JPH11243570A - Information distribution network and information receiving terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radio calling terminal capable of displaying according to the kinds of information. SOLUTION: For a radio calling terminal TA1, when a receiving part 260 genertes received information by receiving a signal from a base station, a CPU 200 detects identification information or folder designating information in received information, to store message information in the folder of a number indicated by these information. The folder is provided in a RAM 270. Then, the identification information and folder designating information are fixed beforehand according to the kinds of message information. Consequently, the terminal TA1 becomes capable of automatically sorting message information. In addition, the CPU 200 reads message information from RAM 270 by each folder to have it displayed in the prescribed area of a display part 220. Thereby, displaying according to the kinds of message information can be attained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an information distribution network and an information receiving terminal suitable for distributing various types of information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A radio paging terminal has been widely used as a convenient paging terminal, and is capable of displaying not only a simple call but also a message including visible symbols such as characters and numerals on a liquid crystal display. I have. To make this display, the sender of the message operates the transmitting terminal to input and transmit the message.

When a touch-tone fixed telephone terminal is a transmitting terminal, a sender operates an input button to input a called number and a message of the other party. Then, the information is transmitted to the radio base station via the radio paging central station, and the radio base station notifies each radio paging terminal of the incoming call number and message via the radio interface. When each wireless calling terminal receives information matching its own called number, it emits a sound, informs the user that there is an incoming call, and displays a message on the liquid crystal display.

[0004]

By the way, since a message can be displayed on such a radio paging terminal, various messages such as emergency information such as earthquakes and typhoons, economic information such as stocks, weather information of today and tomorrow can be used by using the message. It is convenient if a service for distributing such information is realized. In this case, it is conceivable to switch the radio channel according to the genre of information.However, if a plurality of radio channels are set, it is necessary to change the transmission equipment of the base station to one corresponding to the plurality of radio channels. The radio paging terminal must also be changed to one corresponding to a plurality of radio channels. On the other hand, if various types of news information are to be distributed using a single wireless channel, it is not possible for the paging terminal to know which genre the received information belongs to. However, there is a problem that it is necessary to display all information on a computer.

[0005] It would be convenient if a single paging terminal could be shared by family members and installed in a kitchen or living room and used to notify the time of returning home. In this case, it is conceivable to assign a plurality of called numbers to one wireless calling terminal and to manage incoming messages for each called number in order to announce the message from whom. There is a problem that the number of incoming calls managed by the station increases.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides an information distribution network capable of efficiently distributing various types of information and a radio paging terminal capable of displaying information according to the type of information. Aim.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information distribution network for distributing a plurality of types of message information via a wireless channel. And transmission information generating means for generating transmission information comprising a set of identification information for identifying the message information, and transmission means for transmitting the transmission information to a plurality of information receiving terminals via a wireless channel. It is characterized by. Further, in the invention according to claim 2, the identification information is folder specification information for specifying a folder for classifying and managing the message information in the information receiving terminal. Also,
4. The information distribution network according to claim 3, wherein the transmitting unit is also used as a transmitting device provided in a base station of the paging network, and the information receiving terminal Is a paging terminal.

Further, in the invention according to claim 4,
An information receiving terminal for acquiring message information from an information distribution network that distributes transmission information including a set of a plurality of types of message information and identification information for identifying the message information via a wireless channel, wherein the wireless channel Receiving means for receiving the transmission information transmitted via the CPU and generating reception information, detecting means for detecting identification information of the reception information, and storing each of the storages corresponding to the identification information detected by the detection means Storage means for storing the message information of the received information in the area.

Further, in the invention according to claim 5,
Information distribution for transmitting, via a wireless channel, transmission information composed of a plurality of types of message information and folder designation information for designating a folder for classifying and managing the message information, or message information including identification information for identifying a caller. An information receiving terminal that obtains the message information from a network, a receiving unit that receives information transmitted via the wireless channel to generate reception information, and the identification information or the folder designation information from the reception information. And a storage unit for storing the message information of the received information in each folder corresponding to the identification information or the folder designation information detected by the detection unit. .

