KR19990079570A - Information pager - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an information pager that can be provided with various types of information. In particular, it is possible to selectively receive information provided indiscriminately from an information provider by setting an item for receiving desired information, a calling function and an electronic calculation function. And an information pager capable of meeting the holder's complex information needs by being configured to have an electronic organizer function.

Description

Information pager

The present invention relates to an information pager having a calling function and various information such as stock quote information, stock investment information, news / real estate information, and living information.

When a conventional pager presses a number of a pager by using a telephone to be used by a user to be subscribed to by a wireless calling network, and enters calling information such as a phone number or voice, the wireless calling network operator inputs the input information. Will be sent to the pager. When the call information is transmitted as described above, the pager judges whether the information is its own information, and informs the caller holder of the reception by call sound or vibration, and the holder presses the function button of the pager to see the input information. do.

The structure of a general pager as described above includes a radio frequency (RF) receiver for receiving radio frequency data, a decoder for receiving and processing received frequency data, a display for displaying a message received under the control of the decoder, and An alarm and vibrator, which is a call instruction indicating the reception status, two switch units connected to the decoder unit for setting the use state, and a code memory connected to the decoder unit to hold addresses and a plurality of information codes necessary for reception. Consists of.

However, the above-mentioned wireless pager received the simple text information (phone number) or input information and confirmed the voice information stored in the server of the wireless call network operator using the telephone. However, when leaving the voice information, there was a problem such as having to check the voice information using a separate phone.

In order to solve the above problems, a text pager has been developed and put into practical use. When a person who wants to leave a message to the other party connects to the pager's network and speaks a message to the operator, the operator calls the person who left the message. By calling the pager you wish to leave a text, the pager holder presses the pager function button to confirm the received message.

Recently, however, active pager users want to be provided with various types of information using pagers. However, the above-described text pager receives only simple text information, and thus it is difficult to obtain a large amount of various information.

For example, there is a situation in which stock quotes or life information, etc. do not need to find a separate telephone call or a store, and use a pager to obtain various information. However, it is difficult to provide various information with the pager currently used, and even if the information is transmitted using a text pager, the information is unilaterally received by the information provider, and the pager user can arbitrarily select or select and receive the information. There was no problem.

Furthermore, the existing text pager does not check the messages by menu method, but it checks the messages stacked one by one and finds the message at the end at any moment, which is very inconvenient and takes a long time to search. .

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the present invention, the pager holder can selectively receive only the items of interest from among various types of information provided from the wireless network operator, and integrate information inquiry terminal functions by an electronic calculator, an electronic notebook and a menu. By providing one information pager, it meets the increasing information needs of modern people, meets the complex information needs using a single service, and makes it possible to use general life information and vivid stock quotes in real time with a simple terminal. It is done.

In addition, it aims to effectively manage personal information by adding a calculation function, an electronic notebook function and the like to the conventional pager function.

In order to achieve the above object, the information pager of the present invention is an RF receiver for receiving data under the control of a radio frequency decoder, a decoder connected to the decoder for receiving and processing received frequency data, and displaying a received message. The display unit, the alarm and vibrator which is a call instruction indicating the reception state of the message, two switch units connected to the decoder unit for setting the use state, and an address and a plurality of information codes necessary for reception connected to the decoder unit A wireless pager comprising a code memory, comprising: an information buffer for temporarily storing information decoded by the decoder, a reception determination unit for determining whether to receive information temporarily stored in the information buffer, and whether or not the reception is performed. Processing the reference data unit for providing the judgment data to the judgment unit, and the information received and judged Characterized by a pager information, it characterized in that it further comprises a storage circuit, and a favorite stocks settings and query for inputting the data information stored in the reference unit for group.

An electronic notebook function processing unit for storing / displaying personal information in the memory unit and the display unit, an electronic calculation processing unit connected to the display unit to perform an electronic calculation function, the electronic notebook function processing unit and the electronic calculation processing unit Characterized in that the information pager further comprises a number / personal information input unit for inputting information.

1 is a diagram showing an information pager of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process for setting / viewing received information according to the present invention;

3 is a diagram showing an information pager according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is an overall flow diagram showing the flow of information data using the information pager according to the present invention.

<Brief description of the main parts of the drawing>

10,25: information pager 11: display screen

12: setting / search button part 13: number / character input part

20: primary server 21: telephone user

22: IP server 23: news server

24: call network operator server

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 shows a configuration of an information pager according to the present invention, an RF receiver for receiving frequency data transmitted from an information pager operator server, a decoder for decoding data received from the antenna to generate data, and the decoding. Processing an information buffer for temporarily storing the stored data, determining means for determining whether the information temporarily stored in the information buffer is information selected by the user, based on the data of the reference data section, and processing the information determined by the receiving determination means. A storage circuit, a ringing tone / vibration generating unit for generating a ring tone or vibration to inform the pager holder whether or not the information is received by the processed information in the storage circuit, and a display screen for displaying the processed information in the storage circuit. And, Information storage unit for storing the information in the storage circuit; A reception information setting / querying unit for inputting a function for setting an information item or querying information to be updated, an information processing unit for processing a value input from the reception information setting unit, and a reception information setting processed in the information processing unit It consists of a reference material for storing information and providing as a judgment data to the reception determination unit, and a personal information input unit that can additionally input personal information and numbers Electronic calculation processing unit for processing the input personal information and electronic It is configured to further include a notebook function processing unit.

