following are disadvantages.

As a problem to be solved by claim 1 of the present invention, (1) Since one telephone number is required for one pager, if the number of pagers is increased, the telephone number of the general telephone network is occupied by that much. I will. (2) If the same message is to be sent to a plurality of pagers, the connection and disconnection of the line must be repeated, which places a heavy burden on the caller and the general telephone network, and the total occupation time of the line increases. (3) When trying to send the same message to a plurality of arbitrary pagers, the same number of messages must be input, the load on the caller is large, the time is long, and the possibility of erroneous input is high. (4) Since the caller cannot confirm how the message entered by the caller is actually displayed, the message intended by the caller may not be transmitted.

[0020] An object of claim 2 of the present invention is to check a message sent by a caller to a radio page central station.
It is necessary for the caller to listen to the message code returned by voice and to further convert the message. If the message is longer, the burden on the caller is longer, the time is longer, and the possibility of erroneous confirmation increases.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when a caller transmits a message to a radio paging central station by tone signal,
Depending on the transmission timing, the first tone signal may not be recognized. If two characters constitute one character, the message cannot be read at all unless the first tone signal is recognized.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, when a caller confirms a message sent to a radio pager,
It is impossible to confirm unless all messages are entered, and in the case of correction, all messages must be entered again,
The longer the message, the greater the burden on the caller and the longer the time.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when a caller transmits a message to a radio paging central station by a tone signal, the first tone signal may not be recognized due to the timing of transmission. When one character is composed of a signal, the message cannot be read at all unless the first tone signal is recognized.

As a problem of claim 6 of the present invention, since the caller cannot confirm how the message input by the caller is actually displayed, the caller's intended message may not be transmitted.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problem that when a caller transmits a message to a radio pager with a tone signal, the transmitted sound does not reach the input device and is not recognized. When one character is constituted by, the message becomes completely unreadable unless the first tone signal is recognized.

The object of claim 1 is as follows. (1) After the line is connected to the radio paging central office, the number for determining the pager to be called is specified. Therefore, there is no need to connect using the pager's telephone number, and one telephone number can be associated with the radio paging central office. For example, it is possible to use a common telephone number for all pagers.

(2) When trying to send the same message to any of a plurality of pagers, the connection and disconnection of the line are 1
The number of times required for the call is small, the burden on the caller and the general telephone network is small, and the total occupation time of the line can be reduced.

(3) When trying to send the same message to any of a plurality of pagers, only one message input is required, the burden on the caller is small, the time is short, and the possibility of erroneous input is reduced. It is possible.

(4) By designating the pager of the caller and the target pager as the pager of the call destination, the actual display can be confirmed with the contents transmitted to the pager of the caller, and the actual display can be confirmed. I know what it is.

A second object of the present invention is to confirm the message sent by the caller on the side of the radio paging central office, thereby reducing the burden on the caller and the time required for checking the message of the caller. It is to eliminate errors.

It is an object of the present invention that when a caller transmits a message to the radio page central station by tone signal, the message is normally recognized even if the first tone signal is not recognized, and the content of the message changes. Is to prevent

It is an object of the present invention that, when a caller sends a message to a radio page central office, it is possible to confirm a character by character so that erroneous transmission is eliminated, the burden on the caller is reduced, and correction time and time are reduced. To keep it short.

It is an object of the present invention to prevent the earliest tone signal from being recognized when the caller transmits the message to the radio paging central station by tone signal, and to prevent the content of the message from changing. It is in.

The object of claim 6 is to specify the pager of the caller and the target pager as the pager of the call destination, so that the actual display can be confirmed by the contents transmitted to the pager of the caller, and this can be confirmed. You know if it is what you intended.

A seventh object of the present invention is to confirm the absence of a signal by recognizing whether or not a transmission sound reaches an input device when a caller transmits a message to a radio paging central station with a tone signal. What you can do.

[0036]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, in a portion for designating a pager and a message to be called to a radio pager in a pager system, the pager system connects the pager and the caller's line. Number (identification number) that determines the pager to be called from the caller to the paging central office
Is a data confirmation and correction device which sends the same message to a plurality of arbitrary pagers by one line connection by inputting a plurality of messages and one message.

