JPH11194944A - Data reception system and execution processing control method for program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data reception system that has a game function and sets a continuation enable range of the game in accordance with the amount of data. SOLUTION: A CPU 518 retrieves reception message data that are already read and are not yet converted into block piece number data, calculates the block piece number data for setting the continuation enable range of a game on the basis of the number of dial digit (the amount of data) and a bonus level(BL) in accordance with the reception address and stores items of the 'block piece number' of a game management table. Also, when a program or data regarding the game software are detected from reception data addressed to itself, the game software stored in a game function area of an ROM 502 and a game control memory(GCM) is rewritten into this received game software.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data receiving system applied to a receiving terminal or the like of a data communication system represented by a radio paging (hereinafter referred to as "paging") system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as one of data communication systems, a mobile communication system, for example, a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) for transmitting and receiving voice information and a wireless paging system for transmitting and receiving character information are known. Have been. In such a mobile communication system, the number of subscribers is rapidly increasing due to a decrease in usage fees and a reduction in the size of terminals with the development of mobile communication technology in recent years.

Under such circumstances, for example, in a radio paging system, an advanced radio paging system (R
CR-STD43 standard), which not only enables large-capacity data exchange and message display with Chinese characters, but also enables a paging receiver (hereinafter, referred to as a “paging receiver”) based on time correction information periodically transmitted from a base station. A service that enables time correction of an internal clock of a pager is abbreviated.

[0004] Further, with the younger service use layer in recent years, information and functions required by users for paging services are shifting from business use to personal use. As a result of the younger users of the paging system, users are not required to simply enhance the functions of business tools for pagers, but to communicate information among friends, etc. In response to this request, the service provider seeks an additional element or a kind of playful element as a communication tool,
For example, on the information service side, fortune-telling information, ski slope information, and the like are regularly transmitted to enhance the information content (content) to be provided.

[0005]

However, the conventional paging system changing as described above has the following problems.

That is, as a result of the younger users of the paging system, there is a concern that users of these young people may leave unless new services (contents) and new functions of the pager are always provided. there were.

The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and stores a program (game software) which is not originally involved in the reception processing, and makes the execution processing capability range of the program in accordance with the data amount of the reception data. The purpose is to provide a data receiving system for setting. Further, the present invention provides a program execution processing control method for setting a program execution processing range according to a data amount of externally received data in an apparatus in which a program (game software) is stored in advance. is there.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Receiving means for receiving data, first storing means for storing a program, setting means for setting an execution processing range of the program in accordance with the amount of data received by the receiving means, And outputting a result of the execution of the program based on the execution processing range.
And output means.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the setting means sets the execution processing range of the program according to the amount of data received by the receiving means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the data receiving system of the first aspect, the data receiving system further comprises identification information detecting means for detecting identification information from the received data, and the setting means includes the identification information. The execution processing range of the program is set according to the amount of received data to be received.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the setting means sets the execution processing range of the program according to the data amount of the reception data including the identification information detected by the identification information detecting means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the data receiving system according to the first aspect, second output means for outputting the data received by the receiving means, and the received data is output by the second output means. And a setting unit configured to set an execution processing range of the program according to a data amount of the reception data whose output has been checked by the checking unit. I have.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the setting means sets the execution processing range of the program according to the data amount of the reception data whose output has been confirmed by the confirmation means.

The invention according to claim 11 is the first invention.
The data receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising a measuring unit that measures a data amount of the data by the receiving unit, wherein the setting unit is configured to execute the program according to the data amount of the received data measured by the measuring unit. Is set.

According to the eleventh aspect, the setting means sets the execution processing range of the program according to the data amount of the reception data measured by the measuring means.

The invention according to claim 12 is the first invention.
The data receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising measuring means for measuring the number of times data is received by the receiving means, wherein the setting means sets a processing range of the program according to the number of times data is measured by the measuring means. It is characterized by doing.

According to the twelfth aspect of the invention, the setting means sets the processing range of the program according to the number of times of reception of the data measured by the measuring means.

Therefore, the present invention is characterized in that
According to the twelfth aspect, in accordance with the data amount of the received data or the data amount such as the number of times of data reception, the specific processing (based on the program stored in the first storage unit) executed in the data receiving system is performed. Process) can be set. Further, particularly when the specific processing is a game, a continuation range of the game can be set according to the data amount. Such a function can be considered as one of the service forms according to the data amount for each terminal user in the information communication system corresponding to the data receiving system, and the service contents for the terminal user can be further enhanced. it can.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the data receiving system of the first aspect, detecting means for detecting reception of data by the receiving means, and second storage for storing an execution processing state by the program. Means for temporarily stopping the execution of the program by detecting the reception of data by the detecting means while the first output means outputs the result of the execution processing, and changing the state of the execution processing to the second storage And a third output unit that stores the received data by the receiving unit and that is output by the receiving unit.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the state of the processing executed by the program is stored in the second storage means,
When the detection means detects the reception of data during the output of the execution processing result by the output means, the third output means temporarily suspends the execution processing by the program and stores the execution processing state in the second storage. The receiving means outputs the received data by the receiving means.

Therefore, according to the present invention, when new data is received during the execution of the program, the message content of the new received message data can be immediately displayed on the display screen. After displaying the received message data, it is possible to return to the interrupted program. Therefore, the program can be continued while supplementing data necessary for continuing the program by transmitting a message to itself in the middle of the program.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the data receiving system of the fourth aspect, the first output means outputs a result of the execution of the program by the first output means and the second output means or the third output means. And output control means for outputting the output of the received data by the output means in different output formats.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the output control means outputs the execution result of the program by the first output means and receives the result by the second output means or the third output means. Data output is output in a different output format.

Further, the invention described in claim 6 provides the invention according to claims 3 to
5. The data receiving system according to any one of the items 5, wherein the second output means and the third output means are display means for displaying and outputting received data.

According to the invention described in claim 6, the second output means and the third output means are display means for displaying and outputting received data.

The invention of claim 13 is the first invention.
In the data receiving system described above, the first output means is a display means for displaying and outputting a result of executing the program.

According to the thirteenth aspect of the present invention, the first
The output means is a display means for displaying and outputting the execution processing result of the program.

[0028] Therefore, the present invention is characterized in that:
According to the invention described above, the display form can be made different between the case of displaying the received message contents and the case of displaying the program contents, and an easy-to-view screen display according to the displayed contents can be performed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the data receiving system of the first aspect, a program detecting means for detecting a program from the data receiving means, and a program detected from the received data by the program detecting means, Program rewriting means for rewriting a program stored in the first storage means to the received program.

According to the present invention, when a program is detected from the received data by the program detecting means, the program rewriting means rewrites the program stored in the first storage means to the received program.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the receiving device can rewrite the program based on the received data, and the continuation range of the program based on the rewritten program is determined by the data of the received message data. It can be set according to the amount or the number of receptions.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the data receiving system of the seventh aspect, when the program stored in the first storage means is rewritten, an execution processing range of the program according to the data amount is changed. It is characterized by further comprising first changing means for changing.

According to the present invention, when the program stored in the first storage means is rewritten,
The first changing means changes the execution processing range of the program according to the data amount.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the receiving device can change the data amount of the received message data and the measurement standard of the number of times of reception according to the rewriting of the program. , The standard for setting the continuable range can be changed.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the data receiving system according to the first aspect, the expiration date data detecting means for detecting the expiration date data of the program from the received data, and the expiration date data detecting means. And resetting means for resetting the expiration date of the program based on the expiration date data upon detecting the expiration date data from the received data.

According to the ninth aspect, when the expiration date data is detected from the received data by the expiration date data detection means, the resetting means resets the expiration date of the program based on the expiration date data. I do.

Therefore, according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the expiration date of the program can be set or updated based on the received data.

The tenth aspect of the present invention is the first aspect of the present invention.
In the data receiving system described above, version information detecting means for detecting version information of the program from the received data, and when the version information detecting means receives the version information from the received data, the version information of the program is determined based on the version information. And second changing means for changing the version information.

According to the tenth aspect, when the version information is received from the received data by the version information detecting means, the second changing means changes the version information of the program based on the version information.

Therefore, according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the receiving apparatus can change the level of the program executed in the receiving apparatus based on the received data.

The invention according to claim 14 is the first invention.
In the data receiving system described above, the first storage unit is detachably provided in the data receiving system.

According to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, the first
Is detachably provided in the data receiving system.

Therefore, according to the fourteenth aspect of the present invention, for example, if the program used in the receiving device is distributed by a data cassette or the like, the program such as game software is not downloaded by wireless communication. As a result, the burden of communication costs on the user can be kept low. In addition, concentration of traffic in the data receiving system can be prevented.

The invention according to claim 15 is the first invention.
In the data receiving system described in the above, the program is a game program.

According to the fifteenth aspect, the program is a game program.

Therefore, according to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the data receiving system, it becomes possible to provide game software to the user of the receiving apparatus by a download service. Further, in the information service center of the data receiving system, changing the setting standard of the continuation range of the game based on the game software executed on the receiving device, setting or updating the expiration date of the game software, the difficulty level of the game Can be changed.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling execution of a program which stores an execution processing program of a device connected in advance, wherein the first step of receiving data from outside the device, A second step of setting the execution processing range of the program in accordance with the data amount of the data received in the step, and activating the program according to the execution processing range of the second step, and outputting an execution processing result And a third step.

According to the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling execution of a program in which an execution processing program of a device connected in advance is stored, wherein a first step of receiving data from outside the device, A second step of setting an execution processing range of the program according to a data amount of the data received in the first step;
A third step of activating the program according to the execution processing range of the step and outputting an execution processing result;
Consists of

Therefore, according to the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an execution processing control method of a program for setting a processing range of a specific processing to be executed in the data receiving system according to a data amount of received data. be able to.
Further, in particular, when the specific processing is a game, it is possible to provide a method of controlling the execution of a program for setting a continuation range of the game in accordance with a data amount. Such a function of the execution processing control method of the program can be regarded as one of service forms according to the data amount for each terminal user in the information communication system corresponding to the data receiving system, and the service contents for the terminal user can be considered. It can be further enhanced.

As described above, in the information communication system corresponding to the data receiving system of the present invention, it is possible to provide the terminal with a game function in which the continuation range is set according to the amount of data. In addition, a fun element as a communication tool can be provided to the subscriber, and the service content can be enhanced.

[0051]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the first and second embodiments described below, the present invention is applied to a paging service, and an advanced radio paging scheme (RC) is used as an information communication system.
R-STD43 standard).

First, FIG. 39 shows a data format in the advanced radio paging method. In the figure, A is 1
1 shows a cycle configuration of data transmitted in a time cycle,
As a cycle of 4 minutes, No. from "0" to "14"
A total of 15 cycles are transmitted.

B indicates the frame structure of one cycle described above, and one cycle includes N from "0" to "127".
o. And 128 frames in total. That is, one frame is 1.875 seconds,
32 frames are transmitted per minute.

Further, as shown in C, the one frame is divided into eight data areas in accordance with the data contents thereof, and the synchronization section 1 (S1) C1 and the frame information (FI) C
2. Synchronization unit 2 (S2) C3, block information (BI) C
4, address field (AF) C5, vector field (VF) C6, message field (MF) C
7 and an idle block (IB) C8.

As can be seen with reference to the block configuration shown in D, the above-mentioned eight data areas are the three data areas at the head, namely, the synchronization section 1 (S1) C1, the frame information (FI) C2, And a synchronization section 2 (S2) C3, which is transmitted at 115 milliseconds, followed by five data areas, that is, block information (B
I) C4, address field (AF) C5, vector field (VF) C6, message field (M
F) consists of C7 and an idle block (IB) C8, each of which has a total of 11 blocks (160 milliseconds) (#
0 to # 10), which is roughly divided into an interleaved block unit D2 transmitted in 1.76 seconds and interleaved with word data of a plurality of phases.

The synchronizing unit 1 (S1) C1 outputs the binary FSK (Fr
modulation scheme and 1600 BPS
, And stores the 112-bit data transmitted at the transmission rate of
Of the following four types of frames (modulation scheme and transmission rate) are stored. Binary FSK / 1600 BPS Binary FSK / 3200 BPS Quaternary FSK / 3200 BPS Quaternary FSK / 6400 BPS

The frame information (FI) C2 is a binary FSK
, And 32 bits of data transmitted at a transmission rate of 1600 BPS.
o. , Cycle N of the cycle including this frame
o. In the case of multiple transmissions, frame data defining the number of transmissions is stored.

The synchronization unit 2 (S2) C3 is connected to the synchronization unit 1
(S1) Data for adjusting the reception timing of the receiver is stored in the data of the interleave block unit D2 transmitted in the frame type specified by C1.

The block information (BI) C4 is stored in the address field (AF) C5 and the vector field (VF) in the interleave block section D2 of this frame.
It stores data defining the word number, the number of words, and the like, which are the starting points of C6. Also, at a predetermined frame interval, time correction information for correcting the clock function of the receiver as a time correction service is stored in a frame number of each cycle. 0 in the corresponding block information (BI) C4.

The address field (AF) C5 contains 32
Bit or 64-bit address data of the receiver of the call destination is stored. Vector field (VF) C
6 is a pair with the address field (AF) C5, and is a vector data (vector) that defines the word number and the number of words which are the starting points of the message field (MF) C7, the length and data type of the message data, and the like. (Including type data).

The message field (MF) C7 stores message data in the data format specified by the vector field (VF) C6. The idle block (IB) C8 is an unused block, and when a vacancy occurs in this frame, a bit pattern continuous with “0” or “1” is inserted.

The data format shown in FIG. 39 is interleaved and transmitted in time series in four independent phases a, b, c, and d. That is, if this advanced wireless paging method is adopted, the paging service company can multiplex one frame of data having different contents and transmit it at one time using the above four phases.

Further, in the paging system employing this advanced radio paging system, in addition to the basic paging service, a message number is added to the call from the center side equipment for each pager address and transmitted. On the center side, there is a "message serial number service" for managing transmission messages to which the message number is added, and an "information service" for transmitting various information messages such as exchange rates and weather information to a pager.

The user of the pager corresponding to such an advanced paging system can select to enjoy these additional services in addition to the basic services.
For example, when the “information service” is selected, the user can enjoy various information messages from an information provider (information service center) via a pager.

A case where the present invention is applied to the paging receiver in the paging system employing the above-described advanced radio paging system will be described below with reference to FIGS.

(First Embodiment) First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a paging system 10 according to the present invention.