[0010] In the invention according to claim 6,
Reading means for reading the message information from each of the folders, and display means for displaying the message information read by the reading means on each display area assigned according to the type of each folder. Features.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Configuration of Embodiment Hereinafter, a configuration of a radio paging system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. 1-1: Overall Configuration FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a radio paging system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, A1,
A2, A3... Are terminals such as fixed terminals and portable terminals, for example, are configured by push-tone fixed telephones and mobile phones, and each of the terminals A1, A2, A3. It is connected to a communication network NET such as a telephone network. Next, CS is the paging central office,
In the inside, facilities related to the radio paging such as the radio paging device 11 and the encoding device 12 are provided. Reference numeral 10 denotes a transmission information generation device that processes various information such as news into transmission information, and is connected to the communication network NET. B
S1, BS2, BS3... Are radio paging base stations connected to the radio paging central station CS via communication lines, and are provided with facilities such as a phase compensator 21 and a transmitter 22. . .., TA1, TA2,... Are wireless paging terminals, and each base station BS is connected via a wireless interface.
2, BS3...

In the above configuration, the radio call terminal TA1
When the caller dials the terminating number of the radio paging terminal TA1 from the terminals A1, A2, A3,..., The call is connected to the radio paging device 11 of the radio paging central station CS via the telephone network NET. The radio paging device 11 responds to the caller by voice, converts the called number into address information that is a receiving terminal identification signal in the radio section, and encodes the address information together with the message information input by the push signal. Send to device 12.

Here, input of message information is performed by operating a push button. The method of inputting message information is roughly divided into a fixed phrase mode and a free message mode. In the fixed phrase mode, to indicate that the message information to be sent is a fixed phrase, for example, "*
A number such as "05" is dialed, followed by a number corresponding to the fixed phrase. FIG. 2 shows the correspondence between the bush buttons and the message contents. In this case, if a message such as "Please call home immediately" is to be entered, "* 05 20 * 05 17 * 05 10 ##"
You can dial “##” is a symbol indicating the end of transmission.

On the other hand, in the free message mode, a number such as "* 2 * 2" is dialed in order to indicate that the message information to be sent is a free message, and a number corresponding to the free message is subsequently displayed. Dial. FIG. 3 shows the correspondence between the bush buttons and the display characters. For example, to send a message such as "Otsukare Samadeita",
Just dial "* 2 * 2 15 43 21 94 3171 44 04 32 41 ##".

[0015] Further, in order to clarify the sender of the message information, the message information can be identified by the numerals enclosed by "[" and "]". For example, [01] when the father is the sender and [02] when the mother is the sender.
.. May be determined and used by each user of the wireless calling terminals TA1, TA2,. “[” Is input by pushing * 4, and “]” is input by pushing * 6. For example, if the father sends a message such as "Please call immediately", "* 4 01
* 6 * 05 20 * 05 10 ## ". In addition,
The identification information surrounded by "[" and "]" is used as folder designation information for designating a folder for managing message information in the radio paging terminals TA1, TA2,.

To the transmission information generating device 10, various information such as emergency information such as earthquakes and typhoons, economic information such as stocks, weather information of today and tomorrow are transmitted from newspaper companies and the like via the telephone network NET. The processing for processing these information into transmission information is performed. FIG.
3 shows a format of transmission information generated by the transmission information generation device. As shown in FIG.
Is a fixed form code 11 indicating that it is message information
0, sender information 120 indicating a sender (provider) of information;
Message control code 130 for controlling storage management and display timing of a message, subject information 140 indicating a title of a message, text information 1 indicating a content of the message
50, and a symbol (for example, “|”) indicating the division is inserted in the division of these pieces of information.

Here, in the message control code 130, “FF” is folder designation information.
It takes a value from 0 to 99. By referring to this folder designation information, the messages can be stored in the designated folder in the radio pagers TA1, TA2,. DT is display time designation information for designating the display time of the message, which is day (1 to 31) / hour (0 to 0).
23). The display time designation information is used, for example, when displaying a message such as "Happy New Year" on New Year's Day, or when bargain information is transmitted in advance and displayed at the designated time. Also,
X is information for specifying overwriting, and X = 1 when functioning
X = 0 when not functioning.

The transmission information generating apparatus 10 generates transmission information 100 in this way and sends it to the radio paging apparatus 11 of the radio paging central station CS. Then, wireless paging device 11 sends transmission information 100 to encoding device 12 together with the address information of the contractor who has contracted to use the information distribution service in advance. The address information and the transmission information 100 are
, And is sent as a selective call signal to each of the base stations BS1, BS2, BS3,. The signals sent to the base stations BS1, BS2, BS3,... Are modulated by the transmitting device 22 and converted into radio signals, and are simultaneously transmitted simultaneously from the base stations BS1, BS2, BS3,. At this time, the phase synchronizing device 2
It is controlled by 1.