More specifically, in the part of designating a pager 17 to be called and a message to the radio paging central station 14 of the pager system, a pager 17 of an arbitrary called side is provided.
To connect the line of the caller and the caller's line with a common dial number, and the caller sends a plurality of numbers (recognition numbers) and one message for determining the pager 17 to be called to the caller's central office 14. By inputting, the paging central office 14 recognizes a plurality of called pagers 17 and sends the same message to each pager.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the information is transmitted and received in a continuous tone signal in the portion for designating the pager to be called and the message to the radio paging central station of the pager system, the normality of the continuous tone signal is checked. The information for confirming is added by a tone signal and sent, and the radio pager uses a data confirmation and correction device that confirms the normality of the information by using the information for confirming the normality of the continuous tone signal. is there.

More specifically, when information is transmitted and received in a continuous tone signal in a portion for designating a pager 17 to be called and a message to the radio paging central station 14 of the pager system, the normality of the continuous tone signal is checked. By transmitting the information for confirmation in the form of a tone signal and sending the information, the radio paging central station 14 confirms the normality of the information using the information for confirming the normality of the continuous tone signal.

According to the third aspect, when information is transmitted / received by a continuous tone signal in a portion for designating a pager to be called and a message to the radio paging central station of the pager system, the transmitting side sets the head of the transmission data. This is a data confirmation / correction device that transmits with an extra tone signal attached, and removes the extra tone signal at the head of the received data at the time of reception, if there is no extra tone signal, and leaves it unattended, thereby preventing the beginning of the transmitted data from being lost.

More specifically, when information is transmitted / received by a continuous tone signal in a portion for designating a pager 17 to be called and a message to the radio paging central station 14 of the pager system, the caller corresponding to the transmitting side transmits. The radio paging central station 14 which transmits the data with an extra tone signal "#" at the beginning of the data and hits the receiving side removes the extra tone signal "#" at the time of reception if the extra tone signal "#" is added at the beginning, and leaves it as it is if it does not.
Prevent loss of the beginning of transmission data.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in the portion of the pager system for designating the pager to be called and the message to the radio pager, the caller radio pager receives one tone signal sent from the caller. A confirmation signal is sent every time, and the caller uses the caller or an information device to confirm the lack of a tone signal.

More specifically, in the part where the pager 17 to be called and the message are specified to the radio page central office 14 of the pager system, the caller radio page central office 14
Each time a tone signal sent from a caller is received, the same tone signal or voice is sent as a confirmation signal,
The caller uses the caller himself or the pager access information device 2 to confirm the lack of a tone signal.

According to the fifth aspect, when a pager access information terminal is used in a portion for designating a pager and a message to be called to the radio pager central station of the pager system, the pager access information terminal is used between the radio pager central office and the pager access information terminal. 3. The data confirmation and correction device according to claim 2, wherein the data is transmitted after confirming that data transmission / reception is possible, thereby preventing the head of data from being lost.

More specifically, the pager access information terminal 2 is used to designate a pager 17 to be called and a message to the radio pager 14 of the pager system.
Is used, it is confirmed that data transmission / reception can be performed between the paging central office 14 and the paging access information terminal 2 before sending data, thereby preventing the head of data from being lost.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the pager system, the caller sends a message to the pager to be called and sends the same message to the pager of the caller.
This is a data confirmation / correction device for comparing the sent message with the message actually received by the pager of the caller in the pager access information terminal, and checking whether or not they match, and outputting the same.

Specifically, in the pager system, the caller sends a message to the pager 17 of the callee, and also sends the same message to the pager 17 of the caller, so that the sent message and the pager 17 of the caller are actually sent.
Are compared in the pager access information terminal 2 to check whether they match, and output the same.

According to the present invention, when the tone signal is transmitted to the radio paging central station of the pager system by using the pager access information terminal in a portion for designating a pager to be called and a message, the pager access information terminal is A data confirmation and correction device that transmits a tone signal tone and receives the tone signal at the same position as an input device that receives the tone signal tone and confirms whether or not the signal is the same, thereby determining a signal loss.