The paging system 10 shown in FIG. 1 includes a telephone 1, a public line network 2, a paging center 3, a transmitting antenna 4, a pager 5 (5A, 5B, 5C), and an information service center 7.

The telephone 1 is a terminal device such as a push phone connected to the public line network 2, and is connected to the paging center 3 and the information service center 7 via the public line network 2. In addition, a public switched telephone network (PSTN: Public S)
The witched Telephone Network 2 is connected to the telephone 1, the paging center 3, and the information service center 7. The public line network 2 is an ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network).
ork).

[0069] A transmission antenna 4 is connected to the paging center (central base station) 3, and an information service center 7 is connected via a dedicated packet line 8. In the paging center 3, call destination data (call number) and message data (dial data) input from the telephone 1 or the pager 5 via the public line network 2.
Based on this, a series of data is transmitted to the call destination pager 5 by a radio signal (the data format is as shown in FIG. 39 described above) via the transmission antenna 4.

Further, in the paging center 3, the transmitting antenna 4 based on the call destination data (call number for the 4th address) and the data for the information service input from the information service center 7 via the dedicated packet line 8. The data for information service is transmitted to the pager 5 of the call destination by a wireless signal via the.

The transmitting antenna 4 is connected to the paging center 3
And radiates a radio signal frequency-modulated in the 280 [MHz] band under the control of the paging center 3.

The pager 5 (5A, 5B, 5C) is a radio communication terminal to which address data (identification data) unique to itself is given, and transmits a radio signal transmitted from the paging center 3 via the transmission antenna 4. It receives and performs incoming notification processing and message display processing. The pager 5 is connected to the telephone 1 by acoustic connection so that the DTMF
It has a so-called dialer function that enables data transmission to the paging center 3 and the information service center 7 by a (Dual Tone Multi-Frequency) signal.

Further, in response to a request for downloading game software (program) to the information service center 7 by a contractor's operation, the pager 5 is transmitted to the pager 5 by a radio signal from the information service center 7 via the paging center 3. By downloading the game software, the contractor 6 can play the game for a predetermined contract period with the information service center 7 in advance.

The information service center 7 is connected to the paging center 3 via a dedicated packet line 8, and has a system configuration including a data supply system 71 and a database 72. The information service center 7 sends various information messages to the contract pager 5 of the “information service” via the paging center 3 and the transmitting antenna 4, including, for example, exchange rates, text information such as news and flea market information. To transmit by radio signal.

The information service center 7 provides the contract user 6 with a download service of game software executable on the pager 5 owned by the user and as a part of the “information service”, and a usable period of the game ( It also manages the contract term and progress (clear level).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the paging center 3 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the paging center 3 includes an input / output circuit 301,
Switching section 302, call number collating section 303, subscriber memory 3
04, voice response circuit 305, transmission data memory 306,
It comprises a control unit 307, a message register 308, a vector register 309, an address register 310, a block information storage memory 311, a time clock circuit 312, and a transmission signal control unit 313.

The input / output circuit 301 is connected to the public line network 2, and outputs call destination data and message data input from the telephone 1 via the public line network 2 to the switching unit 302. In the input / output circuit 301, the voice response circuit 305
Is transmitted to the telephone 1 connected to the line.

Switching section 302 checks call destination data (call number) and message data (dial data) input from input / output circuit 301 according to the switching control from control section 307 to call number collation. Part 303
And a circuit for outputting the message data to the control unit 307.

Call number collation section 303 collates the call destination data input from switching section 302 with data registered in subscriber memory 304 in advance, and compares the collation result with control section 30.
7 is output.

The subscriber memory 304 stores the call number data (1s) of the pager 5 owned by the subscriber for each subscriber.
t to 4th address) and its address data (32
Bit) in association with each other or in a unit of a group receiving an information service, and reading and writing are controlled by the control unit 307.

The voice response circuit 305 has a function of generating voice guide data under the control of the control unit 307, outputting the voice guide data to the telephone 1 connected to the line via the input / output circuit 301, and responding by voice. Have.

The transmission data memory 306 associates the information message data transmitted from the information service center 7 with its call destination data (information service address or information service call number) and executes paging processing of the data. It has a memory area to temporarily store and manage until it is done.

The control unit 307 controls the operation of the entire paging center 3 and, in response to a pager call request from the telephone 1 or the pager 5 having a dialer function, a series of paging operations when calling the pager 5 to be called. It has a function to control processing. The control unit 307
Is connected to the information service center 7 by a dedicated packet line 8, and based on call destination data and information service data input from the information service center 7 via the dedicated packet line 8, The pager 5 has a function of controlling a series of paging processes when transmitting data relating to various information services (including a game software download service).

The message register 308 is provided in the control unit 30
7 is configured to store the transmission message data input from the control unit 7 and output the data to the transmission signal control unit 313. In the present invention, the information service center 7
Transmission data for an information service input from the dedicated packet line 8 (for example, in the present embodiment,
Game program data, block data table (see FIG. 12), game display control program data, game management table (see FIG. 15), contact telephone number, contract expiration date data, contract expiration date update data and level update data to be described later. Etc.) are also stored. The message data (including information service data) stored in the message register 308 is data stored in the message field (MF) C7 of the frame configuration C shown in FIG.

The vector register 309 includes a control unit 307
, And stores the vector data input from the transmission signal control unit 313. The vector data stored in the vector register 309 is data stored in the vector field (VF) C6 of the frame configuration C shown in FIG.

The address register 310 includes a control unit 307
And stores the address data and the frame data of the pager 5 of the call destination input from the server, and outputs the data to the transmission signal control unit 313. The address data and frame data stored in the address register 310 correspond to the address field (AF) C5 and the frame information (FI) of the frame configuration C in FIG.
Data stored in C2.

The block information storage memory 311 is a storage medium for storing setting information for setting the block information (BI) C4 of the frame configuration C in FIG. 39 by the control unit 307, and includes an address field (AF) C5. And data such as a word number serving as a starting point of the vector field (VF) C6.
7 controls reading and writing.

The time clock circuit 312 is a circuit for clocking the current time, and outputs clock data to the control unit 307.

The transmission signal control unit 313 includes a control unit 307,
It is connected to the message register 308, the vector register 309, and the address register 310, and reads message data, vector data, address data, and frame data from the message register 308, the vector register 309, and the address register 310, respectively, under the control of the control unit 307. The transmission data of the data format shown in FIG. 39 is formed. Then, this transmission data is output to the transmission antenna 4 under the control of the control unit 307, and wirelessly output to the pager 5 of the call destination.

Next, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information service center 7 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the information service center 7 includes a data supply system 71 and a database 72. The data supply system 71 includes a data input / output unit 710, a contractor memory 7
11, main frame 712, and data output unit 713
It consists of.

The data input / output unit 710 is connected to the public line network 2 and receives a call from the calling telephone 1 or pager 5 connected to the line by the public telephone number of the information service center.
A call number for the first address for personal authentication, which will be described later,
Upon receiving the contract term extension data, the clear level data, and the like, these data are output to the mainframe 712. The data input / output unit 710 sends voice announcement data input from the main frame 712 to the telephone 1 connected to the line.

The contractor memory 711 stores contractor name data as shown in FIG. 4 for each contractor who has contracted for the “information service” with the information service center (information providing company) 7. , Personal information data for customer management (address,
Contact information, occupation, work (school) place, age, birthday, account number to be charged, etc., pager data to be contracted, call number data (for the first address), and address data for the first address (32) Bit), call number for information service (for 4th address), address data for this 4th address (32 bits), game software identification number data, and clear level data (version data) indicating the progress of the game. And contract expiration date data of the game software, which are stored in association with each other. The reading and writing of these data are controlled by the main frame 712.

Further, in this contractor memory 711,
In the “game software identification number” item, the “clear level” item, and the “expiration date” item, data is stored only for a contractor who has contracted a game software download service with the information service center 7 concerned. You.

The two call number data (1st
The call number for the 1st address among the addresses for the 4th address is used when the contractor makes a game software download request, contract term extension request, clear / next level shift request (program version change request), or the like. ,
The information is transmitted from the telephone 1 or the pager 5 to the information service center 7, and the caller of the various requests (the caller pager 5) is a contractor of the game software download service (the contract pager 5). This is data set for specifying whether or not this is the case, that is, for personal authentication.

The mainframe 712 has a database management system, and has a CPU (Central
sing Unit), RAM (Random Access Memory), hard disk (including OS, data communication driver, etc.),
It is composed of a computer system including a speech synthesis circuit for announcement, a display, and the like, and a timer 712a.

The voice synthesis circuit for announcements generates voice announcement data under the control of the CPU, and outputs the voice announcement data to the telephone 1 connected to the line via the data input / output unit 710. In addition, the timer 712a
Clocks the current time and outputs the time data to a work area (not shown) in the main frame 712.

The main frame 712 controls the operation of the entire information service center 7 and executes a system control process (see FIG. 24) described later.

In this system control processing, the main frame 712 responds to a request for downloading game software from the telephone 1 or pager 5 of the caller, and the call number for the 4th address of the pager 5 of the callee to be downloaded. And programs and data related to the game software to be downloaded, that is, in the present embodiment, game program data, a block data table (see FIG. 12), a game display control program data, and a game management table (see FIG. 15). ), Contact telephone number, and contract term data
To the paging center 3 via. Further, the main frame 712 includes the telephone 1 and the pager 5 of the caller.
In response to a request for extending the contract term or a request for clearing / shifting to the next level, a call number for the 4th address of the caller pager 5 and contract term expiration data or level update data are transmitted to the dedicated packet line 8. To the paging center 3 via the Internet.

The data output unit 713 is connected to the paging center 3 via the dedicated packet line 8, and transmits transmission data (call destination data and information service data) input from the main frame 712 to the dedicated packet line. 8 to the paging center 3.

On the other hand, the database 72 is connected to the data supply system 71, and as shown in FIG. 5, for each storage address, game software identification number data, game name data, contact telephone number, and game software data. (For example, in the present embodiment, the game software data is
The game program data, block data table (see FIG. 12), game display control program data, and game management table (see FIG. 15), which will be described later, and the note data are set and stored in association with each other. These data are read and written by the main frame 712 of the data supply system 71. The "remarks" column stores game usage data and the like.

The operation of setting and registering the various data in the database 72 is performed by the operator of the information service center 7. For example, when the operator registers new game software data at the next storage address and inputs game name data, game software identification number data and contact telephone numbers are automatically set, and these data are registered in the database 72. Is done.

The contact telephone number is a telephone number for the information service center 7 and the contractor to establish a line connection. For example, the last digit of the telephone number differs for each game software. This contact telephone number is transmitted to the pager 5 when the game software is downloaded, and the information service center 7 uses the telephone number to connect to the line when requesting an extension of the contract term from the pager 5 or a request for clearing or shifting to the next level. The game used in the pager 5 of the caller can be specified by the contact telephone number.

Next, FIGS. 6A and 6B are external views of the pager 5 to which the present invention is applied, wherein FIG. 6A is a front view and FIG. 6B is a rear view. As shown in FIG. 6A, the pager 5 has a display window 500a opened on the front side of the main body casing 500.
5 composed of a liquid crystal display or the like
01 is provided.

Further, a speaker 510 is provided below and to the left of the display section 501 so as to face the sound window 500b, and further below the display section 501, other than in the game mode (for example, when an incoming message is displayed). ) Instructs the cursor to move up, down, left and right, and in the game mode, instructs the block falling from the top of the screen to move down and to the left and right. A cross key 504 is provided for instructing the UP operation.

In addition, below and on the right side of the display unit 501, a release key 505 for instructing switching between the incoming call waiting mode and the game mode, and for canceling or canceling other than the game mode, an incoming call waiting mode In the game mode, a memory key 506 for instructing start or temporary stop of the game, and in a mode other than the game mode, a cursor movement in the left and right directions, In the mode, a cursor key 507 for instructing rotation of a falling block is provided.

An LED 509 is provided above and to the right of the display unit 501 to emit a flashing light when a call is received or when a DTMF signal is emitted to notify the user that a call is being received or data is being transmitted. I have.

Further, on the left side of the main body casing 500, a reset operation is instructed by a pressing operation, and power ON / OFF switching is performed by a sliding operation up and down.
A main switch 502 for instructing a transition to the incoming call notification setting mode, and a dialer key 503 for instructing a start of DTMF signal output (dialer output) by a pressing operation are provided.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6B, on the back side of the main body casing 500, a DT is provided facing the sound emission window 500c.
A dialer speaker 5 that emits an MF signal at a predetermined volume
08, a storage cover 513 for storing a memory backup battery (button-type battery) in the main body is provided below the main body casing 50 by a screw 514.
Locked to zero.

When the storage lid 513 is opened, a memory reset switch (not shown) for resetting the storage contents of a ROM 520 (formed of an EEPROM) and a RAM 521 to an initial state is provided inside the storage lid 513. I have.

[0110] A storage lid 511 for storing a battery (primary battery or secondary battery) serving as a power supply for driving the pager 5 in the main body casing is provided with a push-sliding button on the rear side and lower portion. It is locked to the main body casing 500 by 512.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the pager 5. As shown in FIG. In the figure, the pager 5 is
The display unit 501 and the dialer speaker 5 shown in FIG.
08, LED 509, speaker 510, antenna 515, receiver 516, decoder 517, CPU5
18, ID-ROM 519, ROM 520, RAM 52
1, transmission data memory 522, deinterleave circuit 5
23, buffer memory 524, BHC decoder 52
5, a driver 526, 527, a key input unit 528, a transmission buffer 529, a DTMF signal conversion unit 530, and an amplifier 531. Each unit is a bus 532.
Connected by

The antenna 515 receives a radio signal (data format is as shown in FIG. 39 described above) transmitted from the paging center 3 shown in FIG. 1 via the transmitting antenna 4 and outputs it to the receiving unit 516. I do.

The receiving section 516 is connected to the decoder 517, intermittently drives under the control of the decoder 517, and demodulates the above-mentioned four types of frame type (modulation system and transmission rate) radio signals input from the antenna 515. After that, the received data is output to the decoder 517.

The decoder 517 determines the frame type of the received data based on the frame type data stored in the synchronization section 1 (S1) C1, and controls the driving of the receiving section 516 according to the determination result. Also, the decoder 517
Converts the demodulated and detected bit data of the own frame supplied from the receiving unit 516 into parallel data of 8 bits, and sequentially outputs the data to the buffer memory 524.