Next, the radio call terminals TA1, TA2,.
Receive the signals transmitted from the respective base stations BS1, BS2, BS3,..., Separate the address information from the received signals, detect whether this matches the address information (called number) of its own, and determine whether If so, the transmission information 100 is acquired.

1-2: Configuration of Radio Paging Terminal Next, the configuration of radio paging terminals TA1, TA2, etc. will be described in detail. .. Are configured in the same manner, the radio paging terminal TA1 will be described here.

1-2-1: External configuration of radio paging terminal FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the radio paging terminal TA1.
Note that a clock circuit is added to the radio paging terminal TA1 in this example, so that it can be used as a home-type paging terminal. In FIG. 5, radio paging terminal TA1 has:
A clock mechanism 211 for displaying time, a display unit 220 for displaying a message, a sounding unit 230 for generating musical sounds, a light receiving unit 241 for receiving infrared rays from the remote control device R, and input buttons 251 and 252 and a wireless calling terminal TA1 are externally connected. An output terminal 291 for connecting to a device is provided.

There are various types of display modes of the display unit 220. For example, as shown in the figure, the display area 221 scrolls emergency information and the display area 222 scrolls economic information. And the display area 22
3 displays a message from the father, a display area 224 displays a message from the mother, and a display area 225 displays a message from the child. The display section 220 can display a calendar screen by operating the remote controller R. As described above, the line call terminal TA1 has a clock function and a calendar function, and provides information deeply related to daily life.
It is often installed in an easily visible place such as a kitchen or living room. Therefore, it is suitable for notifying a message from a family member and emergency information.

1-2-2: Electrical Configuration of Radio Paging Terminal Next, FIG. 6 shows the electrical configuration of the radio paging terminal TA1.
In FIG. 6, a CPU 200 is connected to each component via a bus, and controls the entire radio paging terminal TA1.

Next, the clock section 210 has a built-in crystal oscillator, and generates time information such as date information and time information based on the clock signal.
11 is controlled. Further, the clock unit 210 has a time correction function of correcting time information based on time correction information transmitted from the base stations BS1, BS2, BS3,. The time correction information is transmitted in a format that can be distinguished from the message information. Specifically, a radio frame constituting a radio channel is composed of a plurality of subframes following a synchronization signal, block information is inserted at the beginning of each subframe, and an address field and a message field are stored after the block information. Like that. The block information is composed of a 3-bit format section and a 14-bit data section, and the format section defines the contents of the subsequent data section. For example, if the format part is "001"
Is the year (5 bits) month (4 bits) in the data part
Indicates the day (5 bits), and if the format part is "010", the data part indicates hours (5 bits) minutes (6 bits) seconds (3
Bit, 1/8 minute or 7.5 second intervals).

Next, the display unit 220 displays a predetermined message under the control of the CPU 200. Also, the sound generator 2
Numeral 30 includes a D / A converter, an amplifier, a speaker, and the like, and is configured to amplify a sound signal obtained by converting sound data into an analog signal with an amplifier and generate sound from the speaker.

Next, the infrared interface unit 240
Is provided with the above-described light receiving section 241, receives infrared rays from the remote control device R, converts the infrared rays into electric signals, generates control data, and transfers the control data to the CPU 200. The CPU 200 controls the display unit 22 based on the control data.
0 is switched. The remote control device R is provided with buttons b2 to b3 in addition to the button group b1 of 0, 1,... 9, *, and #, so that an operation instruction of the radio page terminal TA1 is input. It has become. For example, in the display of message information, the display button b2 is used to instruct reverse scrolling, the button b3 is used to instruct scroll stop, and the button b4 is used to instruct forward scrolling.

Next, the input section 250 is provided with an input button 251,
252, the input buttons 251, 2
A button 52 is detected as a push button, and control data is generated based on the detected push button similarly to the infrared interface unit 240.

Next, the receiving section 260 is connected to the base stations BS1, B
A transmission signal transmitted by a predetermined modulation method is received from S2..., And is demodulated to generate reception information.

Next, the RAM 270 functions as a work area for the CPU 200, and its storage area includes a plurality of folders and a tone generation table T indicating the type of ringing tone for incoming calls.
BL is stored. ROM 28
0 stores its own called number and pronunciation data for producing various ring tones, and is read out as necessary.