More specifically, when a tone signal is transmitted using the pager access information terminal 2 to the pager 17 to be called and a message to the radio paging central station 14 of the pager system, the pager access information terminal Reference numeral 2 denotes a pager access information terminal 2 which transmits a tone signal to the general telephone network terminal 7 and which is slightly transmitted through the general telephone network terminal 7 which emits a tone signal from the radio paging central station 14 as a sound. The lack of the signal is determined by receiving the transmitted tone signal sound and confirming whether or not the signal is the same.

According to the first aspect, the radio paging central office 14 is connected to the general telephone network by one dial number, recognizes a tone signal transmitted from the connected line, and determines a pager 17 to be called. When a plurality of numbers (identification numbers) and a single message are input, the pager 17 of each call destination and the message are determined based on the information, and the combination of the information is transmitted as a radio signal using radio waves.

According to the second aspect, the paging central office 14
Receives, as a tone signal, an identification number and a message code composed of a continuous tone signal and an acknowledgment code that is information for confirming their normality, and newly adds an acknowledgment code to the received identification number and the message code. Is made, and the received confirmation code is compared. If the codes match, it is determined to be normal, and if not, it is determined to be abnormal.

The codes recognized by the paging central station 14 are as follows (1) to (8).

(1) Numbers from 0 to 9 and tone signals of * and # (2) ## is end code (3) ** is correction code (transmission start signal) (4) Recognition number is 7-digit number (5) Messages are handled by Shift JIS, and one character is handled as 16-bit data with 1 to 5 digits from 0 to 65535. This is called a message code. (6) Confirmation codes are all identification numbers and all Each message code is added and the remainder is divided by 256. The remainder is treated as 8-bit data with 1 to 3 digits from 0 to 256. (7) The identification number can be entered in the following two ways. Number * Recipient's identification number * ... * Confirmation code ## Your own identification number * Recipient's identification number * ... * Confirmation code ## (8) Message input method is as follows # Message code * Me Message code * ... * Confirmation code ## Message code * Message code * ... * Confirmation code ## In addition, the operation of confirming the identification number of the paging central office 14 and the message code is performed from the following (1) to (5) )

(1) Upon receiving the transmission start signal "**" from the caller, the radio pager 14 enters the recognition number receiving system. (2) The radio pager 14 receives the identification number of the pager 17 of the caller, the identification number of the pager 17 of the called party, and the confirmation code from the caller. (3) The paging central station 14 newly creates a confirmation code from the received plurality of identification numbers and compares or compares the confirmation code with the received confirmation code. , Informing by tone signal. (4) Upon receiving the transmission start signal "**" from the caller, the radio pager 14 enters the message code receiving system. (5) The paging central office 14 receives the message code and the confirmation code from the caller.

According to the third aspect, when the caller transmits the message code “message code * message code *... * Confirmation code ##” to the paging central office 14, an extra tone signal “#” is added at the beginning. "# Message code * message code * ... * confirmation code ##"
And send. The paging central station 14 treats, as a message code, the extra tone signal "#" removed if there is no extra tone signal at the beginning of the received data, or the extra tone signal if there is no extra tone signal "#".

That is, “#message code * message code *... * Confirmation code ##” is “message code * message code *... * Confirmation code ##” and “message code * message code *...・
Since the * confirmation code ## remains unchanged, the message code recognized by the radio page central office 14 is the message code of "message code * message code *... * Confirmation code ##" before "#" is added. .

According to the fourth aspect, the radio paging central office 14
Receives a tone signal and sends back the same tone signal. When the pager access information terminal 2 transmits a tone signal to the outside using the tone signal generator 17 and the tone transmitting speaker 19, the pager access information terminal 2 transmits each tone signal. The tone signal from the outside is encoded using the tone input microphone 18 and the tone signal decoder 16 and compared with the transmitted tone signal. If the tone signal does not match, the same tone signal is transmitted again to eliminate the signal loss. prevent.