The decoder 517 includes a CPU 518.
The address data of the received data stored in the address field (AF) C5 by the ID-ROM 51
9, after receiving the detection signal output from the CPU 518 to the decoder 517 at the time of matching after matching with the address data registered in the address field registered in the own frame vector field (VF) C of the own frame including the matched address data.
6 and instructs the receiving unit 516 to continuously receive the message field (MF) C7.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 51
Reference numeral 8 denotes a central processing unit that controls each unit of the pager 5 according to various control programs stored in the ROM 520, and includes a clock circuit 518a that measures the current time and a timer circuit 518b. Specifically, the CPU 51
8 executes a main control process (see FIG. 16 and FIG. 17) described later when the power is turned on by sliding the main switch 502.

In this main control process, CPU 518
Executes a basic paging process, a message readout control process (see FIG. 19) set as a subroutine of the main control process, and a game control process (FIGS. 22
), A game data rewrite control process (see FIG. 25), and a contract term management process (see FIG. 26).

In these series of processes, the CPU 518
Stores the received data (1st to 3rd addresses) addressed to itself in the message memory (MM) 521a (see FIG. 14) of the RAM 521, and sets the value of the flag A to "1" from the stored received data addressed to itself. And the flag B
Of received message data whose value is "0", that is, received message data that has been read and has not yet been converted into block number data, and when transmitting the message data, there is mud entered by the message sender. Based on the number of digits of the data (message data) and the bonus level (BL) data corresponding to the incoming address, the number of blocks to be added to which sets the continuation range of the game executed by the pager 5 is calculated. Then, the added number data is stored in the game management memory (GC
M) The game management table stored in 521b (FIG. 15)
See)) in the "Number of blocks" item.

When the CPU 518 detects a program or data related to the game software from the received data addressed to itself following the 4th address, the program stored in the game function area 520B of the ROM 520 and the game management memory (GCM) 521b of the RAM 521 is detected. Or data (game software) is rewritten to the received game software. At this time, the CPU 518 stores the contact telephone number received as data relating to the game software in the ID-RO.
It is stored (rewritten) in the “contact phone number” item of M519.

Further, when the CPU 518 detects contract expiration date data or contract expiration date update data from received data addressed to itself following the 4th address, the CPU 518 stores the contract expiration date data or contract expiration date update data in the game management table based on the contract expiration date data or contract expiration date update data. Set or update the data of the "contract term" item. When detecting the level update data (version information) from the received data addressed to itself following the 4th address, the CPU 518 updates the data of the “current level” item stored in the game management table based on the level update data. Update.

ID-ROM (Identification code RO)
M) 519 is an EEPROM (Electrical Erasable Pr
As shown in FIG. 8, four types of incoming addresses (1st address, 2nd address (for dual call), 3rd address (for serial number service), 4th address (information Service (for games)))
The 32-bit address data (#A, #X) set in the pager 5 and v2, v1, v set in the vector field (VF) C6 of the data structure C in FIG.
This memory stores a combination of 0 and 3 bits of vector type data.

The address data #A is 32-bit address data set in the pager 5 for individual calling. In the case of a normal calling contract, the address data #A and the vector type data "011 (standard numeral) Vector) "and the calling number (1234-
56-7890) and is written by the paging center 3 as the first address (for basic call).

When "dual call" is set as an additional service, the address data #A, the vector type data "100 (special format numeric vector)", and the call number data (999 in FIG. 8)
9-99-9999) and are written by the paging center 3 as a second address (for dual call).

When "message serial number service" is set as an additional service, the address data #
A, vector type data "111 (numbered number vector)", and a calling number (in FIG. 8, 9876-5).
4-3210) is written by the paging center 3 as a 3rd address (for serial number service).

The address data #A is dedicated to the NP (numerical paging) service (numerical message, free word, fixed phrase). Also, 1s
The call number for the t address can be output as a dialer for personal authentication of the owner of the pager 5.

In this embodiment, the address data #X is 32-bit data set in the pager 5 for the information service (game). When the download service of the game software is contracted as an additional service, The address data #X, the vector type data “000 (maintenance vector)”, and the call number (1111-22-2333 in FIG. 8) are associated with each other and paging is performed as the 4th address (for information service (game)). Written by Center 3.

The maintenance vector is vector type data provided for the business operator (the paging center 3 or the information service center 7) to control the pager 5, and the program vector and the control data for the pager 5 are provided. This is set in the vector field (VF) C6 when data such as data is transmitted.

The ID-ROM 519 stores a contact telephone number (0000-in FIG. 8) corresponding to the downloaded game software in correspondence with the 4th address.
00-0001) is written.

[0129] Bonus level (BL) data is set in each of the first to third addresses. When calculating the number of dropped blocks in the game from the number of digits of dial data (message data) corresponding to received message data described later, the BL data is used in accordance with the incoming address of the received dial data (message data). This is data defining a conversion ratio of the number of dropped blocks to the number of digits of the dial data.

A ROM (Read Only Memory) 520 stores E
As shown in FIG. 9, a pager function area 520A for storing programs and data related to a basic paging function and a game function area 520B for storing programs and data related to downloaded game software are configured by an EPROM. It is roughly divided.

The pager function area 520A includes a program memory (PM) 520a, a character generator memory (CG) 520b, a dial data conversion table memory (DT) 520c, a free word conversion matrix memory (FM) 520d, and a paging processing program memory (PP). ) 520e, and a display control program memory (DC) 520f, and the game function area 520B is a block data memory (BM) 520.
g, Configuration data memory (CF) 520
h, and a game program memory (GM) 520i.

First, the memories 520a to 520f constituting the pager function area 520A will be described.
The program memory (PM) 520a is a memory area for storing various control programs for performing basic control of each section of the pager 5.

Character generator memory (CG) 5
Reference numeral 20b denotes a memory area for storing character data such as kana, alphanumeric characters, kanji, and symbols displayed on the display unit 501.

Dial data conversion table memory (D
T) 520c indicates the message field (MF) C7 when the destination address is the 1st to 3rd address.
Message data (bit data) stored in
Into four bits (B3, B2, B1,
B0) is converted into corresponding numerical data (dial data), and when the message data is converted into a dial,
This is a memory area for storing a dial data conversion table for converting the message data into dial data in order to calculate the number of digits.

A free word conversion matrix memory (F
M) 520d detects the free word start code “−−” (dial input “* 2 * 2”) at the head of the message data converted into the numeric data by the dial data conversion table, and the dial data ( Numerical data) is converted into two digits (line,
This is a memory area for storing a free word conversion matrix for converting a corresponding free word into columns.

Paging processing program memory (PP)
520e are various control programs related to the paging function, for example, a main control process described later (FIGS. 16 and 1).
7), a message reading control process (see FIG. 19) executed as a subroutine of the main control process, and a game data rewriting control process (see FIG. 2).
5), and a memory area for storing programs such as a contract term management process (see FIG. 26).

Display control program memory (DC) 520
f is a memory area for storing a display control program for controlling display of the display unit 501 in a mode other than the game mode, that is, when displaying data related to the paging function.

In the pager 5 according to the present embodiment,
In the game mode, as shown in FIG.
01 is used as a portrait screen (game mode screen 501B), and when the mode is not the game mode (for example, when displaying a message), the display unit 501 is displayed as shown in FIG.
Is used as a landscape screen (paging mode screen 501A).

Therefore, the display control program memory (DC) 520f stores a display control program for performing various displays such as message display using the display unit 501 as a horizontally long screen. At the time of display, the information is read out and executed by the CPU 518.

Next, the memories 520g to 520i constituting the game function area 520B will be described.

The block data memory (BM) 520g, the configuration data memory (CF) 520h, and the game program memory (GM) 520i that constitute the game function area 520B are stored in the block data table and the game display control, respectively. The program and the game program data are transferred from the information service center 7 to the pager 5 via the paging center 3 in response to a download request for the game software.
The data is wirelessly transmitted at the th address and stored in the corresponding memories 520g to 520i by a game data rewrite control process (see FIG. 25) described later.

In the block data memory (BM) 520g, the game downloaded to the pager 5 in the present embodiment, that is, blocks of various shapes falling one after another from the upper part of the screen are moved left or right, or As shown in FIG. 12, for a game (see FIG. 23) in which the game is rotated and piled up without gaps, as shown in FIG. 12, the level data from “1” to “6” set in the game and the A block data table is stored, which is stored in association with the shape pattern data (block pattern data) of the block to be dropped.

In this block data table, as the numerical value of the level data increases (1 → 6), the shape pattern of the block to be dropped becomes more complicated, and the difficulty of the game increases. In this block data table, four block pattern data are stored at each level, but blocks that are dropped from above the screen during the game are, for example, those whose current game level is “3”. In some cases, levels "1" to "3"
CPU from 12 types of block pattern data
518 is randomly selected. In other words, the higher the level, the more types of blocks you can drop,
Its shape becomes complicated.

Configuration
A game display control program for controlling display of the display unit 501 in the game mode is stored in the data memory (CF) 520h.

As described above, the pager 5 in the present embodiment uses the display section 501 as a portrait screen in the game mode as shown in FIG. In the game screen shown in FIG. 23, the height (H) and width (W) of the block stacking area 501i are changed according to the game level (the higher the level (1 → 6), the higher the height (H)). Is reduced, and the width (W) is reduced). The configuration data memory (CF) 520h stores a game display control program for displaying the display section 501 as a vertically long screen and displaying a block stacking area 501i corresponding to each level of the game. The display control program is executed by the CPU when the game is executed.
Read and executed by 518.

Game program memory (GM) 520i
Stores game program data for controlling the game. For example, in the present embodiment, a program for a game control process (see FIGS. 20 to 22) described later is stored.

RAM (Random Access Memory) 521
Is a message memory (MM) 5 as shown in FIG.
21a and a game management memory (GCM) 521b.

The message memory (MM) 521a is a memory area for storing received message data (1st to 3rd addresses) addressed to itself, as shown in FIG. 14, for each storage address, incoming address data and message data. , Incoming date and time data, dial digit number data, flag A, and flag B are stored in association with each other.

The message data is displayed on the display unit 50.
The number of dial digits is data indicating the number of dial operations input by a push phone operation (dial operation) required to create the message data. The value of the number of dial digits is calculated from the received message data in the ROM 52.
0 dial data conversion table memory (DT) 520
This is calculated using the dial data conversion table (see FIG. 10) stored in c.

The value of the flag A is a flag set to determine whether the received message data has been read (= “1”) or unread (= “0”).
When displayed at 01, "1" is set. The value of the flag B is a flag set to determine whether or not the value of the number of dial digits of the corresponding message data has been converted to the number of falling blocks in the game. Is set to "0" if not converted yet.

The game management memory (GCM) 521b stores a game management table (see FIG. 15) among programs and data related to the game software downloaded to the pager 5.

As shown in FIG. 15, the game management table includes game software identification number data, game name data, current level data, contract expiration date data, clear stage number data, and block number data relating to the downloaded game software. This is a table for storing and managing display control information, configurations and the like at each level, and managing the current configuration and the like of the game by flags.

In the game management table, the current level data and the contract expiration date data are transmitted by a radio signal transmitted from the information service center 7 via the paging center 3 in response to a contract expiration request or a clear / next level shift request. Rewritten.

The current level data is data indicating the current clear level of the game, and the clear step number data is data indicating the number of steps cleared when the game is executed. At the start of the game, the minimum value corresponding to the current level is set as an initial value from the numerical range data of the number of clear steps provided for each level described later at the start of the game.

The number-of-blocks data is data indicating the remaining number of blocks to be dropped from above the screen when the game is executed. When the game is started, the flag A is set by referring to the message memory (MM) 521a.
“1” and the flag B = “0”, that is, the number of dial digits of the received message data that has been read and not yet converted × the bonus level (B
L), and when the game is executed, the decrement (-)
1) is done.

The "display control information" item includes, for example, when the game being executed is temporarily interrupted (for example, when the memory key 506 is pressed during the game, when the number of blocks "0" is detected, when message reception is detected, etc.). ) Stores the game screen information.

In the game management table shown in FIG. 15, the shape pattern (block pattern) of the block to be dropped and the height (H) and width (H) of the block stacking area 501i are associated with each level of the game. W) and the configuration such as the drop speed (S) of the block are set. Furthermore, in correspondence with each of the above levels,
Numerical range data of the number of clear stages for each level is set.

The flag C is a flag set for managing a block pattern to be dropped according to the clear level of the game, and the flag D is a block stacking area 501i according to the clear level of the game.
Is a flag set to manage the height (H) and width (W) of the game and the falling speed (S) of the block. The flag E is a numerical range data of the number of clear steps according to the clear level of the game. This is a flag set to manage.

For example, in the game management table shown in FIG. 15, the value of the current level data is set to “2”.
"76-175" (stage) is set, the level 1 and level 2 block patterns are set to be used in the game by the value of the flag C, and the height of the block stacking area 501i is set by the value of the flag D. (H) is "2
8 ", the width (W) is set to" 20 ", and the block drop speed (S) is set to the level" 2 ".

This game management memory (GCM) 521b
The values of the flags C, D, and E in the CPU 5 are used in a game data rewriting control process (see FIG. 25) described later.
18 is rewritten.

The transmission data memory 522 forms a memory area for storing a plurality of message data created in the message creation / transmission mode and a plurality of call numbers.

The deinterleave circuit 523 separates and restores one frame of parallel data sequentially input from the buffer memory 524 for each phase according to the frame type data stored in the synchronization section 1 (S1) C1. (Interleave recovery) and convert to serial data.

In this deinterleave circuit 523, interleave recovery is performed only on the received data of 16 bits of 3200 BPS (binary / 4 value) and 32 bits of 6400 BPS (4 value) transmitted interleaved from the paging center 3. That is, 160
In the case of 0 BPS (binary), since there is no need to perform deinterleaving at the stage of conversion to parallel data in the decoder 517, interleave recovery is not performed.

The buffer memory 524 stores a maximum of one frame in its own frame (interleave block unit D
A memory area for temporarily storing the data of 2) in block units until the termination of the incoming call processing is formed. Also, the interleave recovery by the deinterleave circuit 523 and the CPU
This memory is used as a work area when performing error correction processing, address collation, and the like according to 518.

The BHC decoder 525 performs error correction on the 1-block data using the 10-bit BCH code and the even-number parity bits included in the 1-block data restored by the deinterleave circuit 523.
The number of error bits is output to the CPU 518.