Next, the output interface unit 290
It has a function of converting a signal format for outputting message information to an external device. For example, it outputs display data used for display on the display unit 220 in an RS232C format. Further, as the external device, for example, there is an electric light board composed of an LED or the like. When the lightning board is used, emergency information and economic information can be provided to the public.

In the above configuration, CPU 200 constantly monitors the address information in the reception information transferred from reception section 260, and this address information is
It detects whether or not it matches the incoming call number assigned to A1. Then, the received information that matches the incoming call number is stored in RAM2.
60. At this time, the CPU 200 detects the folder designation information or the identification information in the reception information, and stores the reception information in the folder designated by these. here,
The folder designation information is assigned in advance so as to indicate the type of information such as emergency information and economic information, and the identification information is assigned in advance so as to indicate the type of the caller. The message information can be classified and stored in each folder.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the structure of a folder. In this example, it is assumed that nine folders are stored in the RAM 270. In the figure, folders f1 to f9
Is assigned a folder number (for example, 01 of the folder f1), and the reception information is stored by associating the folder designation information or the number designated by the identification information in the reception information with the folder number. Also, the CPU 200
The time received at this time is detected based on the time information from the clock unit 210, and this is stored in the folder as reception time information. For example, the message information M11 in the folder f1 has been received at the time T21.

By the way, the transmission of identification information is performed by arranging a number with a person having a specific relationship such as a family and inputting this number together with a message. Has no identification information. The received information is stored in the folder f9 as a message from an unspecified person. More specifically, the CPU 200 determines whether or not the received information includes folder designation information or identification information. If the CPU 200 determines that the received information does not include the folder designation information or identification information, the message information is stored in the folder f9. ing.

The transmission information 100 such as news distributed from the network side includes sender information 120,
Subject information 140 and body information 150 are included, and these information are stored in a folder as message information. When the message control code 130 includes the display time designation information, this information is stored in the designated time column. That is, the message information, the reception time information, and the designated time information are stored in each folder as a set of information (hereinafter, referred to as a record).

FIG. 8 shows the contents of the tone generation table TBL. As shown in this figure, the sounding table TBL stores sounding data storage addresses in association with folder numbers. The sounding data storage address indicates an address where sounding data is stored.
Various types of sound data are stored in the ROM 280.
Is stored in the melody.
The user can select a ringing tone at the time of an incoming call, and the pronunciation table TBL is updated based on the selection result.

As described above, when a signal arrives, the reception information is stored in a predetermined folder and the display unit 22
The message information is displayed at 0. At this time, by referring to the sound generation table TBL, it is possible to generate a ring tone according to the type of the message information. As a result, the user can determine the type of the message based on the sound, so that the wireless paging terminal TA1 can be used easily.

2. Next, an operation of the information distribution system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. 2-1: Transmission operation of message information First, an operation until a message input by the terminals A1, A2, A3,... Is transmitted from the radio base stations BS1, BS2, BS3,. . In this example, it is assumed that the father sends a message from terminal A1 to radio paging terminal TA1 installed at home. In this case, when the father operates the push button of the terminal A1 and inputs the called number of the terminal A1, a line is connected to the radio pager 11 of the radio page central station CS via the telephone network NET. The wireless calling device 11 notifies the terminal A1 that a wireless calling is to be performed by voice. After that, if the father inputs a message such as "Please call the company" in the fixed phrase mode, for example, "* 05 18 * 05 10 *
4 01 * 6 ## ”and push buttons. here,
"* 05" indicates a fixed phrase mode, "18" indicates a company, and "10" indicates a call. "* 4" is replaced by "[",
“* 6” indicates “]” and “##” indicates the end. In this case, “01” is the identification information of the father.

When detecting that "##" has been input, the radio pager 11 converts the incoming call number into address information which is a receiving terminal identification signal in the radio section, and outputs the message information and the message information input by the push signal. At the same time, it is sent to the encoding device 12. Thereafter, when the encoding device 12 performs the encoding process on the address information and the message information and sends them to the respective base stations BS1, BS2, BS3,... Via the communication lines, the transmitting device 22 performs the modulation process. Transmitted over the wireless interface.

Next, the operation until various information from a newspaper company or the like is transmitted from the radio paging base stations BS1, BS2, BS3,... Will be described. When news information is supplied from a newspaper company to the transmission information generation device 10, the transmission information 100 is generated according to a predetermined format. In this case, the transmission information generation device 10 transmits the sender information 120, the subject information 140,
While processing the news information such as the body information 150, the folder designation information is generated as a part (FF in FIG. 4) of the message control code 130 according to the type of the information. When the transmission information 100 generated in this way is supplied to the radio paging device 11 of the radio paging central station CS, the radio paging device 11 adds address information to the transmission information 100 and sends it to the encoding device 12. Then, the encoding device 12 encodes these pieces of information in the same manner as the above-described normal message, and this is transmitted from the base stations BS1, BS2, BS3,.