According to the fifth aspect, on the side of the paging central station 14, the confirmation information of the connection request is transmitted by the tone signal to the pager access information terminal until the confirmation information of the connection confirmation is transmitted from the pager access information terminal 2 as a tone signal. 2, the pager access information terminal 2 repeats the confirmation operation until it confirms the connection request confirmation signal sent from the radio pager 14, and then the pager access information terminal 2 Until there is no connection request confirmation information sent, the connection confirmation confirmation information is sent to the radio paging central station 14 as a tone signal. According to claim 7, the pager access information terminal 2 transmits a tone signal to the general telephone network terminal 7 and simultaneously transmits a tone signal from the radio paging central station 14 according to claim 7. Is received by the pager access information terminal 2 itself, which is transmitted slightly through the general telephone network terminal 3 which emits a tone signal, and confirms whether or not the tone signal tone is the same signal.

The caller creates a call message using the pager access information terminal 2 and uses the pager access information terminal 2 to call the pager 17 of the caller and the pager 1 of the callee to the radio paging central station 14 using the pager access information terminal 2.
Specify 7 and the message.

When the message arrives at the pager 17 of the caller, the pager 7 of the caller sends the message to the pager access information terminal 2, and the pager access information terminal 2 receiving the message confirms the message.
If they match, the message is displayed as normal transmission, and if they do not match, the message is displayed.

[0061]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing a configuration of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a flow of information.

In FIG. 1, the system comprises the following. 1 is a key input unit, 2 is a pager access information terminal, 3 is a display device, 4 is a speaker for transmitting tones, 5 is a microphone, 6 is a speaker, 7 is a general telephone network terminal, 8 is a telephone line interface, and 9 is a push button. 10 is a general telephone network switching controller, 11 is a switch, 12 is a telephone line interface, 13 is a tone signal decoder, 14 is a paging central office, 15 is an antenna, 16 is an antenna, 17
Is a pager, 18 is a calling speaker, 19 is a vibrator, 20 is a display device, 21 is a microphone for tone input, 2
2 is a data input / output device, 23 is a data input / output device, 24
Is a tone signal generator.

The operation is performed in the order of the following steps (1) to (24). Step (1): The caller creates a call message on the pager access information terminal 2. Step (2): The caller inputs dial information corresponding to the radio paging central station 14 to the general telephone network terminal 7 from a push button by himself or a tone signal using the pager access information terminal 2. send. Step (3): The general telephone network terminal 7 sends the directly received tone signal as it is to the general telephone network exchange control device 10, and if there is an input from the push button, sends the dial information of the content as a tone signal.

Step (4): If the general telephone network exchange control device 10 determines that the received dial information corresponds to the radio telephone central office 14, it connects the general telephone network terminal 7 to the radio telephone central office 14. I do. Here, it is possible to exchange signals between the caller and the radio page central office 14. Step (5): The paging central station 14 sends confirmation information of a connection request to the pager access information terminal 2 by a tone signal until confirmation information of connection confirmation is sent from the pager access information terminal 2 by a tone signal.

Step (6): The pager access information terminal 2 repeats the confirmation operation until it confirms the connection request confirmation signal sent from the paging central station 14. Step (7): After the operation of step (6) is completed, the pager access information terminal 2 wirelessly calls the confirmation information of the connection confirmation by a tone signal until there is no confirmation information of the connection request sent from the radio pager 14. Send to central office 14. Step (8): After the operation of step (7) is completed, the pager access information terminal 2 displays the line connection to notify the caller. Step (9): If the operation of step (5) is completed, the paging central office 14 sends the pager code corresponding to the pager 17 of the caller and the pager 17 of the call destination to the pager access information terminal 2. At the same time, the contents of the request for inputting a plurality of call pager codes are transmitted by voice, and at the same time, confirmation information of the pager code input request is transmitted by a tone signal until a tone signal is input from the pager access information terminal 2.

Step (10): When the pager access information terminal 2 recognizes the confirmation information of the pager code input request sent from the radio paging central station 14, the pager access information terminal 2 outputs a plurality of call pager codes corresponding to the pager 17 to be called by the caller. The call pager code is determined by inputting or using the call pager code stored in the pager access information terminal 2. Step (11): The pager access information terminal 2 tones the stored caller pager code of the caller's pager 17, the caller's pager code of the caller's pager 17, and a confirmation code for confirming the normality of these codes. A signal is sent to the central station 14.