The driver 526 includes a driving circuit for controlling the driving of the display unit 501, a display buffer, and the like. The display unit 501 includes a liquid crystal display or the like, and displays a message content based on received or created message data, a game screen, or the like.

The driver 527 is a drive circuit for driving and controlling the LED 509 and the speaker 510. L
The ED (Light Emitting Diode) 509 is a driver 52
Based on the drive signal from, when the data arrives at the pager 5 or when the dialer is output, the light flashes to notify the user that the incoming call or data is being transmitted.

The speaker 510 outputs a predetermined notification sound at the time of data arrival based on the drive signal from the driver 509 to notify the user of the incoming call, and at the time of the game mode, various sound effects and melody sounds. Output.

The key input section 528 includes the main switch 502, dialer key 503, cross key 504, release key 505, memory key 506, and cursor key 50 described above.
7 and a memory reset switch (not shown).
Output to PU518.

The transmission buffer 529 stores a call number and message data designated for transmission, or a contact telephone number and a subsequent call number for the first address of the pager 5, extension data of contract term, clear level data, and the like. A memory area for temporarily storing transmission data is formed.

The DTMF signal converter 530 converts the transmission data (numerals (0 to 9)) stored in the transmission buffer 529.
, And a symbol (*, #)) are sequentially fetched one digit at a time from the beginning, and a DTMF signal corresponding to the fetched one digit data is sequentially generated and output to the amplifier 531.

The amplifier 531 includes a DTMF signal conversion unit 53
DTMF signals sequentially input from 0 are amplified at a predetermined amplification rate and sequentially output to the dialer speaker 508. The dialer speaker 508 is connected to the DTMF from the amplifier 531.
A dial tone is emitted at a predetermined volume based on the signal. The above is the configuration of the pager 5 in the present embodiment.

Next, the operation will be described. First, the main control process executed by the CPU 518 of the pager 5 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.
This will be described based on the display example shown in FIG. When the main switch 502 is slid and the power is turned on, the CPU 518 reads a program related to the main control process stored in the paging process program memory (PP) 520e of the ROM 520 and starts the process.

In this main control process, CPU 518
First, after performing initialization processing such as initialization (step A1), it is determined whether or not the date has been changed by referring to the timekeeping data by the timekeeping circuit 518a (step A2). Executes the contract expiration date management process (see FIG. 26) set as a subroutine of the main control process (step A3).

Further, the CPU 518 determines in the step A2
If it is determined that the date has not been changed, the synchronization unit 2 (S2) C3 of the data structure C shown in FIG.
The synchronization of the reception timing is measured based on the data stored in the memory (step A4). When the synchronization of the reception timing is established (step A5), thereafter, only the own frame and the frame including the time correction information are intermittently transmitted. The respective sections of the pager 5 relating to data reception are controlled so as to receive the data, and the mode is shifted to the intermittent reception mode (step A6).

In this intermittent reception mode, CPU 518
First, it is determined whether or not the memory key 506 is pressed (step A7). If the memory key 506 is pressed, a message reading control process (described later) set as a subroutine of the main control process is performed (step A7). (See FIG. 19) (step A8). That is, the mode shifts to the message reading mode.

[0177] The CPU 518 executes the processing in step A7.
If it is determined that the memory key 506 has not been pressed in step, it is then determined whether or not the release key 505 has been pressed (step A9).
Is pressed, a game control process (described later with reference to FIG. 2) set as a subroutine of the main control process is performed.
0 to FIG. 22) (step A10). That is, the mode shifts to the game mode.

Further, the CPU 518 determines in the step A9
If it is determined that the release key 505 has not been pressed in step, it is then determined whether or not the own frame has been detected (step A11). If the own frame has not been detected, the process returns to step A6.

Also, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step A1
If it is determined in step 1 that the own frame has been detected,
The data of the own frame (for one frame) is sequentially received (including demodulation, detection, parallel data conversion, interleave recovery, and error correction processing) (step A1).
2) Then, the address data stored in the address field (AF) C5 and the vector field (V
F) It is determined whether or not the combination with the vector type data stored in C6 matches one of its own incoming addresses (1st to 4th) stored in ID-ROM 519 (step A13).

If the CPU 518 determines that the destination address of the received data does not match any of its own destination addresses, the CPU 518 discards the received data for one frame (step A14) and returns to step A6. .

Also, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step A1
If it is determined in step 3 that the incoming address of the received data matches one of its own incoming addresses, then
It is determined whether the incoming address of the received data is the 4th address (step A15).
If the address is the th address, a game data rewriting control process (see FIG. 25), which is set as a subroutine of the main control process, is executed (see FIG. 25).
6).

Also, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step A1
If it is determined in step 5 that the incoming address is not the 4th address, the received data (incoming address data, message data, and incoming date and time data) is stored in the message memory (MM) 521a (see FIG. 14) of the RAM 521 (step A17). . At this time, the values of the flags A and B are both set to “0”.

Next, CPU 518 converts the received message data into dial data, and converts the number of digits of the dial data into a dial data conversion table stored in dial data conversion table memory (DT) 520c (see FIG. 10). And the calculated dial digit number data is stored in the message memory (MM) 52.
1a (step A18).

Thereafter, the CPU 518 reads out the display control program stored in the display control program memory (DC) 520f, starts the program, sets a message display screen (step A19), and then sets the timer circuit 51.
8b is started to start measuring a predetermined time (step A20).

Then, the CPU 518 controls the driver 527
Drive the LED 509 and the speaker 510 via
Incoming call notification is performed in a preset incoming call notification mode (step A21). Then, in steps A22 and A23, any one of the keys 502 to 507 is pressed within a predetermined time measured by the timer circuit 518b. It is determined whether a reset operation has been performed (steps A22 and A23).

If CPU 518 determines that the reset operation has been performed within the predetermined time, it sets the value of flag A of the corresponding received message data to "1" (read) in message memory (MM) 521a. After that, the timer circuit 518b is reset (step A
24). Thereafter, the CPU 518 stops the notification of the incoming call, reads out the corresponding received message data from the message memory (MM) 521a, and executes the driver 52
6 is driven to display the received message on the display unit 501 (step A25), and the process returns to step A6.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a display example of a message based on received message data. As shown in the figure, when displaying a message, the CPU 518 sets the display unit 501 as a landscape screen (paging mode screen 501A) based on the display control program stored in the display control program memory (DC) 520f, and displays the message memory ( Based on the received message data stored in the MM) 521a, the incoming address is displayed in the incoming address display area 501b, the incoming date and time is displayed in the incoming date and time display areas 501c and 501d, and the message content is displayed in the message display area 501e. . In the figure, reference numeral 501a denotes an electric field strength mark indicating the level of the received electric field strength.

On the other hand, the CPU 518 determines in the step A2
2 and A23, if it is determined that the reset operation has not been performed within the predetermined time, the message memory (M
M) In 521a, the value of the flag A of the corresponding received message data is kept at "0" (unread) (step A26), the incoming call notification is stopped, and the message is not displayed (step A27). Return to A6. The above is the CP of the pager 5 in the present embodiment.
It is an operation procedure of a main control process executed by U518.

The intermittent data receiving operation includes message reading control processing (see FIG. 19), game control processing (see FIGS. 20 to 22), game data rewriting control processing (see FIG. 25), and contract expiration date management processing which will be described later. (See FIG. 26) and so on. When an incoming data addressed to the pager 5 is detected, an interrupt signal forcibly forcibly waits for an incoming signal in the main control process (a series of steps after step A6). Processing), data reception and incoming call notification processing are performed.

Next, a message reading control process executed as a subroutine of the main control process will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. CP
In U518, step A is executed in the main control process.
At step 8, the program related to the message read control process stored in the paging process program memory (PP) 520e of the ROM 520 is read and the process is started.

In this message read control process, the CPU 518 first sets the message memory (MM) 52
Regarding the received message data stored in 1a,
A search is started in descending order (larger order) of the storage address data (step B1), and the value of the flag A is set to "0", that is, it is detected whether unread received message data is stored (step B2). ).

When the CPU 518 detects the received message data in which the value of the flag A is "0" (unread), the CPU 518 sets the value of the flag A to "1" (step B3). The message data (unread) is read from the message memory (MM) 521a and displayed on the display unit 501 (step B4).

Next, the CPU 518 sets the cursor key 5
It is determined whether or not the next message display has been instructed by pressing the key 07 (step B5).
If has not been pressed, the process returns to step B4, and the display of the received message (unread) is continued. If the CPU 518 determines that the cursor key 507 has been pressed, the process returns to step B1.

On the other hand, the CPU 518 determines in the step B2
If it is determined that there is no received message data in which the value of the flag A is "0" (unread), then the received message data stored in the message memory (MM) 521a is stored in descending order of the storage address data. The received message data (read) is read (step B6), and the received message (read) is displayed on the display unit 501.
(Step B7).

Thereafter, the CPU 518 sets the cursor key 5
It is determined whether or not the next message display has been instructed by the pressing operation of the button 07 (step B8).
Is pressed, the process returns to step B6, and the next received message data (read) is read out in the descending order of the storage address data and displayed on the display unit 501.

Also, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step B8
If it is determined that the cursor key 507 has not been depressed in the step (3), then it is determined whether or not the memory key 506 has been depressed (step B9). Returning to B7, the display of the received message (read) is continued. If the CPU 518 determines that the memory key 506 has been pressed in step B9, the CPU 518 terminates the message reading control process, returns to step A6 of the main control process, and shifts to the incoming call waiting mode. The above is the operation procedure of the message reading control process executed by the CPU 518 of the pager 5 in the present embodiment.

Next, before explaining the game control processing executed as a subroutine of the main control processing, the contents of the game executed by the pager 5 in this embodiment will be explained.

This game is a game in which blocks of various shapes falling one after another from the upper part of the screen are moved right and left or rotated to compete for stacking without gaps. An example of the game screen is shown below. As shown in FIG.

At the time of game execution, the CPU 518 displays the display unit 5 based on the game display control program stored in the configuration data memory (CF) 520h.
01 is used as a portrait screen (game mode screen 501B). Then, as shown in the figure, even during the game, the electric field strength mark 501a is displayed above and on the left end of the screen, and the current date and time is displayed in a current date and time display area 501f provided above and on the right end of the screen. .

The next block display area 501g includes:
The block to be dropped next is displayed, and the score display area 50 is displayed.
In 1h, the current score is displayed. The block stacking area 501i provided below the next block display area 501g and the score display area 501h is a display area where the game is actually performed.
01g next block display area 501g from the upper center in 01i
Are sequentially dropped one by one.

The shape pattern of the falling block is:
520 g of block data memory (BM) as described above
Are set in association with each level data in the block data table (see FIG. 12). As the game level increases, the shape pattern increases and the shape becomes complicated. In addition, the drop order of the blocks is determined by the CPU 51 from a plurality of blocks set at each level.
8 is set at random.

The user moves the falling block left and right by pressing the cross key 504 left and right, and rotates the block by pressing the cursor key 507 to stack the blocks. They are stacked without gap from below the area 501i.

At this time, if blocks are stacked in one or more horizontal rows in the block stacking area 501i, the number of columns is counted as the number of clear steps, and the block display of that row is erased in the block stacking area 501i. At the same time, points corresponding to the number of cleared columns are added.

When the counted number of clear steps exceeds the maximum value in the numerical range of the number of clear steps of the level set in the game management table (see FIG. 15), the game level is increased by one. When the game level rises, as described above, the shape pattern of the falling block increases, and the shape becomes complicated. Further, the falling speed of the block is increased, and the block stacking area 5
01i height (H) decreases or its width (W)
And the difficulty of the game increases. Note that the game is over if the blocks are stacked up to above the block stacking area 501i.

A game control process for controlling the above-described game will be described below with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. This game control process is executed as a subroutine of the main control process. When the CPU 518 proceeds to step A10 in the main control process, the CPU 518 executes a program related to the game control process stored in the game program memory (GM) 520i of the ROM 520. Read and start the process.

First, the CPU 518 checks the contract expiration date with reference to the contract expiration date data stored in the game management table (see FIG. 15) of the game management memory (GCM) 521b (step C1). It is determined whether or not it is (step C2).

When the CPU 518 determines that the contract has expired, the CPU 518 displays a message to that effect on the display unit 501 (step C3), and determines whether the release key 505 has been pressed. (Step C
4) If the release key 505 is not pressed, the process returns to step C3, and the message display is continued. If the CPU 518 determines that the release key 505 has been pressed in step C4, the CPU 518 ends the game control process, returns to step A6 of the main control process, and shifts to the incoming call waiting mode.

On the other hand, the CPU 518 determines in the step C2
If it is determined that the contract has not expired, the value of the flag A is "1" for the received message data stored in the message memory (MM) 521a, and
The received message data with the value of the flag B being “0”, that is, the received message data that has been read and has not yet been converted into the block number data is searched (step C5).
It is determined whether the received message data is stored (step C6).

[0209] If the CPU 518 determines that the corresponding received message data is not stored, the process proceeds to step C10. If the CPU 518 determines that the corresponding received message data is stored, the received message data (dial data)
Is read from the message memory (MM) 521a, the bonus level (BL) data corresponding to the incoming address data is read from the ID-ROM 519, and the added number data of the block number data is calculated according to the following equation ( Step C7). Addition number data of block number data = Dial digit number data x BL data

Next, the CPU 518 sets the value of the flag B of the corresponding received message data to "1" in the message memory (MM) 521a (step C8), and stores the added number data calculated in step C7 in the game memory. It is added to the "number of blocks" item in the management table (step C9).

When a plurality of the above-mentioned received message data are present in the message memory (MM) 521a, the series of block number data adding processes shown in steps C5 to C9 are performed for each of the received message data. Shall be

Thereafter, the CPU 518 reads out and starts the game display control program from the configuration data memory (CF) 520h (step C10), and refers to the game management table to execute the configuration (step C10) according to the current level. For example, the block pattern, the height (H) and width (W) of the block stacking area 501i, the falling speed of the block (S), etc.)
Is set (step C11).

Then, the CPU 518 reads the display control information from the game management table, displays the game screen at the time of the previous interruption on the display unit 501 (step C).
12) Read out the block number data from the game management table and display it on the display unit 501 (step C1).
3).

Next, the CPU 518 sets the release key 505
It is determined whether or not has been pressed (step C14).
When the release key 505 is pressed, the game control process is terminated, the process returns to step A6 of the main control process, and shifts to the incoming call waiting mode.