2-2: Receiving Operation of Message Information Next, the operation of receiving the message information and storing it in a predetermined folder in the paging terminal TA1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the reception operation of the wireless calling terminal. First, when receiving section 260 receives a signal transmitted from radio base station BS1, BS2, BS3,... And demodulates the signal to generate reception information, CPU 200 performs the following processing based on the reception information. . In step S1, the CPU 20
A value of 0 determines whether the received information is time correction information. If the received information is time correction information, the process proceeds to step S2 to perform a time correction process. Specifically, a process of changing the current time of the clock unit 210 to the time indicated by the time correction information is performed. As a result, the clock mechanism 21 can be set even if a person does not set the time.
1 can display an accurate time.

On the other hand, if the received information is not the time correction information, the determination result of step S1 is NO, and
Proceeding to 3, it is determined whether or not the address information in the received information matches its own called number. If the two do not match, the information is not for the paging terminal TA1, and the process proceeds to step S1 to repeat the processing. If they match, the received information is for the paging terminal TA1, and the storing process is continued. In this case, the CPU 200 detects the current time of the clock unit 210 and generates reception time information (Step S4).

Thereafter, CPU 200 determines whether or not the received information includes folder designation information or identification information (step S5), and if so, acquires such information (step S6). ). by this,
A folder in which the reception information is to be stored is specified. If no folder designation information or identification information is included, the received information designates a predetermined folder. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the folder in which the reception information is to be stored can be automatically determined based on the folder designation information and the identification information. The automatically received message information can be classified and stored.

Next, CPU 200 searches for a folder designated by the folder designation information or the identification information, and determines whether or not there is a free space in the storage area (step S7). If there is no free space, the oldest record is deleted from the records stored in the folder, and a new record is stored in the empty storage area.
By the way, some records include the specified time information described above. Since this record is information that is not displayed until the designated time, simply deleting the oldest reception time may result in the deletion of information not seen by the user. Therefore, in this example, the following processing is performed to prevent such a situation.

First, the CPU 200 searches the corresponding folder and determines whether or not there is a record including the specified time information (step S8). If there is no corresponding record, the reception time information of each record is compared, and the oldest record is deleted (step S9). On the other hand, if there is a record including the designated time information, the designated time of the record is compared with the current time to detect a record that has passed the designated time, and the record having the designated time is most frequently compared with the record without the designated time. Old ones are extracted (step S10) and deleted (step S9).

Thereafter, the CPU 200 generates a record by combining the newly received message information and the reception time information (step S11), and stores the new record in a folder (step S12). As described above, the method of deleting the record is switched depending on the presence / absence of the designated time information, so that the user does not delete the unread message information, and the message information can be transmitted without fail.

2-3: Notification operation of message information Next, the notification operation of message information in the paging terminal TA1 will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the notification operation of the wireless calling terminal. First, when the paging terminal TA1 receives a signal, the CPU 200 determines whether or not the received information is information to be stored in a folder (step S21). When the received information is not information to be stored in the folder (for example, when the received information is time correction information or when the address information is different), the information is to be stored repeatedly until the information to be stored comes in. Proceeds to step S22, and the CPU 200
Determines whether the received information includes time designation information.

When the time designation information is not included,
If the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step S23, and the CPU 200
Is the RAM 2 based on the folder designation information or the identification information.
The sounding table TBL stored in 70 is searched, the address of the storage area in which the sounding data corresponding to the received information is stored is obtained, and the sounding data is read out based on the address (step S23). Thereafter, when the CPU 200 transfers the sounding data to the sounding unit 230, the sounding unit 230
Produces a musical tone based on the pronunciation data. Since this musical tone is specified for each folder, the user can know the arrival of new reception information and can know the type of the reception information.

Thereafter, CPU 200 reads the received information stored in the folder and causes display unit 220 to display the received information.
In this case, the message information and the reception time information are successively read and displayed. This allows the user to know the message and the time at which it was received. In this example, the means for generating the time information serving as a reference for the clock mechanism 211 and the time information serving as the reference for the reception time information are the clock unit 2.
10, the reception time information and the current time are displayed at the same time, so that the user can know exactly when and when the message information was received. For example, when my mother is absent, "Go home from work.
18:10 "
The mother who has returned home can know exactly how long the father will return home from the current time and the reception time (18:10).