The information caller configured as described above receives the information and provides the information to the information caller holder. First, the information caller receives a frequency including information transmitted from the information caller operator server, and decodes the received frequency to receive the information. Decrypting the information, storing the decrypted information in a temporary storage buffer, comparing the information stored in the buffer with the user's setting information stored in the reference room, and determining whether to receive the information; If it does not match the setting information, stop receiving, and if the setting information is the same, transmitting to the storage circuit, and processing the received information in the storage circuit to call or vibration by the ring tone / vibration generator to inform the reception Generating and storing the processed information by transmitting the processed information to an information storage unit. And it receives information in a step of displaying a Lin. The setting information to be stored in the reference data to determine whether or not to receive the setting information by pressing the function buttons in the receiving information setting / query unit, and then process the set information as the setting information in the information processing unit and send to the reference data unit The stored information is used as data to determine whether or not to receive information when received from the outside. Next, the method of viewing the information already stored can be inquired by pressing the function key of the reception information setting / query section so that the information stored in the information storage section is displayed on the display screen.

In addition, when personal information is input by using a letter or numeric key of the personal information input unit of the information pager, the information necessary for the calculation process is calculated by the electronic calculation processing unit and displayed on the display screen, and the personal information is processed by the electronic organizer function processing unit. It is processed into personal information and displayed on the display or stored in the information storage, so that it can be called later to see the necessary personal information.

In the method of setting the item of interest of the information pager as described above, as shown in FIG. 2, the receiving item is first set using the receiving item setting / query key, and when the receiving item setting menu is displayed, the item code is input. At this time, the receiving item can be set by a large number, but it can be set up to about 10 at the beginning. When the setting of all receiving items is finished, press the setting end button to close the setting. The data of the reception information set as described above is transmitted to and stored in the reference data unit, and the code of the received reception information is used to receive only the same data as the set code in comparison with all data codes received.

The above-described information pager has a form as shown in FIG. 3, which is divided into two parts, and on the left side, a display screen 11 having a size of 70 to 80% of the bottom width is installed, and the reception information setting and inquiry and menu selection are provided below the screen 11 A setting / retrieving button part 12 composed of buttons is formed, and on the right side, a character and numeric input part 13, which is a personal information input keys capable of recording and managing a calculation function and personal information, is formed.

Fig. 4 shows the entire flow of information data according to the present invention, which is obtained from an IP server 22 providing information and IP information by the telephone user 21, a news server 23 providing news information, and the like. It is composed of a main server 20 for receiving and transmitting the data integrated with the main information, and a pager operator server 24 for processing the integrated information transmitted from the main server 20 to the information pager 25.

The main server collects various types of information, codes them to the information calling service provider, and transmits them. The pager service provider server receiving the transmitted information transmits the information to all the information calling service providers.

As described above, the information pager user who has received the information transmitted from the pager operator server may be provided with the reception information set by the pager operator.

The information transmission / reception code structure of the data transmitted to determine whether or not the pager reception unit determines the indiscriminate information transmitted from the pager service provider includes a package code, an information classification code, an individual / group number, and information content. First, only the information request service group is specified in the package code, and the information classification code is specified by distinguishing stock quote information, stock investment information, news / real estate information, and living information. In addition, the individual / group number is determined by determining whether it is an individual user or a group user.

As described above, when the information pager operator server transmits the information indiscriminately, the pager receives the transmitted information, and the reception / determination section of the information pager receives the received judgment information and the reception code stored in the reference material. Compared to determine whether to receive. Public information for the public should be stored in the reference data section from the beginning so that they can be received regardless of the receiving information setting function of all information pagers.

The present invention enables the pager holder to selectively receive only the desired information as described above, thereby minimizing the memory size of the pager receiving the information, thereby reducing the size of the terminal and reducing the cost, and by inserting the group call function several times. By sending the information packet to be transmitted only once, the transmission system load on the sender side can be minimized and the response time on the user side can be increased.

In addition, since the information pager of the present invention additionally adds an electronic calculator and an electronic organizer function, various functions can be simultaneously used in one terminal, thereby eliminating the inconvenience of having each individual individually. In addition, it utilizes a wide display screen and collects, processes, and provides a variety of information, thereby providing information use opportunities for many. In addition, since only the sequential message inquiry is possible according to the existing random storage method, it is not only inconvenient to use, but also the inquiry time is long, but the existing inconvenience can be eliminated by selecting the menu method.

Claims (2)

An RF receiver for receiving radio frequency data, a decoder for receiving and processing received frequency data, a display for displaying a received message under the control of the decoder, a call tone and vibration generator for indicating the reception status of the message, In the wireless pager comprising: a switch unit connected to a detoder unit for setting a use state; and an information storage unit connected to the decoder unit to hold an address and a plurality of information codes necessary for reception, An information buffer for temporarily storing information decoded from the decoder; A reception determination unit determining whether or not the information temporarily stored in the information buffer is received; A reference data unit providing judgment data to the reception determination unit; A storage circuit unit for processing the received information determined by the reception unit; A receiving information setting and retrieval unit for inputting data information to be stored in the reference data unit or retrieving information stored in the information storage unit; And a menu processing unit for systematically harmonizing the information in the information storage unit. The method of claim 1, An electronic calculation processing unit connected to the screen for calculating and processing various numerical values; Personal notebook function processing unit for processing the input and output personal information to the screen and the information storage unit, And a character and number input unit for inputting numbers and personal information into the electronic calculation processing unit and the electronic organizer function processing unit.