Step (12): Radio paging central office 14
Creates a new confirmation code from the received plurality of call pager codes, compares it with the received confirmation code, and returns to step (9) if different. Step (13): The paging central office 14 sends to the pager access information terminal 2 a voice request for input of a call message code, and confirms the message code input request as a tone signal from the pager access information terminal 2. Send by tone signal until it returns.

Step (14): When the pager access information terminal 2 recognizes the confirmation information requesting the input of the message sent from the radio paging central station 14, the pager access information terminal 2 creates a call message code and a confirmation code from the call message and sends them to the tone signal. And sends it to the central station 14. Step (15): The paging central office 14 creates a new confirmation code from the received call message code, compares it with the received confirmation code, and returns to the operation of step (13) if different. Step (16): The paging central office 14 sends the confirmation information of the message reception confirmation to the pager access information terminal 2.
Send to

Step (17): When the pager access information terminal 2 receives the confirmation information of the message reception confirmation, the pager access information terminal 2 makes a message transmission completion report and a request to disconnect the line to the caller. Step (18): The pager access information terminal 2
A control code is sent to the pager 17 of the caller so that the received message information is set to be sent to the pager access information terminal 2.

Step (19): Caller's pager 1
When the control code 7 receives the control code, it sets the received message information to be sent to the pager access information terminal 2. Step (20): The paging central station 14 creates a combination of a plurality of call pager information and call message information from the received call pager codes and the call message code.

Step (21): Radio call central office 14
Transmits a combination of call destination pager information and call message information as a radio signal using radio waves. Step (22): When each of the called pagers 17 receives the radio signals of the called pager information and the calling message information, if the called pager information is for itself, the received pager 17 receives the received message from the calling message information.
Notify the incoming call by displaying it in letters or numbers.

Step (23): Pager 1 of caller
7 receives the call destination pager information and the call message information wireless signal, and outputs the call message information to the pager access information terminal 2 if the call destination pager information is for itself. Step (24): When the pager access information terminal 2 receives the message information from the caller's pager 17, it creates a message from the message information, compares the sent message with the sent message as a sentence, and calls whether or not they match. Notify person 1.

Here, the radio paging central station 14 performs the following (1)
(8) is recognized, and if a tone signal is input, the same tone signal is returned for each signal. (1) Numbers from 0 to 9 and tone signals of * and # (2) ## is end code (3) ** is correction code (transmission start signal) (4) Recognition number is 7-digit number (5) A message is handled by shift JIS, and one character is handled as 16-bit data with 1 to 5 digits from 0 to 65535, and this is called a message code. (6) The confirmation code is added to each of all the identification numbers and all of the message codes, and is treated as 8-bit data by a 1- to 3-digit number from 0 to 256 after being divided by 256.

(7) There are two ways of inputting the identification number. # Your own identification number * Recognition number of the callee * ... * Confirmation code ## Your own identification number * Recognition number of the callee * ... * Confirmation code ## (8) There are two ways to enter a message: #Message code * Message code * ... * Confirmation code ## Message code * Message code * ... * Confirmation code ## In addition, the confirmation operation of the identification number and the message code of the paging central station 14 is performed in the following steps (1) to (5).
I will give it.

Step (1): Upon receiving the transmission start signal "**" from the caller, the radio pager central station 14 enters the identification number receiving system. Step (2): The paging central station 14 sends the identification number of the pager 17 of the caller and the pager 1 of the call destination from the caller.
7 and a confirmation code are received. Step (3): The paging central office 14 newly creates a confirmation code from the received plurality of identification numbers and compares it with the received confirmation code. , Voice and tone signals.

Step (4): Upon receiving the transmission start signal "**" from the caller, the radio pager 14 enters the message code receiving system. Step (5): The paging central office 14 receives the message code and the confirmation code from the caller 1.

The pager 17 of the caller and the pager 16 of the call destination are the same, and the configuration will be described with reference to FIG. The configuration of FIG. 2 is as follows.