On the other hand, if the time information is included in the received information, the result of the determination in step S22 is YES, and
Proceeding to step S26, the CPU 200
Judge whether the current time indicated by and the specified time match,
The determination process is repeated until they match, and when the designated time comes, the processes of steps S23 to S25 are performed.
As a result, the message information can be displayed at the time specified by the transmitting side, and the user can be notified by sound that a new message is to be displayed. When the message information is displayed at the designated time in this way, for example, the bargain information of the next day can be transmitted at midnight when the communication volume is small, and the bargain information can be displayed in the morning of the day. It can be used effectively.

2-4: Message Information Display Operation Next, the message information display operation will be described. First, in the initial state, as shown in FIG. 5, the display area of the display unit 220 is divided in the horizontal direction.
Various information is displayed in 225. In this case, the message displayed in each display area 221 is scroll-displayed from right to left, but the scroll display can be stopped by pressing the button b3 of the remote controller R. Therefore, the user can continue to display necessary information by operating the button b2. When scroll display is resumed, button b2 is used to scroll button b4 in the reverse direction.
You just have to press.

Next, switching of the display mode will be described with reference to FIG. When the button b2 and the button b4 are pressed simultaneously, a menu screen shown in FIG. 11A is displayed on the display unit 200. In this example, items such as “display switching”, “melody setting”, and “calendar” are displayed. When the menu screen is displayed, the item of "display switching" blinks. In this state, when the user presses the button b4 of the remote control device R, the blinking item moves in the order of “display switching” → “melody setting” → “calendar”.
In order to proceed to the next operation, the user presses the button b3 when the corresponding item is blinking to fix the item.

When the display mode is switched, FIG.
As shown in (a), the button b3 is pressed while "display switching" is blinking. Then, for example, a folder screen shown in FIG. 11B is displayed. At this time, the CPU 200
Searches the folder stored in the RAM 270 to extract the folder in which the message information is stored, reads the icon corresponding to the extracted folder from the ROM 280, and displays the icon on the display unit 200. The user selects an icon to be displayed from the icons displayed on the folder screen by using the buttons b3 and b4. The selection is performed in the same manner as when each item is selected from the menu screen. For example, when viewing the contents of the economy folder, the button b3 may be pressed when the economy icon is blinking as shown in FIG.

Thereafter, CPU 200 searches for a folder corresponding to the selected icon, extracts subject information 140 from the message information, and displays it. When the time information is included, only the information after the specified time is extracted. For example, select the economy icon,
Some folders have subject information 140 such as "stock prices", "exchange rates", and "interest rates", and if no time is specified, the title screen is as shown in FIG. 11 (c).

After that, when selecting each item using the buttons b3 and b4 in the same manner as when selecting each item from the menu screen, the CPU 200 searches the folder for message information corresponding to the selected title from within the folder. It is displayed on the display unit 220. For example, if "stock price" is selected, a message screen shown in FIG. 11D is displayed.
Here, “xx news agency” shown in FIG. 9D is included in the sender information 120 and “50 yen increase in the morning of TSE” is the case information 15.
0, "12:03" is displayed based on the reception time information.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the folder information and the identification information are included in the reception information, and the folder for storing the message information is automatically selected based on the information. Can be switched to perform a hierarchical display. As a result, desired information can be efficiently searched.

2-4: Operation for Selecting Ringtone Next, the operation for selecting a ringtone will be described with reference to FIG. First, in order to display the menu screen from the initial state screen shown in FIG. 5, the button b2 and the button b of the remote control device R are displayed in the same manner as the above-described message information display operation.
Press 4 at the same time. Then, a menu screen shown in FIG. 12A is displayed. To select a ringing tone, the user presses the button b4 to set the blinking item to "melody setting". In this state, the user presses the button b3 to confirm the setting.

Then, a folder screen shown in FIG. 12B is displayed. At this time, the CPU 200
Icon corresponding to the folder stored in ROM
280 is displayed on the display unit 200. In the above-described message information display operation, the folder in which the message information is stored is extracted. However, here, all folders are targeted regardless of the presence or absence of the message information.