If the CPU 518 determines that the release key 505 has not been pressed, the CPU 518 then determines whether or not a game start has been instructed by pressing the memory key 506 (step C15). 5
If No. 06 has not been pressed, step C13
And the display of the number of blocks is continued.

On the other hand, the CPU 518 controls the memory key 50
If it is determined that the button 6 has been pressed, the game is started (step C16), and on the game screen shown in FIG. 23, the block that falls in response to the pressing operation of the cross key 504 in the horizontal direction is moved in the horizontal direction. (Cross key 504
The downward pressing operation increases the drop speed of the block), and the block is rotated in accordance with the pressing operation of the cursor key 507. In addition, the CPU 518 sequentially decrements (−1) the value of the block number data stored in the game management table in accordance with the drop of the block, and also performs a horizontal 1
When the blocks are piled up more than the number of columns, the number of columns is added to the clear stage number data stored in the game management table (step C17).

Next, the CPU 518 determines whether or not the game is over (step C18). If the game is over, the value of the clear step number data stored in the game management table is set to the initial value of the game level. After resetting (step C19), the above step C13
Return to

Further, the CPU 518 executes the processing in the step C1.
If it is determined in step 8 that the game is not over, then it is determined whether or not the value of the block number data in the game management table is "0" (step C20), and the value of the block number data is "0". In this case, the game is interrupted (step C21), the game screen information at the time of the interruption is stored as display control information in the game management table (step C22), and the process returns to step C13.

Further, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step C2
If it is determined that the value of the block number data is not "0" at 0, then it is determined whether or not a temporary stop of the game is instructed by a pressing operation of the memory key 506 (step C23), and the memory key 506 is pressed. If the operation has been performed, the process described in steps C21 and C22 is performed, and the process returns to step C13.

[0220] The CPU 518 determines in the step C2
If it is determined in step 3 that the memory key 506 has not been pressed, then it is determined whether the value of the clear step number data of the game management table has exceeded the maximum value of the clear step number numerical range set for the game level. No, that is, it is determined whether or not the level has been cleared (step C24). If the level has not been cleared,
Returning to step C17, the game is continued. Also,
When determining that the level has been cleared, the CPU 518 interrupts the game (step C25) and stores the game screen information at the time of the interruption in the game management table as display control information (step C26).

Then, CPU 518 displays a level clear message on display portion 501, and displays a message asking whether or not to perform level up (step C27), and then determines whether or not a level operation has been instructed by a key operation. Is determined (step C28). And CP
If U518 determines that the level up has not been instructed, it resets the value of the clear step number data stored in the game management table to the initial value of the game level (step C29), and then proceeds to step C11. Return.

Further, the CPU 518 determines in the step C2
If it is determined in step 8 that the level up has been instructed, the contact telephone number from the ID-ROM 519 and the call number for the first address of the pager 5, and
After reading the current level data (clear level data) from the game management table, and transferring the read contact telephone number, call number for the first address, and clear level data to the transmission buffer 529 (step C30), Transition to the standby state (Step C3)
1).

Next, the CPU 518 sets the dialer key 5
03 is pressed (step C32), the contact telephone number stored in the transmission buffer 529 is converted into a DTMF signal by the DTMF signal converter 530, and the amplifier 53
1 and dial tone output via the dialer speaker 508 (step C33).

The dial tone of the contact telephone number emitted from dialer speaker 508 is transmitted to an exchange (not shown) via telephone 1 and public network 2 which are acoustically connected. The telephone 1 that is acoustically connected is connected to the information service center 7 having the contact telephone number (step C3).
4).

Next, when the dialer key 503 is pressed again (step C35), the CPU 518 converts the call number and clear level data for the first address stored in the transmission buffer 529 into DTMF signals in the same manner. The dial tone is output from the dialer speaker 508 (step C36).

Thereafter, the CPU 518 displays a message indicating that the game is interrupted until the level data rewriting process is completed by the information service center 7.
01 (step C37), and then a release key 505
It is determined whether or not is pressed (step C38),
If the release key 505 has not been pressed, the process returns to step C37, and the message display is continued. If the CPU 518 determines that the release key 505 has been pressed, the game control process ends, the process returns to step A6 of the main control process, and shifts to the incoming call waiting mode. The above is the description of the pager 5 in the present embodiment.
7 is an operation procedure of a game control process executed by the CPU 518 of FIG.

Next, the system control processing executed in the information service center 7 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The mainframe 712 executes the following system control processing based on a program related to the system control processing stored in a hard disk (not shown) in the mainframe 712.

In this system control processing, the main frame 712 first holds a line connection waiting state (standby state) (step D1), and then determines whether a new line connection has been detected (step D2). If no new line connection is detected, the process returns to step D1.

[0229] If it is determined in step D2 that a new line connection has been detected, the mainframe 712 is the line connected by calling the new connection line using the contact telephone number. It is determined whether or not this is the case (step D3).

If the main frame 712 determines that the newly connected line is not the line connected by calling the contact telephone number (ie, the common telephone number set for rewriting the game software) If it is determined that the line has been called and connected), the announce speech synthesis circuit (not shown) in the main frame 712 "rewrites the game software.
Pager phone number (call number for 1st address)
Please input by dial operation. "Is generated and transmitted to the calling telephone 1 via the data input / output unit 710 (step D4).

Next, when the main frame 712 receives the calling number for the first address of the pager 5 inputted by the dial operation from the calling telephone 1 in response to the voice announcement (step D5), the main frame 712 receives the calling number. Is compared with the subscriber memory 711 (step D6).

The main frame 712 stores the call number for the first address from the caller in the subscriber memory 71.
Then, it is determined whether or not the calling number for one of the first addresses stored in No. 1 matches and the contractor has subscribed to a game software download service (step D7). If the software download service has not been subscribed, the voice synthesizing circuit for announcement generates voice announcement data saying "There is no applicable contract." And sends it to the telephone 1 of the caller via the data input / output unit 710. After transmission (step D8),
The process returns to step D1.

[0233] If it is determined in step D7 that the caller has subscribed to a game software download service, the mainframe 712 determines which game software among the plurality of game software stored in the database 72. Voice announcement data asking whether software is to be downloaded is generated by the voice synthesis circuit for announcement, and transmitted to the telephone 1 of the caller (step D9).

When the mainframe 712 recognizes the game software to be downloaded based on the number input by the dialing operation from the calling telephone 1 in response to the voice announcement (step D10), the mainframe 712 corresponds from the database 72. The game software data (game program data, block data table (see FIG. 12), game display control program data, and game management table (see FIG. 15)) and the contact telephone number are read out, and The call number for the 4th address of the caller pager 5 is read from the subscriber memory 711. Further, contract term data of the game software is created.

Then, the main frame 712 is
The call number for the th address and programs and data related to the game software (game program data, block data table, game display control program data,
The game management table, the contact telephone number, and the contract expiration date data are transmitted to the data output unit 713, and transmitted to the paging center 3 via the dedicated packet line 8 (step D11).

The paging center 3 sends the caller pager 5 via the transmission antenna 4 based on the call number for the 4th address input from the information service center 7 and the program or data relating to the game software. The program and data relating to the game software are wirelessly output at the 4th address.

After that, the main frame 712 stores the item data (game software identification number data,
After rewriting the clear level data and the contract term data (step D12), the process returns to step D1.

On the other hand, if the main frame 712 determines in step D3 that the newly connected line is a line that has been called by the contact telephone number and has been connected, the main frame 712 determines that the connected line The telephone number is specified (step D13), and the contact telephone number is checked against the database 72 (step D14) to specify the game used at the caller. Next, the main frame 7
12 checks the calling number for the first address of the pager 5 input from the pager 5 of the caller against the subscriber memory 711 (step D15).

Then, the main frame 712 determines whether the game used by the caller has been specified and whether the caller has subscribed to a game software download service (step D16). If one or more of the conditions is not satisfied, the above-described step D7
After performing the processing described in (1), the process returns to step D1.

[0240] If the game to be used is specified in step D16 and it is determined that the caller has subscribed to the game software download service, the mainframe 712 then proceeds to the pager 5 of the caller. Then, the data inputted subsequent to the call number for the first address is analyzed (step D17), and it is determined whether or not the subsequent data is contract term extension data (step D18).

When the mainframe 712 determines that the subsequent data is the contract term extension data, the main frame 712 updates the contract term data in the contractor memory 711 based on the contract term extension data (step D19). The call number data for the 4th address of the pager 5 of the caller and the updated contract term data (contract term update data) are read from the contractor memory 711 and sent to the data output unit 713, via the dedicated packet line 8. After transmitting to the paging center 3 (step D20), the process returns to step D1.

If the mainframe 712 determines in the step D18 that the subsequent data is not the contract term extension data, it determines that the data is the clear level data and updates the clear level data in the contractor memory 711 (step D18). D21), the calling number for the 4th address of the pager 5 of the caller and the updated clear level data (level update data) are read out from the subscriber memory 711 and transmitted to the data output unit 713, and are transmitted via the dedicated packet line 8. After transmitting to the paging center 3 (step D22), the process returns to step D1.

At the paging center 3, based on the call number for the 4th address and the contract expiration date update data or the level update data input from the information service center 7, the pager 5 of the caller is transmitted via the transmitting antenna 4. And wirelessly outputs the contract term update data or the level update data at the 4th address. The above is the main frame 71 of the information service center 7 in the present embodiment.
2 is an operation procedure of a system control process executed by the second embodiment.

Next, a game data rewriting control process executed as a subroutine of the main control process will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. C
When the PU 518 proceeds to step A16 in the main control process, the PU 518 reads a program related to the game data rewrite control process stored in the paging process program memory (PP) 520e of the ROM 520 and starts the process.

In this game data rewriting control processing, the CPU 518 firstly sets the message field (M
F) It is determined whether or not the received data stored in C7 is level update data (step E1). If not, the process proceeds to step E10.

In addition, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step E1.
When it is determined that the received data is the level update data, the game management table (FIG. 1) in the game management memory (GCM) 521b is determined based on the level update data.
5), the current level data stored in the game management table is updated (step E2).
The configuration (for example, the block pattern, the height (H) and width (W) of the block stacking area 501i, the drop speed (S) of the block, etc.) according to the updated current level data is indicated by flags C, D, Set by E (step E3).

After that, the CPU 518 sets the timer circuit 5
18b is started to start measuring a predetermined time (step E4). Then, the CPU 518 transmits the LED 509 and the speaker 510 via the driver 527.
To display an alarm,
01 is displayed (step E5).

Next, CPU 518 determines whether or not any of keys 502 to 507 has been pressed to perform a reset operation (step E6). If the reset operation has not been performed, then a timer circuit is executed. 518
It is determined whether or not the predetermined time counted by b has elapsed (step E7). If the time has not elapsed, the process returns to step E5, and the message display is continued.

In addition, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step E7
When it is determined that the time has expired, that is, when it is determined that the reset operation has not been performed within the predetermined time, the timer circuit 518b is reset and the alarm notification is stopped, and the data rewriting is completed. Is always displayed on the display unit 501 until a reset operation is performed (step E8), the game data rewriting control process is terminated, the process returns to step A6 of the main control process, and the mode shifts to the incoming call waiting mode. I do.

In addition, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step E6.
If it is determined that the reset operation has been performed in step, that is, if it has been determined that the reset operation has been performed within a predetermined time, the timer circuit 518b is reset (step E9), and the game data rewrite control process is terminated. Returning to step A6 of the main control process,
Move to the incoming call waiting mode.

On the other hand, the CPU 518 determines in step E1
If it is determined that the received data is not the level update data in step E10, the process proceeds to step E10, where it is determined whether the received data is contract expiration date update data (step E1).
0), if not contract expiration date update data, step E12
Move to

In addition, the CPU 518 executes the processing in the above-mentioned step E1.
If the received data is determined to be contract expiration date update data at 0, the contract expiration date data stored in the game management table is updated based on the contract expiration date update data (step E11), and the process proceeds to step E4. Then, after performing the series of processes described in steps E4 to E9, the game data rewriting control process ends, the process returns to step A6 of the main control process, and shifts to the incoming call waiting mode.

In addition, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step E1.
If it is determined that the received data is not the contract expiration date update data at 0, it is determined that the game software is to be downloaded (rewritten) (step E12).
Then, the storage contents of the game function area 520B and the game management memory (GCM) 521b of the RAM 521 are erased (step E13).

Thereafter, the CPU 518 stores the game program data included in the received data in the game program memory (GM) 520i of the ROM 520, the block data table in the block data memory (BM) 520g,
The game display control program data is stored in the configuration data memory (CF) 520h, and the game management table is stored in the game management memory (GCM) 52 of the RAM 521.
1b (step E14).

Next, the CPU 518 stores the contract term data included in the received data in the game management table (step E15), and sets the current level data to “1” (initial value) in the game management table. (Step E16). Then, the configuration according to the current level data is set by the flags C, D, and E (step E17).

After that, the CPU 518 stores the contact telephone number included in the received data in the ID-ROM 519 (step E18), and then proceeds to the step E4 to execute the series of steps described in the steps E4 to E9. After performing the processing, the game data rewriting control processing is terminated, and the process returns to step A6 of the main control processing to shift to the incoming call waiting mode. The above is the operation procedure of the game data rewriting control process executed by the CPU 518 of the pager 5 in the present embodiment.

Next, a contract term management process executed as a subroutine of the main control process will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. When the CPU 518 proceeds to step A3 in the main control process, the CPU 518 reads out a program related to the contract term management process stored in the paging process program memory (PP) 520e of the ROM 520 and starts the process.

In this contract term management process, the CPU 51
8 first compares the current date data clocked by the clock circuit 518a with the contract expiration date data stored in the game management table of the game management memory (GCM) 521b (step F1). It is determined whether or not the date matches the term data (step F2).
If the current date data does not match the contract expiration date data, the contract expiration date management process is ended, the process returns to step A6 of the main control process, and shifts to the incoming call waiting mode.

Also, the CPU 518 determines in the step F2
If it is determined that the current date data coincides with the contract expiration date data, the timer circuit 518b is activated to start measuring a predetermined time (step F3). Then, the CPU 518 drives the LED 509 and the speaker 510 via the driver 527 to perform alarm notification, and displays a warning message indicating that the contract expiration date has expired on the display unit 501 (step F4).

Next, CPU 518 determines whether or not a reset operation has been performed (step F5). If the reset operation has not been performed, then the predetermined time counted by timer circuit 518b is timed out. It is determined whether or not the process has been performed (step F6). If the time has not elapsed, the process returns to step F4, and the display of the warning message is continued.