2 is a pager access information terminal, 7 is a general telephone network terminal, 10 is a general telephone network switching controller, 11
Is an exchange, 14 is a paging central office, and 17 is a pager. According to FIG. 3, it consists of: 1
Is an antenna, 2 is a signal processing unit, 3 is a CPU, 4 is a key input unit, 5 is a display device, 6 is a calling speaker, 7 is a vibrator, 8 is a storage device for secret information, 9 is a storage device for general information, 10 is a data input / output device for secret information, and 11 is a data input / output device.

According to FIG. 3, all the control is performed by the CPU 3, and the storage devices are two of the secret information storage device 8 and the general information storage device 9 so that the secret information and the general information are handled separately.
Have one.

The secret information data input / output device 10 and the data input / output device 11 are capable of inputting / outputting digital data from / to the outside.
Can access the secret information storage device 8, and the data input / output device 11 can access only the general information storage device 9.

Setting information for determining the data output method when a call is made is held in the general information storage device 9, and this information is changed by input from the key input unit 4 and the data input / output unit 11. it can.

The operation when there is a call is described below.

The radio signal received by the antenna 1 is digitized by the signal processing unit 2 and the CPU 3 judges whether or not the call is to itself using the ID information in the secret information storage device 8. If this is a call for itself, the CPU 3 converts the message into a message and shifts it to the general-purpose storage device 9.
Save in S-code format.

The calling method and the message output method are determined from the setting information stored in the general-purpose storage device, and the corresponding device is output from the following four devices.

(1) Display device 5 (2) Calling speaker 6 (3) Vibrator 7 (4) Data input / output device 11 Here, FIG. 4 showing the configuration of the pager access information terminal 2 comprises the following: Is done. 11 is a data input / output device, 12 is a CPU, 13 is a storage device, 14 is a key input unit, 15 is a display device, 16 is a tone signal decoder, 17 is a tone signal generator, 18 is a tone input microphone, and 19 is a tone input microphone. This is a tone transmission speaker.

In FIG. 4, the pager access information terminal 2 has a message creating function, a message fetching function,
It has message editing function, message tone transmission function, tone transmission confirmation function, message tone reception function, message comparison function, message display function, external device control function, and telephone number dial function.

Further, these functions are performed by the control CPU 12, and the respective functions and operations shown in FIG. 5 include the following steps (1) to (10).

Step (1): Message Creation Function The key input section 14 can input numbers, hiragana, katakana, alphabetic characters, kanji, etc., input a message using these characters, and convert this as a transmission message using shift JIS code. The data is stored in the storage device 13.

Step (2): Message Fetch Function When a shift JIS code message is received through the data input / output device 11, it is stored in the storage device 13 as a received message.

Step (3): Message editing function The transmission message and the reception message stored in the storage device 13 are partially added with characters, or another message is partially inserted, and a part of the message is deleted. Then, the received message is newly stored or updated in the storage device 13. Step (4): Message tone transmission function The storage device 13 also converts the stored transmission message or reception message into a code recognizable by the radio page central office, and uses the tone signal generator 17 and the tone transmission speaker 19 for external transmission. To be transmitted as a tone signal.

Step (5): Tone transmission confirmation function When a tone signal tone is transmitted to the outside using the tone signal generator 17 and the tone transmitting speaker 19, an external tone signal is input for each tone signal for tone input. Encoding is performed using the microphone 18 and the tone signal decoder 16 and compared with the transmitted tone signal. If they do not match, the same tone signal is transmitted again.

Step (6): Message Tone Receiving Function A tone signal from the outside is encoded by using the tone input microphone 18 and the tone signal decoder 16, and if the code is a code that can be recognized by the radio paging central station, the code is used. To reproduce the message, and store it in the storage device 13 as a received message.
To save.

Step (7): Message comparison function Any transmission message stored in the storage device 13,
Compare received messages to determine if they match.

Step (8): Message Display Function An arbitrary transmitted message or received message stored in the storage device 13 with the shift JIS code is displayed on the display device 15 as characters such as numerals, hiragana, katakana, English characters, and kanji characters. .

Step (9): External Device Control Function The external device is controlled by sending a control code to the external device through the data input / output device 11.

Step (10): Telephone Number Dial Function A plurality of telephone numbers are stored in the storage device 13 and the telephone numbers are stored in the tone signal generator 17 and the tone transmission speaker 1.
9 to the outside as a tone signal tone.

The dialer can select either the caller 1 or the pager access information terminal 2 when dialing. In many cases, when the line of the general telephone network 4 is other than the push line, dialing cannot be performed with a tone signal. This is because if the pager access information terminal 2 of the tone signal transmission system cannot dial, the caller 1 dials himself to cover all lines of the general telephone network 4.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of a pager calling process of the pager access information terminal. STEP1: If a connection request signal cannot be received from the tone input microphone, go to STEP1. STEP2: Start sending a connection confirmation signal from the tone transmission speaker. STEP3: While receiving the connection request signal from the tone input microphone, go to STEP3. Stop sending of connection confirmation signal STEP5: Display connection completion on display device STEP6: If pager code request signal cannot be received from tone input microphone, go to STEP6 STEP7: Display request for pager code input on display device STEP8: Key input If no pager code is input from the section, go to STEP10 STEP9: Store the pager code STEP10: Display the selection of the pager code on the display device STEP11: Select a plurality of target ones from the pager codes stored before STEP12: Receives an instruction from the key input unit and determines a plurality of pager codes. STEP12: Creates a confirmation code with the definition described in the operation of the second aspect. STEP13: Enters the pager data into the identification number in the operation of the second aspect. Create according to.

FIG. 7 of the present invention shows a flowchart of the pager calling process of the pager access information terminal.
It leads to FIG.

STEP14: Send pager data from the tone transmission speaker STEP15: If a pager code request signal is received from the tone input microphone, go to STEP14 STEP16: If a message code request signal is not received from the tone input microphone, go to STEP15 STEP17: A request for inputting a message code is displayed on the display device. STEP 18: If no message code is input from the key input section, go to STEP 20. STEP 19: Store the message code. STEP 20: Display a message code selection on the display device. STEP 21: Claim the message code. STEP 22: Create a confirmation code with the above definition according to the function of claim 2 STEP23: Create message data with the above definition in the action of claim 2 Accordingly, to be created STEP 24: Message data is transmitted from the tone transmission speaker STEP 25: If a message code request signal is received from the tone input microphone, the operation proceeds to STEP 24. STEP 26: If a reception confirmation signal is not received from the tone input microphone, the operation proceeds to STEP 25. STEP 27: End Is displayed on the display device.

FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of the radio page central office. The explanation is as follows.

STEP1: If the line is not connected to the caller, go to STEP1. STEP2: Start sending a connection request signal from the tone signal generator. STEP3: If a connection confirmation signal cannot be received from the tone signal decoder, go to STEP3. STEP4: Connect Stop sending request signal STEP5: Send pager code request signal from tone signal generator STEP6: If pager data cannot be received, S
Go to STEP5 STEP7: Create a confirmation code based on the definition of claim 2 STEP8: Compare the confirmation code included in the received pager data with the confirmation code created in STEP7, and if different, go to STEP5 STEP9: Received pager data STEP10: Send message code request signal from tone signal generator STEP11: If message data cannot be received,
Go to STEP10 STEP12: Create a confirmation code with the above definition according to the action of claim 2. STEP13: Compare the confirmation code included in the received message data with the confirmation code created in STEP12. If they are different, go to STEP10. STEP14: Store the message code. STEP15: Send a reception confirmation signal from the tone signal generator STEP16: If the line is not disconnected, STEP15
Step 17: Perform the process of determining the target pager from the stored pager code and sending the message wirelessly by the number of pager codes, and then go to STEP1. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be appropriately modified and implemented without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0103]

According to the first aspect, the telephone number of the general telephone network is 1 for a plurality of pagers.
And reduce the percentage of pagers out of all phone numbers.

It becomes easy to send the same message to arbitrary plural pagers, the occupation time is shortened,
Erroneous input is also lost.

By adding the pager of the caller to the pager of the call destination, the caller himself can check how the message input by the caller is actually displayed.

According to the second aspect, the caller can easily and accurately check the normality of the message sent to the radio pager in a short time. According to the third aspect, when the caller transmits a message to the radio pager by a tone signal, a normal message is sent to the called pager even if the first tone signal is not recognized due to the transmission timing. .

According to claim 4, the message sent by the caller to the radio paging central station is sent without signal loss,
The transmission time is shortened. According to the fifth aspect, when the caller transmits a message to the radio pager as a tone signal, a normal message is transmitted to the called pager even if the first tone signal is not recognized due to the transmission timing. .

According to the sixth aspect, the caller can confirm how the message inputted by the caller is actually displayed, so that the message intended by the caller is transmitted. According to the seventh aspect, when the caller transmits a message to the paging central office with a tone signal, the transmission sound does not reach the input device and is not recognized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram illustrating an apparatus configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing functions of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing functions of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing functions of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a system block diagram showing a conventional apparatus configuration.

FIG. 10 is a system block diagram showing a conventional apparatus configuration.

FIG. 11 is a system block diagram showing a conventional apparatus configuration.

FIG. 12 is a system block diagram showing a conventional apparatus configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Key input part 2 Pager access information terminal 3 Display device 4 Tone sending speaker 5 Microphone 6 Speaker 7 General telephone network terminal 8 Telephone line interface 9 Push button 10 General telephone network exchange control device 11 Switch 12 Telephone line interface 13 Tone Signal decoder 14 Radio paging central station 15 Antenna 16 Antenna 17 Pager 18 Calling speaker 19 Vibrator 20 Display device 21 Tone input microphone 22 Data input / output device 23 Data input / output device 24 Tone signal generator

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Claims (7)

[Claims] In a part of a pager system for designating a pager and a message to be called to a radio paging central station, after a line between the radio paging central station and a caller is connected, the caller sends a call destination to the radio paging central station. A data confirmation / correction device which sends the same message to a plurality of pagers by a single line connection by inputting a plurality of numbers (recognition numbers) for determining the pager and one message. 2. Information for confirming the normality of continuous tone signals when information is transmitted and received in continuous tone signals in a portion for designating a pager to be called and a message to a radio paging central station of a pager system. A data confirmation / correction device for transmitting, with a tone signal added thereto, by which the paging central station uses the information for confirming the normality of the continuous tone signal to confirm the normality of the information. 3. When transmitting and receiving information as a continuous tone signal in a portion for designating a pager to be called and a message to a radio paging central station of a pager system, the transmitting side places an extra tone signal at the head of transmission data. 3. The data confirmation and correction device according to claim 2, wherein the receiving side removes an extra tone signal at the time of reception when the signal is received and removes the signal if there is no extra tone signal at the time of reception, thereby preventing loss of the head of transmission data. 4. In a portion of a pager system for designating a pager and a message to be called to a radio pager, the caller radio pager issues an acknowledgment signal each time a tone signal sent from a caller is received. The caller sends this to the caller himself or using the information equipment,
3. The data confirmation and correction device according to claim 2, wherein the lack of a tone signal is confirmed. 5. When a pager access information terminal is used in a part of a pager system for designating a pager and a message to be called to a radio pager central station, data transmission and reception between the pager access information terminal and the pager access information terminal are mutually performed. 3. The data confirmation and correction device according to claim 2, wherein the data is sent after confirming that the data can be transmitted, thereby preventing the head of the data from being lost. 6. In a pager system, a caller sends a message to a pager to be called and sends the same message to a pager of the caller, and the pager accesses the message sent and the message actually received by the pager of the caller. 3. The data confirmation and correction device according to claim 2, wherein the information is compared in the information terminal, and a check is made as to whether or not they match. 7. When transmitting a tone signal using a pager access information terminal in a portion for designating a pager to be called and a message to a radio paging central station of a pager system, the pager access information terminal transmits a tone signal tone. 3. The data confirmation and correction device according to claim 2, wherein said tone signal is received at the same position as the input device receiving said tone signal sound and said signal is confirmed to determine whether or not the signal is the same.