Thereafter, the user selects a ring tone to be set from the icons displayed on the folder screen by using the buttons b3 and b4. The selection is performed in the same manner as when each item is selected from the menu screen. For example, when setting a ring tone from “father”, FIG.
As shown in (b), the button “b3” may be pressed when the “father” icon is blinking.

For example, if the identification information of "father" indicates the folder number 01, and the address of the sound data of the sound 1 is stored in the sound table TBL corresponding to the folder number 01, The CPU 200 blinks the sounding 1 icon with reference to the sounding table TBL. Thereby, the user can know the current ringing tone.

Here, if the ringing tone is changed from the ringing tone 1 to the saint's march, the user operates the button b4 so that the icon of the saint's march blinks as shown in FIG. Press to confirm. Then, CP
U200 detects that the pronunciation data corresponding to folder number 01 has been changed, and rewrites the pronunciation table TBL with the address at which the pronunciation data of the saint's march is stored as a new address. In this way, the ring tone corresponding to each folder can be set freely, so that it is possible to notify that there is an incoming call with a ring tone according to the user's preference.

3. 2. Modifications Although the embodiment according to the invention has been described above, the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications described below are possible. (1) In the above-described embodiment, a sound is used to notify an incoming call. However, the form of the notification may be a visual appeal or a tactile appeal. First, in order to appeal visually, a light emitting unit may be provided in the above-described paging terminal TA1. In this case, a plurality of blinking patterns of the light emitting unit are prepared, and the blinking patterns are controlled according to the folder designation information and the identification information. More specifically, light emission control data for controlling on / off of the light emitting unit is stored in the ROM 280 instead of the sound emission data, and the folder number and the address of the light emission control data are stored in association with the folder of the sound emission table TBL. By preparing a table and referring to the table, the light emitting unit can be flickered with a light emitting pattern according to the content of the message information. Alternatively, a plurality of light-emitting units may be provided, and a combination of light-emitting units that are turned on according to the folder designation information and the identification information may be controlled. For example, if four light emitting units are provided, it is possible to correspond to 15 folders.

Next, as a device that appeals to tactile sensation, a vibrating section (vibrator) may be provided in the above-described wireless calling terminal TA1. In this case, a plurality of vibration patterns are prepared for the vibration unit, and the vibration patterns are controlled according to the folder designation information and the identification information. The vibration pattern is, for example, a pattern that vibrates for 3 seconds and stops for 1 second, a pattern that vibrates for 2 seconds and stops for 2 seconds, or a pattern where the vibration amplitude gradually increases from the vibration stop state and returns to the vibration stop state after 4 seconds Can be considered. In this case, vibration control data for controlling the operation of the vibrating section is stored in the ROM 2 instead of the sound data.
80, a vibration table is prepared in which the folder number and the address of the vibration control data are stored in association with the sound generation table TBL, and by referring to the table, the vibration is generated in a vibration pattern corresponding to the content of the message information. The part can be operated. Alternatively, a plurality of vibrating units may be provided to control a combination of vibrating units that vibrate according to the folder designation information and the identification information.

(2) In the above-described embodiment, the type of ringing tone is set for each folder number. However, there are cases where it is desired that only a message from a family be sounded. In this case, a flag for instructing the presence or absence of sound generation may be stored in the sounding table for each folder number, and sounding data may be read from the ROM 280 and supplied to the sounding unit 230 only when the flag indicates sounding. . The same applies to the above-described notification by hearing and notification by touch.

When it is particularly important information and it is desired to draw the recipient's attention, information for identifying the message is included in the message information (for example, * 99 is input at the end of the message information). ), An emergency alarm may be sounded according to the detection result of the wireless calling terminal. More specifically, the sound data corresponding to the emergency alarm is stored in the ROM 280, and when it is detected that the message information includes information for setting the emergency alarm, the sound data is read from the ROM 280. It is supplied to the sound generator 230. Further, whether or not to sound an emergency alarm may be set for each folder. In this case, a flag for instructing the presence / absence of an emergency alarm is stored in the sounding table for each folder number, and the sounding data may be read from the ROM 280 and supplied to the sounding unit 230 only when the flag indicates the presence of an emergency alarm. The same applies to the above-described notification by hearing and notification by touch.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, an interface device for connecting a paging terminal and a home electronics device (for example, a video, a heating / cooling / heating device, a bath water heater, etc.) is provided as an external device, and is controlled by a transmitting terminal. Each home electronics device may be controlled by transmitting information. In this case,
When transmitting message information on the transmitting terminal, control identification information indicating that the information to be input is control information is input (for example, * 00), and subsequently, the information assigned to the device to be controlled is input. A number is input, and thereafter control information indicating control contents such as ON / OFF is input. In the paging terminal, the CPU 200 determines whether or not the control information is included in the received information. If the control information is included, the identification number and the control information are output to the output interface unit 22.
0 to the interface device. The interface device transfers the control information to the home electronics device corresponding to the identification number. This makes it possible to easily control the home electronics device using the wireless calling terminal. For example, to make a recording reservation for a video, the transmission terminal side inputs such as "[005] -recording reservation-1ch-20: 00-21: 00: 00". In this case, “005” is the identification number assigned to the video, “1ch” is the recording channel, and “20:
"00" means a recording start time, and "21:00" means a recording end time. When making a so-called G-code reservation, the user may input such as "[005] -G-012345".