Also, the CPU 518 executes the processing in step F6
When it is determined that the time has expired, that is, when it is determined that the reset operation has not been performed within the predetermined time, the timer circuit 518b is reset and the alarm notification is stopped, and it is determined that the contract expiration date has expired. The displayed warning message is constantly displayed on display unit 501 until a reset operation is performed (step F7). Thereafter, the CPU 518 stores the game management memory (GCM) 5
After erasing the data of the game management table stored in 21b (step F8), the contract term management process ends, the process returns to step A6 of the main control process, and shifts to the incoming call waiting mode.

In step F8, the game management table is deleted, and various data related to the game software, that is, a block data table and a configuration data memory (BM) stored in the block data memory (BM) 520g. CF) 5
Game display control program data stored in 20h, game program memory (GM) 5 in ROM 520
The game program data stored in 20i and the contact telephone number stored in the ID-ROM 519 may be deleted.

On the other hand, the CPU 518 determines in step F5
If it is determined that the reset operation has been performed in step, that is, if it is determined that the reset operation has been performed within a predetermined time, the timer circuit 518b is reset and the alarm notification is stopped (step F9).

Then, as shown in FIG. 27A, the CPU 518 displays a message on the display unit 501 asking whether the contract term has been extended (step F10).
It is determined whether the extension of the contract term is instructed by a key operation (step F11). If the extension of the contract term is not instructed, the process described in step F8 is performed, and then the contract term management process is performed. And returns to step A6 of the main control process to shift to the incoming call waiting mode.

Further, the CPU 518 executes the processing in the step F1.
If you are instructed to extend the contract period in 1,
As shown in FIG. 27B, an extension period setting screen is displayed on the display unit 501 (step F12).

Then, the CPU 518 sets the extension period of the contract term by key operation (step F1).
3) The extension period data of the set contract term (contract term extension data), the contact telephone number read from the ID-ROM 519, and the call number for the first address of the pager 5 are transferred to the transmission buffer 529. Later (step F14), the process shifts to the standby state (step F14).
15).

Next, the CPU 518 sets the dialer key 5
When 03 is pressed (step F16), the contact telephone number stored in the transmission buffer 529 is converted into a DTMF signal and dial tone output from the dialer speaker 508 (step F17).

[0268] The pager 5 is designated by the contact telephone number emitted from the dialer speaker 508.
After the telephone 1 to which the telephone number is acoustically connected and the information service center 7 having the contact telephone number are connected (step F18), when the dialer key 503 is pressed again (step F19), the CPU 518 executes After similarly converting the call number for the first address and the contract term extension data stored in the transmission buffer 529 into a DTMF signal and outputting a dial tone from the dialer speaker 508 (step F20), the contract term management process ends. The process returns to step A6 of the main control process and shifts to the incoming call waiting mode. The above is the operation procedure of the contract term management process executed by the CPU 518 of the pager 5 in the present embodiment.

In the present embodiment, the game control process (see FIGS. 20 to 22) described above is for performing data reception during the game with the following control configuration and continuing the game. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the block number data can be compensated.

FIG. 2 shows a modification of the game control process.
This will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. In this modification, a series of processes described below is added between step C15 and step C16 of the game control process described above.

First, the CPU 518 performs a series of processing up to step C15 of the game control processing described above.
In response to the pressing operation of the memory key 506 (step C1
5) Start the game (step G1).

Then, the CPU 518 moves or rotates the falling block on the game screen in accordance with the pressing operation of the cross key 504 or the cursor key 507 to the left or right. In addition, the value of the block number data is sequentially decremented (−1) in accordance with the drop of the block, and when the blocks are stacked without less than one horizontal row, the number of rows is counted as clear stage number data (step G2). ).

Next, the CPU 518 determines whether or not it has received the message data addressed to itself (1st to 3rd addresses) (step G3). The process moves to step C18 of the process. If the CPU 518 determines that message data addressed to itself has been received,
The game is interrupted (step G4), and the game screen information at the time of the interruption is stored as display control information in the game management table (step G5).

Thereafter, CPU 518 notifies the incoming call for a predetermined time (step G6), and displays a message indicating that there is incoming data or a mark on display unit 501 (step G7).

[0275] Then, the CPU 518 operates the memory key 5
06 is pressed or not (step G).
8) If the memory key 506 is pressed, a message indicating that there is incoming data or a mark display is always displayed at the corner of the screen of the display unit 501 until a reset operation is performed (step G9). Then, the process shifts to step C18 in the game control process described above.

[0276] The CPU 518 executes the processing in step G8.
If it is determined that the memory key 506 has not been pressed in the step (3), then it is determined whether or not the release key 505 has been pressed (step G10).
If the button 5 has not been pressed, the process returns to step G7, and the message display or the mark display is continued. If the CPU 518 determines that the release key 505 has been pressed, the CPU 518 reads out and starts the display control program stored in the display control program memory (DC) 520f, performs screen setting for message display, and performs display setting. 501 is switched from the game mode screen 501B to the paging mode screen 501A (step G1).
1).

Next, CPU 518 displays the received message data stored in message memory (MM) 521a on display unit 501 (step G12), and sets both the values of flags A and B corresponding to the received message data to “ It is set to 1 "(step G13). And
Based on the number of dial digits of the received message data and the bonus level (BL) corresponding to the incoming address, the added number data of the block number data is calculated and added to the "block number" item of the game management table (step G14). .

After that, the CPU 518 sets the release key 505
Is determined to have been pressed to return to the game mode (step G15). If the release key 505 has not been pressed, the process returns to step G3. If the CPU 518 determines that the release key 505 has been pressed, the CPU 518 reads out and starts the game display control program stored in the configuration data memory (CF) 520h, and performs game screen settings.
The display unit 501 is switched from the paging mode screen 501A to the game mode screen 501B (step G1).
6).

Then, the CPU 518 reads the display control information from the game management table, displays the game screen at the time of the previous interruption on the display unit 501 (step G).
17), read out the block number data from the game management table and display it on the display unit 501 (step G1)
8).

Next, the CPU 518 sets the memory key 5
It is determined whether or not the game start has been instructed by the pressing operation of 06 (step G19). If the memory key 506 has not been pressed, the process returns to step G18 and the display of the number of blocks is continued. Also, the CPU 518
If it is determined that the memory key 506 has been pressed, the process proceeds to step C16 of the game control process described above to start the game. Thereafter, a series of processes after step C16 of the game control process are executed.
The above is the description of the CPU 51 of the pager 5 in the present embodiment.
8 is a modification example of the game control process executed by the game control process 8.

With such a control configuration, the user sends a message to the pager 5 (self) during the game, so that the block number data is supplemented in order to continue the game. Can be.
The above is the description of the first embodiment.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the second embodiment, a case will be described in which the pager 5 in the above-described first embodiment downloads game software different from that of the first embodiment.

That is, in the second embodiment, the basic hardware configuration of the paging system and the telephone, public line network, paging center, transmitting antenna, pager, information service center and the like constituting the paging system are as follows. This is the same as the first embodiment described above. Therefore, each component is assigned the same reference numeral as in the first embodiment, and only a part unique to this embodiment will be described.

First, the contents of the game downloaded to the pager 5 in this embodiment will be described. In this game, blocks consisting of two blocks of various shapes falling one after another from the top of the screen are moved left and right or rotated and stacked, and three blocks of the same shape are stacked vertically or horizontally. This is a game in which the points are added by aligning the above, and an example of the game screen is shown in FIG.

In the figure, the next block display area 501
The block to be dropped next is displayed in g, and the current score is displayed in the score display area 501h. Further, a block stacking area 501i provided below the next block display area 501g and the score display area 501h is a display area where a game is actually played, and from the upper central portion of the block stacking area 501i to the next block display area 5i.
The blocks displayed on 01g sequentially fall one by one.

The falling blocks are set in the block data table (see FIG. 29) described later stored in the block data memory (BM) 520g in association with each dial data. The drop order of each block is set by block appearance order data of a game management table (see FIG. 31) described later stored in a game management memory (GCM) 521b.

The user moves the falling block in the left-right direction by pressing the cross key 504 in the left-right direction, and rotates the block by pressing the cursor key 507 to stack the blocks. They are stacked from below the region 501i.

At this time, if three or more block pieces having the same shape are aligned in the block stacking area 501i in the vertical or horizontal direction, a score corresponding to the number of the aligned block pieces is counted as a clear point. The display of the aligned block pieces is deleted in the stacking area 501i.

When the counted number of clear points exceeds the maximum value of the numerical range of the number of clear points of the level set in the game management table (see FIG. 31) described later.
One game level up. When the game level goes up,
As the falling speed of the block increases, the height (H) of the block stacking area 501i decreases, or
The difficulty of the game increases, for example, the width (W) becomes narrow. If the blocks are stacked above the block stacking area 501i, the game is over.

Although the game downloaded in the present embodiment uses a block composed of two block pieces, the number of block pieces constituting the block is not limited to two. . In addition, the block pieces may have different configurations, instead of different shapes.

The case where the above-described game is downloaded to the pager 5 will be described below. The pager 5 requests the information service center 7 to download game software.
Can be downloaded from a plurality of game software stored in the database 72.

When a download request for the game software of the above-described game content is made, the information service center 7 executes a system control process (see FIG. 24) executed by the main frame 712 to set the pager via the paging center 3. 5, programs and data relating to the game software, that is, in the present embodiment, game program data, a block data table (see FIG. 29), game display control program data, a game management table (see FIG. 31), The contact telephone number and the contract term data are transmitted at the 4th address.

The pager 5 receives programs and data related to the game software, and executes game data rewrite control processing (see FIG. 25) to store the game program data in the game program memory (GM) of the ROM 520.
520i, a block data table in a block data memory (BM) 520g, and game display control program data in a configuration data memory (CF).
At 520h, the game management table is stored in the game management memory (GCM) 521b of the RAM 521, respectively.
In addition, the contract term data is stored in the game management table, and the contact telephone number stored in the ID-ROM 519 is rewritten.

The block data memory (B
As shown in FIG. 29, the M) 520g stores a block data table that stores each dial data and a block pattern including two block pieces having various shapes in association with each other.

In the block data table, the block corresponding to the dial data “*” is a bonus block. When the blocks are stacked in the game, the bonus block and one block piece adjacent to the bonus block are connected. Erased unconditionally.

The configuration data memory (C
F) At 520h, the display unit 501 in the game mode is displayed.
Is a portrait screen, and a game display control program for displaying a block stacking area 501i corresponding to each level of the game is stored.

Game program memory (GM) 520i
Stores game program data for controlling a game, for example, a program for a game control process (see FIGS. 32 to 34) described later in the present embodiment.

Message Memory (MM) of RAM 521
521a is the received message data addressed to itself (1st to
3rd address).

FIG. 30 shows a memory configuration of the message memory (MM) 521a. The memory configuration shown in FIG.
Although the memory configuration is the same as that of the message memory (MM) 521a in the first embodiment described above, the dial data item stores dial data of received message data in order.

For example, if the message data is “Omedeto” (free word), “Dial data”
The item includes dial data “* 2 * 21574440445313 *” corresponding to the free word “Omedeto”.
8 ”are stored in order. By the way, from the top,
“* 2 * 2” is a free word start code, “15744”
"40444513" is a free word code of "Omedeto", and "* 8" is a free word end code. The dial data is converted from the received message data (bit data) into a dial data conversion table memory (DT).
It is converted using the dial data conversion table (see FIG. 10) stored in 520c.

As shown in FIG. 31, the game management memory (GCM) 521b stores game software identification number data, game name data, current level data, contract expiration date data, and clear point data relating to the downloaded game software. In addition to storing and managing block number data, display control information, block appearance order data, configurations and the like at each level, a game management table for managing the current configuration and the like of the game by flags is stored.

[0302] In this game management table, the clear score data is data indicating the current score when the game is executed. As the value of the clear score data, a minimum value corresponding to the current level is set as an initial value from the numerical value data of clear scores provided for each level described later at the start of the game.

[0303] The block number data is data indicating the remaining number of blocks to be dropped from above the screen when the game is executed, and is data indicating the number of dial data stored in the "block appearance order" item described later. is there.

[0304] The block appearance order data (dial data) stored in the "block appearance order" item is data for setting the order of blocks to be dropped from above the screen during the game. FIG.
), The order of the blocks to be dropped is set according to the order of the dial data of the received message data stored in the “block appearance order” item.

For example, as shown in FIG. 31, dial data "* 2 * 2157444" is added to the "block appearance order" item.
445513 * 8... ”Is stored in FIG.
As can be seen by referring to the block data table shown in FIG.
Blocks corresponding to “2”, blocks corresponding to “*”, blocks corresponding to “2”, blocks corresponding to “1”,... Are dropped in this order.

Also, in the game management table shown in FIG. 31, the height (H) and width (W) of the block stacking area 501i, the falling speed (S) of the block, etc. are associated with each level of the game. Configuration has been set. Further, numerical range data of clear points for each level is set in association with each level.

The flag D is a flag set for managing the height (H) and width (W) of the block stacking area 501i and the falling speed (S) of the block according to the clear level of the game. , Flag E is a flag set for managing the numerical range data of the clear score according to the clear level of the game.

Next, the operation will be described. Pager 5 and information service center 7 in the present embodiment
Executes various control processes basically similar to those of the pager 5 and the information service center 7 in the first embodiment described above.

[0309] However, in the present embodiment, the operation of the game control processing differs due to the download of game software different from that of the first embodiment. Therefore, the game control process will be described below with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

The description of the same control components as in the game control process (see FIGS. 20 to 22) in the first embodiment will be omitted.

In this game control process, CPU 518
Is the message memory (MM) 5 in step H6.
Regarding the received message data stored in 21a, the value of the flag A is "1" and the value of the flag B is "0", that is, the received message data is converted into read and still data of the number of blocks. It is determined whether there is no received message data stored (step H6). If the corresponding received message data is not stored, the process proceeds to step H10.

[0312] If the CPU 518 determines that the corresponding received message data is stored, the dial data of the received message data is read out from the message memory (MM) 521a, and a bonus corresponding to the received address data is read out. The level (BL) data is read from the ID-ROM 519, and the dial data of the received message data is stored in the "block appearance order" item of the game management table (see FIG. 31) for the BL data (step H7).

For example, when the dial data of the received message data is “123456890” and the BL data corresponding to the destination address is “× 2”,
In the “block appearance order” item, dial data “12”
That is, in the "block appearance order" item, the dial data of the corresponding received message data is repeatedly stored for the BL data.

Next, the CPU 518 sets the value of the flag B of the corresponding received message data to "1" in the message memory (MM) 521a (step H8), and stores it in the "block appearance order" item in the step H7. The data of the item "number of blocks" of the game management table is added by the number of the dial data (step H9).

The series of block number data addition processing shown in steps H6 to H9 is performed for each of the received message data when a plurality of the corresponding received message data exist in the message memory (MM) 521a. Shall be.

If it is determined in step H16 that the memory key 506 has been pressed, the CPU 518 starts the game (step H16) and proceeds to FIG.
In the game screen shown in FIG. 5, the block that falls in response to the pressing operation of the cross key 504 in the left and right direction is moved in the left and right direction (the pressing operation of the cross key 504 in the downward direction increases the falling speed of the block). , Cursor key 5
The block is rotated according to the pressing operation of 07. Also,
The CPU 518 sequentially decrements (−1) the value of the block number data stored in the game management table in accordance with the drop of the block, and sequentially dials the dial data stored in the “block appearance order” item from the beginning.
Erase one by one. Further, when three or more block pieces having the same shape are aligned in the vertical or horizontal direction in the block stacking area 501i, the CPU 518 calculates a score corresponding to the number of the aligned block pieces in the clear score data stored in the game management table. (Step H17).

In the processing after step H18, the game control processing in the first embodiment (FIGS.
Compared to the processing after step C18 in FIG.
Since there is no difference except that the clear stage number data is changed to the clear point number data (steps H19 and H29), the description is omitted. The above is the operation procedure of the game control process executed by the CPU 518 of the pager 5 in the present embodiment.

The game control process is a modification of the game control process in the first embodiment (see FIG. 28).
As shown in the above, the configuration may be such that data reception is performed during the game, and the block number data for continuing the game can be compensated. The above is the description of the second embodiment.

The game control process described in the first embodiment (see FIGS. 20 to 22) and its modification (see FIG. 28) or the game control process described in the second embodiment (see FIG. 28). 32 to 34), the pager 5 transmits a clear / next level shift request to the information service center 7, and if the information service center 7 does not rewrite the level data, the game cannot shift to the next game level. Although the control configuration has been described, the present invention is not limited to the above-described content. When the level is cleared, the CPU 518 in the pager 5 stores the current level data stored in the game management table (see FIGS. 15 and 31). May be updated (incremented) to shift to the next game level.

In the first and second embodiments, the number of dial digits of the received message data and the bonus level (B
L), the control configuration is such that the block number data is added, that is, the block number data is added based on the data amount of the received message data. However, the present invention is not limited to the above description. The number of blocks is added in accordance with the number of times of reception and the bonus level (BL) corresponding to the destination address. For example, one message is received at the first address at a time.
A control structure for adding block number data based on the number of times of receiving message data, such as adding 0, adding 20 messages at one time for message reception at the second address, and adding 40 messages at one time for message reception at the 3rd address. Is also good. In addition, it goes without saying that the method of adding the block number data may be changed together with rewriting of the game software.

As described above, according to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518
(Setting means, measuring means) include an antenna 515, a receiving unit 5
16, decoder 517, CPU 518, ID-ROM
519, a deinterleave circuit 523, a buffer memory 524, a BHC decoder 525, etc., for the self-addressed reception data (1st to 3rd address) received by the data reception unit (reception means), the number of dial digits of the message data and reception Based on the number of times (the amount of received data), the game function area 520B of the ROM 520 (first storage means: block data memory (BM) 520)
g, Configuration data memory (CF) 520
h, a game program memory (GM) 520i) and a game management memory (GCM) 521b of the RAM 521.
The block number data (execution processing range) of the game (processing) based on the game software (program) stored in the (first storage means) is set.

Therefore, the continuation range of the game executed by the pager 5 can be set according to the data amount of the received message data or the number of receptions.

According to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518 (setting means, measuring means) is included in the received data addressed to itself received by the data receiving section (receiving means). The game function area 520B and the game management memory (GCM) 521b (first storage) based on the received address data (identification information) of the first to third rds and the number of dial digits and the number of receptions (data amount) of the received message data. The block number data (execution processing range) of the game (processing) based on the game software (program) stored in (means) is set.

Therefore, based on the amount of received message data, or the number of times of reception, and the incoming address data included in the received data, it is possible to set the continuation range of the game executed on the pager 5.

Further, according to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518 (setting means, measuring means, confirming means) receives the self-addressed data received by the data receiving section (receiving means). 1st ~ included in the data
Based on the 3rd reception address data (identification information) and the number of dial digits and the number of receptions (data amount) of the received message data, the game function area 520B and the game management memory (GCM) 521b (first storage means) The number of blocks (execution processing range) of a game (process) based on the stored game software (program) is set.

Therefore, based on the data amount of the received message data, or the number of times of reception, and the incoming address data included in the received data, it is possible to set the continuation range of the game executed on the pager 5.

Further, according to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518 (setting means, measuring means) receives the self-received data (1st data) received by the data receiving section (receiving means). (3rd address), the number of dial digits and the number of receptions (data amount) of the received message data (flag A = “1”) displayed on the display unit 501 (first output unit, display unit) are measured.

Therefore, according to the received message data displayed on the display unit 501 of the received message data, that is, the data amount of the received message data whose contents have been confirmed by the user or the number of receptions, the pager 5 executes the received message data. Of the game can be set.

According to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518 (control means, reception means, and detection means) includes the game function area 520B and the game management memory (GCM) 521b (first If data reception is detected during execution of a game (processing) based on the game software (program) stored in the storage means, the game is temporarily suspended, and the game screen information (execution processing result) is stored in the game management memory. (GCM) 521b (second storage means), and the message content of the self-addressed reception address data (1st to 3rd address) received by the data receiving section (receiving means) is displayed on the display section 501 ( (Third output means, display means).

Therefore, when new data is received during the execution of the game, the message content of the new received message data can be immediately displayed on the display screen. After the display of the received message data, it is possible to return to the interrupted game. Therefore, the game can be continued while compensating for the block number data necessary for continuing the game by transmitting a message to itself during the game.

According to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518 (output control means)
Are used to display the contents of a received message on the display unit 501 (first output unit and display unit),
Output means, third output means, display means). Different display control is performed in the case where game contents are displayed.

[0332] Therefore, it is possible to make the display form different between the case of displaying the received message content and the case of displaying the game content, and it is possible to perform an easy-to-read screen display according to the display content.

According to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518 (program detecting means and program rewriting means) receives the self-addressed data received by the data receiving section (receiving means). When a program or data related to the game software is detected from the data (4th address), the game software (program) stored in the game function area 520B and the game management memory (GCM) 521b (first storage unit) is transmitted to the received game. Rewrite to software.

Therefore, the pager 5 can rewrite the game software based on the received data, and the continuation range of the game based on the rewritten game software can be changed according to the data amount of the received message data or the number of receptions. Can be set.

According to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518 (program detecting means, program rewriting means, measuring means, first changing means) rewrites game software (program). Then, the data amount of the received message data and the measurement standard of the number of times of reception can be changed.

Therefore, the pager 5 can change the data amount of the received message data and the measurement standard of the number of receptions in accordance with the rewriting of the game software. Can be changed.

Further, according to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518 (expiration date data setting means, resetting means) receives the self-address received by the data receiving section (receiving means). If contract expiration data or contract expiration data (use expiration data) is detected from the received data (4th address), the game software (program) is executed based on the contract expiration data or contract expiration data.
Set or update the expiration date.

Therefore, the pager 5 can set or update the expiration date of the game software (game based on the game software) based on the received data.

Further, according to the pager 5 in the first and second embodiments, the CPU 518 (version information detecting means and second changing means) receives the self-address received by the data receiving section (receiving means). Received data (4
When the level update data (version information) is detected from the (th address), the difficulty level (version information) of the game based on the game software (program) is changed and set based on the level update data.

Therefore, the pager 5 can change the level of the game executed on the pager 5 based on the received data.

Further, from the above, the first and the second
According to the embodiment, in the paging system 10 using the pager 5 as a terminal, the game software can be provided to a terminal user by a download service. Further, the paging system 10
In the information service center 7, changing the setting standard of the continuation range of the game based on the game software executed by the pager 5 as a terminal, setting or updating the expiration date of the game software, difficulty of the game It is possible to change the degree level.

(Modification) Next, a modification of the first and second embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS. In this modification, the same components as those of the paging system 10 and the pager 5 in the above-described first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a paging system 10 'according to this modification. It is assumed that the paging system 10 'in this modification also follows the above-mentioned advanced wireless paging method.

The paging system 10 'shown in FIG.
It comprises a telephone 1, a public line network 2, a paging center 3, a transmitting antenna 4, a pager 5 '(5A'), an information service center 7, and a software house 9.

The pager 5 ′ (5A ′) is a radio communication terminal to which address data (identification data) unique to itself is given.
, And performs an incoming call notification process, a message display process, and the like. The pager 5 ′ has a so-called dialer function that can transmit data to the paging center 3 and the information service center 7 by a DTMF signal by acoustically connecting to the telephone 1.

Further, in the pager 5 ', a cassette (described later in detail) as a storage medium storing programs and data relating to game software is stored in the pager 5'.
After the user registration of the game software is performed with the information service center 7, a game based on the game software stored in the cassette can be performed.

Software house (software development and sales company) 9
Are connected to the information service center 7 via the public line network 2, and have already been sold according to the game software usage data and the progress data of each user sent from the information service center 7. Adjustment of the difficulty level of the software can be performed via the information service center 7 and the paging center 3.

FIG. 37 shows the pager 5 'shown in FIG.
(A) is a front view, (b) is a rear view,
(C) is a side view. As shown in FIG. 37 (c), the pager 5 ′ is provided on the right side of the main body casing 500.
A cassette insertion port 542 for mounting the cassette 543 shown in FIG. 37 (a) to the main body is provided.
An eject button 5 for ejecting the cassette 543 inserted into the cassette insertion slot 542 and mounted on the main body.
41 are provided.

FIG. 38 shows the pager 5 'shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of FIG. In the figure, a pager 5 'is a display unit 501, a dialer speaker 508, and L of the pager 5 shown in the first embodiment.
ED509, speaker 510, antenna 515, receiving unit 516, decoder 517, CPU 518, ID-R
OM 519, ROM 520, RAM 521, transmission data memory 522, deinterleave circuit 523, buffer memory 524, BHC decoder 525, driver 52
6,527, a key input unit 528, a transmission buffer 529,
The DTMF signal converter 530 and the amplifier 531 and the cassette 543 and the input / output interface 544 shown in FIG.
2 are connected.

[0350] The cassette 543 is a storage medium storing game software, and is formed of a magnetic or optical recording medium or a semiconductor memory. This cassette 54
3 includes programs and data corresponding to the game program data, the block data table, the game display control program data, the game management table, and the game software identification number data described in the first and second embodiments. , Is stored.

The input / output interface 544 outputs the programs and data stored in the cassette 543 to each section of the pager 5 ′ via the bus 532.
The difficulty data rewritten by the
3 is an interface for storing the information.

Next, an outline of service contents in this modification will be described with reference to FIG. In this modification, since the contractor 6 'purchases the cassette 543 storing the game software, basically, the first and second contractors 6'
The following description is based on the assumption that there is no concept of a contract expiration date described in the embodiment.

The contractor 6 ′ sets the paging center 3 in advance.
And a contract for using the 4th address for the game has been completed (of course, a normal calling contract is also made), and the ID-ROM 519 of the pager 5 ′ owned by the user has 1s.
It is assumed that address data for the t and 4th addresses and their respective call numbers and vector type data have been written. It is also assumed that the contractor memory 711 of the information service center 7 has written therein personal information data of the contractor 6 ′, address data for the 1st and 4th addresses, and respective call numbers.

The software house 9 informs the information service center 7 before the new game cassette 543 is sold.
Contact In response, the information service center 7 sets and stores the game software identification number data for the game, the game name data, the contact telephone number, and the remarks data in association with the database 72. Then, the game software identification number data set in the database 72 is notified to the software house 9, and the software house 9 stores the game software identification number data in the game cassette 543 and contracts the game cassette 543 for a certain period of time. 6 'for free distribution.

Note that a plurality of game levels are set for the game stored in the cassette 543, and the game can shift to the next level when a predetermined clear condition is satisfied. In addition, this game has a plurality of levels of difficulty, such as VE (Very Easy) and E (E
asy), N (Normal), H (Hard), SH (Super Hard)
The difficulty level is set in five levels.

The game level and the difficulty level are managed by flags, and information relating to the difficulty level of the game is not disclosed to the user, and the user cannot change the difficulty level. This difficulty level is set to N (Normal) at the time of shipment.

[0357] First, the contractor 6 'sets the cassette 543 on the pager 5'. At the time of initial setting, a message indicating that user registration is to be performed on the information service center 7 is displayed. In response to this, the contractor 6 ′ establishes a line connection from the telephone 1 to the information service center 7 via the public line network 2. Then, a call number for the first address and game software identification number data are transmitted as user registration.

[0358] In response to this, the information service center 7 confirms that the caller is the contractor, and then receives the game software identification number received in the "game software identification number" item of the corresponding contractor in the contractor memory 711. After the number is stored, the contact telephone number data corresponding to the game software identification number data is read out from the database 72, and wirelessly transmitted to the calling pager 5 'via the paging center 3 and the transmitting antenna 4.

Upon receiving the contact telephone number, the pager 5 'stores the contact telephone number in the ID-ROM 51.
Write 9 As a result, the user registration is completed, and the programs and data relating to the game software stored in the cassette 543 are transferred to the R via the input / output interface 544.
The data is transferred and stored in the corresponding memory such as the OM 520 or the RAM 521, and the game can be played on the pager 5 '.

The level clear / next level shift request from the pager 5 'is performed as described in the first and second embodiments, whereby the information service center 7 "clears" the contractor memory 711. The data of the "level" item is updated according to the progress of the game of each terminal user.

In the information service center 7, based on the data stored in the “game software identification number” item and the “clear level” item of the contractor memory 711,
It generates game usage data, game progress data, etc., and generates such information and personal information data (name, address, contact information, occupation, work ( Attending school) location, age, birthday, etc.)
Is periodically sent to the software house 9.

In the software house 9, based on such information, for example, when the difficulty of the game is too simple and many users easily advance to the next level, or conversely, the difficulty of the game is Judgment is made when it is too difficult for many users to advance to the next level, and the game software game balance for general sale is adjusted.
When selling the cassette 543, a request for changing the difficulty level is made to the information service center 7. In response, the information service center 7 transmits the difficulty change data to the pager 5 ′ via the paging center 3 by a radio signal of the 4th address.

Note that the difficulty level of this game may be changed for all users of the game at once or individually for each user. Also, 10
It may be performed for each age group, such as a user in their twenties or a user in their twenties, or may be performed in consideration of gender or the like.

When the cassette 543 is sold, the pager 5 'receives the difficulty level change data and, based on the difficulty level change data, stores the game difficulty level stored in the game management memory (GCM) 521b of the RAM 521. Only the data flag is changed, and the difficulty level data stored in the cassette 543 via the input / output interface 544 is also changed.

With the above configuration, it is not necessary to download the game software by wireless communication, so that the burden of communication costs on the contractor 6 'can be reduced. In addition, the concentration of traffic in the paging system 10 'can be prevented.

[0366] On the other hand, in the software house 9, the information service center 7 uses the game, the progress of the game,
The personal information of the purchaser of the cassette 543 can be obtained. Note that the game stored in the cassette 543 cannot be executed without user registration.
User registration is much more accurate than conventional mail or personal computer communication, and the software house 9 can more accurately grasp the sales of the game and the purchaser. In addition, such information can be used for sales strategies and the next game software development.

Further, in the software house 9, it is possible to adjust the difficulty level of the game software that has already been sold based on the information from the information service center 7, thereby providing more detailed user support. it can.

An ID number is assigned to each cassette 543, and this ID number is also managed in the contractor memory 711 of the information service center 7.
If the D number is sent to the information service center 7 together with the call number for the first address and the game software identification number, the information service center 7 is registered at the time of user registration.
By checking the duplication of the ID numbers in, it is possible to prevent fraud such as rental use of the game cassette 543. The above is the outline of the service content in this modified example.

In this modification, the cassette 54
The cassette 543 is configured to supply the game software to the pager 5 ′ by using a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, or a storage medium including a semiconductor memory, such as a floppy disk or a CD-ROM. R
Any form, such as an OM or an IC memory card, may be used.

In this modification, the first and second
Although the description has been made on the assumption that there is no concept of a contract expiration date described in the above embodiment, a configuration in which a contract period is provided may be adopted. In this case, since the software house 9 can obtain a certain game usage fee from the user via the information service center 7 during the contract period, the selling price of the game cassette 543 can be set to an extremely low price. The game cassette 543 can be advantageously sold.

Although the present invention has been specifically described based on the first and second embodiments and modifications thereof,
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and its modified example, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be appropriately changed without departing from the gist thereof.

For example, in the above-described first and second embodiments, the information service center 7 is configured so that the score data of the game can be transmitted from each pager 5 to the information service center 7. Information services such as creating score ranking information for each game based on the score data and distributing the score ranking information to each pager 5 may be provided. Furthermore,
A service such as giving out prizes to the top prize winners in this score ranking may be provided.

The software supplied by download or cassette is not limited to game software. In such a case, according to the data amount of the received data and the number of times of data reception, a control function may be added such that a function usable in processing based on the software is newly added or the function level of the function is increased. Good.

In the first and second embodiments and the modifications thereof, the case where the present invention is applied to the paging system corresponding to the advanced radio paging system and the pager corresponding to this system has been described. This is not limited to the paging system, for example,
FM teletext broadcasting system capable of receiving teletext, an MCA data communication system such as a receiver thereof, a teleterminal system, and a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) used in the MCA data communication system;
The present invention may be applied to a mobile phone, a PHS, and a smart phone (Smart Phone) having a data communication function, a personal computer communication system such as the Internet, and a personal computer terminal.

[0375]

According to the invention as set forth in claims 1 to 3, and 11 and 12, such a function is provided in an information communication system having the receiving device as a terminal in a service mode corresponding to a reception amount for each terminal user. The service content for the terminal user can be further enhanced.

According to the invention of claim 4, when new data is received during execution of the program, the message content of the new received message data can be immediately displayed on the display screen. After displaying the received message data, it is possible to return to the interrupted program. Therefore, the program can be continued while supplementing data necessary for continuing the program by transmitting a message to itself in the middle of the program.

According to the fifth, sixth, and thirteenth aspects of the present invention,
The display form can be made different between the case where the contents of the received message are displayed and the case where the contents of the program are displayed.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the receiving apparatus, the program can be rewritten based on the received data, and the continuation range of the program based on the rewritten program is determined by the data amount of the received message data or It can be set according to the number of receptions and the like.

[0379] According to the eighth aspect of the invention, the receiving apparatus can change the data amount of the received message data and the measurement standard of the number of receptions according to the rewriting of the program. The setting standard of the possible range can be changed.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the expiration date of the program can be set or updated based on the received data.

According to the tenth aspect, the receiving apparatus can change the level of the program executed in the receiving apparatus based on the received data.

According to the fourteenth aspect, for example,
If the configuration is such that the program used in the receiving device is distributed by a data cassette or the like, it is not necessary to download the program such as the game software by wireless communication, so that the burden of the communication cost on the user can be reduced. In addition, concentration of traffic in the data receiving system can be prevented.

According to the fifteenth aspect of the present invention, in the data receiving system, it becomes possible to provide game software to a user of the receiving apparatus by a download service. Further, in the information service center of the data receiving system, changing the setting standard of the continuation range of the game based on the game software executed on the receiving device, setting or updating the expiration date of the game software, the difficulty level of the game Can be changed.

According to the sixteenth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an execution processing control method of a program for setting a processing range of a specific processing executed in the data receiving system according to the data amount of the received data. . Further, in particular, when the specific processing is a game, it is possible to provide a method of controlling the execution of a program for setting a continuation range of the game in accordance with a data amount. Such a function of the execution processing control method of the program can be regarded as one of service forms according to the data amount for each terminal user in the information communication system corresponding to the data receiving system, and the service contents for the terminal user can be considered. It can be further enhanced.

[0385] Also, from the above, in the information communication system using the receiving device of the present invention as a terminal, for example, it is possible to provide the terminal with a game function in which the continuation range is set according to the amount of reception. In addition, a fun element as a communication tool can be provided to the subscriber, and the service content can be enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a paging system 10 according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a paging center 3 in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the information service center 7 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a memory configuration of a contractor memory 711 in FIG. 3 and data stored therein.

5 is a diagram showing an example of a memory configuration of a database 72 of FIG. 3 and data stored therein.

FIGS. 6A and 6B are external views of a pager 5 to which the present invention is applied, wherein FIG. 6A is a front view and FIG. 6B is a rear view.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the pager 5 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of an ID-ROM 519 in FIG. 7;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of a ROM 520 of FIG. 7;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a dial data conversion table stored in a dial data conversion table memory (DT) 520c of FIG.

11 is a diagram illustrating a free word conversion matrix stored in a free word conversion matrix memory (FM) 520d of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a block data memory (BM) 520 shown in FIG. 9;
It is a figure showing about a block data table stored in g.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of a RAM 521 in FIG. 7;

14 is a message memory (MM) 521a of FIG.
3 is a diagram showing a memory configuration of FIG.

15 is a game management memory (GCM) 521 shown in FIG.
It is a figure showing about a game management table stored in b.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart (part 1) of a main control process executed by a CPU 518 in FIG. 7;

FIG. 17 is a flowchart (part 2) of a main control process executed by CPU 518 in FIG. 7;

18 is a diagram showing a display example of a message displayed on the display unit 501 based on received message data in the main control processing shown in FIGS. 16 and 17. FIG.

19 and FIG. 1 by the CPU 518 of FIG.
8 is a flowchart of a message reading control process executed as a subroutine of the main control process shown in FIG.

20 and FIG. 1 by the CPU 518 of FIG.
9 is a flowchart (part 1) of a game control process executed as a subroutine of the main control process shown in FIG.

21 and FIG. 1 by the CPU 518 of FIG.
9 is a flowchart (part 2) of a game control process executed as a subroutine of the main control process shown in FIG.

22 and FIG. 1 by the CPU 518 of FIG.
9 is a flowchart (part 3) of a game control process executed as a subroutine of the main control process shown in FIG.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a game executed by the pager 5 by the game control process shown in FIGS. 20 to 22.

24 is a flowchart of a system control process executed by the main frame 712 in FIG.

25 and FIG. 1 by the CPU 518 of FIG.
8 is a flowchart of a game data rewrite control process executed as a subroutine of the main control process shown in FIG.

26 and FIG. 1 by the CPU 518 of FIG.
8 is a flowchart of a contract term management process executed as a subroutine of the main control process shown in FIG.

27 is a diagram showing a screen display example displayed on the display unit 501 when the contract term is updated by the contract term management process shown in FIG. 26.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing a modified example of the game control process shown in FIGS. 20 to 22.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a block data table stored in a block data memory (BM) 520g in the second embodiment.

FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a memory configuration of a message memory (MM) 521a according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a game management table stored in a game management memory (GCM) 521b in the second embodiment.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart (part 1) of a game control process executed by a CPU 518 in the second embodiment.

FIG. 33 is a flowchart (part 2) of a game control process executed by a CPU 518 in the second embodiment.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart (part 3) of a game control process executed by CPU 518 in the second embodiment.

FIG. 35 in the second embodiment, FIGS.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a game executed by the pager 5 by the game control process shown in FIG.

FIG. 36 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a paging system 10 ′ in a modification of the first and second embodiments.

FIG. 37 is an external view of the pager 5 ′ of FIG. 36;
(A) is a front view, (b) is a rear view, and (c) is a side view.

FIG. 38 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a pager 5 ′ of FIG. 37.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a data format in the advanced wireless paging system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone 2 Public line network 3 Paging center 4 Transmitting antenna 5 (5A, 5B, 5C), 5 '(5A') Paging receiver 500 Main body casing 500a Display window 500b, 500c Sound window 501 Display section 501A Paging mode screen 501a Electric field strength mark 501b Incoming address display area 501c, 501d Incoming date and time display area 501e Message display area 501B Game mode screen 501f Current date and time display area 501g Next block display area 501h Score display area 501i Block stacking area 502 Main switch 503 Dialer key 504 Cross key 505 Release key 506 Memory key 507 Cursor key 508 Dialer speaker 509 LED 510 Speaker 511 Battery storage lid 512 Push slide Button 513 Memory backup battery storage cover 514 Screw 515 Antenna 516 Receiver 517 Decoder 518 CPU 518a Clocking circuit 518b Timer circuit 519 ID-ROM 520 ROM 520A Pager function area 520B Game function area 520a Program memory (PM) 520b Character generator memory ( CG) 520c Dial data conversion table memory (D
T) 520d Free word conversion matrix memory (F
M) 520e Paging processing program memory (PP) 520f Display control program memory (DC) 520g Block data memory (BM) 520h Configuration data memory (C)
F) 520i Game program memory (GM) 521 RAM 521a Message memory (MM) 521b Game management memory (GCM) 522 Transmission data memory 523 Deinterleave circuit 524 Buffer memory 525 BHC decoder 526, 527 Driver 528 Key input section 529 Transmission buffer 530 DTMF signal conversion unit 531 Amplifier 532 Bus 541 Eject button 542 Cassette insertion slot 543 Cassette 544 Input / output interface 7 Information service center 71 Data supply system 710 Data input / output unit 711 Contractor memory 712 Main frame 712a Clock unit 713 Data output unit 72 Database 8 Dedicated line 9 Soft house 10, 10 'Paging system

Claims (16)

[Claims] A receiving means for receiving data; a first storage means for storing a program; a setting means for setting an execution processing range of the program in accordance with a data amount of data received by the receiving means; A first output unit that outputs a result of the execution processing of the program based on the execution processing range set by the setting unit. 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising identification information detecting means for detecting identification information from the received data, wherein the setting means sets an execution processing range of the program in accordance with a data amount of the received data including the identification information. The data receiving system according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The apparatus further comprises: second output means for outputting data received by the receiving means; and confirmation means for confirming that the received data has been output by the second output means. 2. The data receiving system according to claim 1, wherein an execution processing range of the program is set according to a data amount of the received data whose output has been confirmed by the confirming means. 4. A detecting means for detecting reception of data by the receiving means, a second storage means for storing an execution processing state by the program, and the first output means outputting the execution processing result. When the detection of the data is detected by the detection means, the execution processing by the program is suspended, the execution processing state is stored in the second storage means, and the reception data is output by the reception means. The data receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising: an output unit. 5. An output format of an output of a result of execution of the program by the first output unit and an output of received data by the second output unit or the third output unit. 5. The data receiving system according to claim 3, further comprising output control means for outputting. 6. The data receiving system according to claim 3, wherein said second output means and said third output means are display means for displaying and outputting received data. . 7. A program detecting means for detecting a program from the data receiving means, and when the program detecting means detects a program from received data, the program stored in the first storage means is rewritten to the received program. The data receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising: program rewriting means. 8. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a first change unit that changes a range of execution of the program according to a data amount when the program stored in the first storage unit is rewritten. 8. The data receiving system according to 7. 9. An expiration date data detecting means for detecting expiration date data of the program from the received data, and detecting the expiration date data from the received data by the expiration date data detecting means, based on the expiration date data. The data receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising: resetting means for resetting the expiration date of the program. 10. Version information detecting means for detecting version information of the program from the received data, and when the version information detecting means receives the version information from the received data, the version information of the program is based on the version information. Change the second
The data receiving system according to claim 1, further comprising: changing means. 11. A measuring means for measuring a data amount of data by said receiving means, wherein said setting means sets an execution processing range of said program according to a data amount of received data measured by said measuring means. The data receiving system according to claim 1, wherein: 12. The data processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising: a measuring unit configured to measure the number of data receptions by the receiving unit, wherein the setting unit sets a processing range of the program according to the number of data receptions measured by the measuring unit. The data receiving system according to claim 1, wherein: 13. The data receiving system according to claim 1, wherein said first output means is a display means for displaying and outputting a result of executing the program. 14. The data receiving system according to claim 1, wherein said first storage means is detachably provided in said data receiving system. 15. The data receiving system according to claim 1, wherein said program is a game program. 16. A method for controlling an execution process of a program which stores an execution process program of a device connected in advance, comprising: a first step of receiving data from outside the device; A second step of setting an execution processing range of the program according to a data amount of data;
And a third step of activating the program in accordance with the execution processing range of the second step and outputting an execution processing result.