(4) In the above embodiment, the folder number and the address where the sound data are stored are stored in the sound table TBL in combination, but the sound data associated with the identification information and the folder designation information are stored. May be stored in a table. In short, any configuration may be used as long as identification information and folder designation information are detected from the received information and a ringing tone corresponding to these is generated. Note that the same applies to the above-described notification by visual and tactile sensation.

(5) In the above embodiment, the terminal A
When calling from 1, A2,..., Calling using a password may be performed. In this case, a password (for example, a four-digit number) associated with the called number is registered in advance, and the registration result is stored as a registration table in the radio pager 11 of the radio page central station CS. And
When a call is made, the call may be made only when only a correct password is input with reference to the registration table. According to this service, since only a message from a person who knows the password can be accepted, there is an advantage that mischievous calls and the like can be prevented.

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As described above, according to the present invention, the identification information and the folder designation information are transmitted in combination with the message information, so that a plurality of types of message information can be transmitted via the radio channel. It can be transmitted, and based on identification information and folder designation information, various message information is automatically managed in folders,
The classified message information can be displayed in an easily understandable manner.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a correspondence relationship between a bush button and a message content according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 shows a correspondence between bush buttons and display characters according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 shows a format of transmission information generated by the transmission information generation device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an external configuration of the paging terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the paging terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a folder according to the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the contents of a pronunciation table according to the embodiment;

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining a reception operation of the paging terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a notification operation of the paging terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a display operation of the paging terminal according to the embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an operation of selecting a ring tone according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Transmission information generation apparatus (transmission information generation means) 22 ... Transmission apparatus (transmission means) 100 ... Transmission information 200 ... CPU (detection means) 270 ... RAM (storage means) 260 ... Reception part (reception means) BS1, BS2 BS3: base station TA1, TA2: paging terminal (information receiving terminal)

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information distribution network for distributing a plurality of types of message information via a wireless channel, wherein the transmission information generates transmission information including a set of the message information and identification information for identifying the message information. An information distribution network comprising: a generating unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits the transmission information to a plurality of information receiving terminals via a wireless channel. 2. The information distribution network according to claim 1, wherein the identification information is folder designation information for designating a folder for classifying and managing the message information in the information receiving terminal. 3. The information distribution network according to claim 1, wherein a radio paging network is used, wherein the transmitting unit is also used as a transmitting device provided in a base station of the radio paging network, and the information receiving terminal is An information distribution network, which is a wireless calling terminal. 4. An information receiving terminal for acquiring message information from an information distribution network that distributes transmission information including a set of a plurality of types of message information and identification information for identifying the message information via a wireless channel. Receiving means for receiving the transmission information transmitted via the wireless channel to generate reception information; detecting means for detecting identification information of the reception information; and the identification information detected by the detection means Storage means for respectively storing the message information of the received information in each storage area corresponding to the information receiving terminal. 5. Sending message information including a plurality of types of message information and folder designation information for designating a folder for classifying and managing the message information, or message information including identification information for identifying a caller, via a wireless channel. An information receiving terminal for acquiring the message information from an information distribution network for distributing the information, receiving means for receiving information transmitted via the wireless channel and generating received information, and the identification information from the received information. Or a detecting means for detecting the folder specifying information; and a storing means for storing the message information of the received information in each of the folders corresponding to the identification information or the folder specifying information detected by the detecting means. An information receiving terminal, characterized in that: 6. A reading means for reading the message information from each of the folders, and a display means for displaying the message information read by the reading means on each of the display areas allocated according to the type of each of the folders. The information receiving terminal according to claim 5, comprising: