WO1997009832A1 - Procede et appareil de production de differents avertissements en fonction de la longueur de messages recus par un recepteur radio - Google Patents

Procede et appareil de production de differents avertissements en fonction de la longueur de messages recus par un recepteur radio Download PDF

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WO1997009832A1
WO1997009832A1 PCT/US1996/011371 US9611371W WO9709832A1 WO 1997009832 A1 WO1997009832 A1 WO 1997009832A1 US 9611371 W US9611371 W US 9611371W WO 9709832 A1 WO9709832 A1 WO 9709832A1
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radio receiver
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Darren Sapashe
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B3/00—Audible signalling systems; Audible personal calling systems
    • G08B3/10—Audible signalling systems; Audible personal calling systems using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
    • G08B3/1008—Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems
    • G08B3/1016—Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems using wireless transmission
    • G08B3/1025—Paging receivers with audible signalling details
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B5/00—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied
    • G08B5/22—Visible signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems, remote indication of seats occupied using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
    • G08B5/222—Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems
    • G08B5/223—Personal calling arrangements or devices, i.e. paging systems using wireless transmission
    • G08B5/224—Paging receivers with visible signalling details
    • G08B5/227—Paging receivers with visible signalling details with call or message storage means

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  • This invention relates in general to radio receivers, and more specifically to radio receivers that provide alerts to a user.
  • Radio receivers such as pagers, receive messages of variable length and content.
  • radio receivers can receive numeric messages, which usually are telephone numbers, alphanumeric messages, which are commonly displayed as text information to a user, and even image data, which can be displayed in a video format.
  • Radio receivers can also receive voice messages that are presented using a speaker.
  • the memory of a radio receiver is generally limited when the radio receiver comprises a pager or other portable device. Therefore, storage of numerous messages or storage of lengthy messages is performed at the risk of deletion of older stored messages which have been kept in memory.
  • FIG. 1 is an electrical block diagram of a radio receiver for providing variable alerts in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart depicting an operation of a processor included in the radio receiver of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an operation of a determiner included in the radio receiver of FIG. 1 in accordance with the present invention. Description of a Preferred Embodiment
  • FIG. 1 is an electrical block diagram of a radio receiver 100, such as a pager, comprising a means for receiving incoming information.
  • the receiving means preferably comprises an antenna 105 for receiving the radio signals, a receiver 110 for demodulating the received radio signals, and a processor 115 coupled to the receiver 110 for performing further operations on the demodulated data to recover messages therefrom.
  • the radio receiver 100 further includes a message memory 125 for storing the messages, an alert mechanism 135, such as a transducer, display, or speaker, and controls 130 for receiving user inputs.
  • Such user inputs can include on/off commands, display commands, or delete commands, responsive to which the processor 115 deletes stored messages from the message memory 125.
  • the radio receiver 100 also includes an alert database 140 for storing a plurality of alert patterns or canned voice messages, each associated with a message length or range of message lengths.
  • the alert database 140 could store different alert patterns associated with different numbers of characters included within received messages.
  • the type of alert pattern can also vary based on the alert mechanism 135.
  • each stored alert pattern could include information specifying a tone or volume pattern.
  • the alert mechanism 135 comprises a display
  • each stored alert pattern could include information specifying a different visual indicator.
  • each stored alert pattern could comprise a different canned voice message.
  • a first canned voice message such as "SHORT MESSAGE” could be retrieved and presented.
  • a second voice message e.g., "LONG MESSAGE” could be retrieved and presented.
  • Voice messages such as "FIVE SECONDS” or “TWELVE SECONDS” could also conveniently be used to indicate the actual time required for presentation of a received voice message. In this manner, a user could, if necessary, advantageously defer presentation of longer messages until he has the time to listen to the message.
  • each alert pattern stored in the alert database 140 is indicative of a different message length or range of message lengths such that the user can determine the relative length of a received message from the alert provided by the alert mechanism 135.
  • a determiner 120 coupled to the processor 115 for determining an alert pattern that should be used to alert the user of an incoming message.
  • the determiner 120 can be implemented in software or in conventional hardware capable of performing similar operations.
  • the radio receiver 100 announces reception of an incoming message by activating the alert mechanism 135.
  • the alert provided by the alert mechanism 135 preferably varies according to the message length.
  • a relatively short message such as a telephone number
  • a relatively short message such as a telephone number
  • a transducer could announce a single tone emitted by a transducer, by a small icon presented on a display, or by a canned voice message indicative of the short message length.
  • a series of tones could be sounded, a larger icon or multiple icons could be displayed, or a canned voice message indicative of a lengthy message could be presented through a speaker.
  • the user is conveniently notified of relative message length for incoming messages.
  • the message memory 125 is limited in size so that, once the message memory 125 is filled to capacity, older messages are deleted to make room for newer, incoming messages. Therefore, when, for instance, the user hears or sees an alert indicative of a lengthy message after numerous messages have been received, he can scroll through the stored messages to determine which to delete so that the message memory 125 will have space to accommodate additional messages.
  • a further advantage is that, when the user is waiting to receive a certain message, the alert generated to announce reception of a message can inform the user that the awaited message has arrived.
  • an alert indicative of a fairly long message informs the user that the image data has likely been received.
  • an alert indicative of a fairly short message can inform the user that an awaited telephone number has arrived.
  • FIG. 2 a flowchart illustrates an operation of the processor 115.
  • the processor 115 receives a message from the receiver 110, subsequent to which the received message is stored, at step 165, in the message memory 125.
  • the processor 115 provides, at step 170, the message to the determiner 120, then, at step 175, receives an alert pattern from the determiner 120 in response.
  • the processor 115 thereafter drives the alert mechanism 135 with the alert pattern, at step 180.
  • the type of alert pattern e.g., visual indication, vibratory movement, audible tone, or canned voice message, varies according to the type of alert mechanism 135 included in the radio receiver 100 and according to the type of message received by the radio receiver 100.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the determiner operation.
  • the determiner 120 receives, at step 200, a message from the processor 115 then, at step 205, determines the length of the message. This can be accomplished using conventional methods, such as by counting a number of characters in an alphanumeric message, by determining the amount of memory consumed by the message by reference to the message memory 125, or by determining an amount of time required for processing or receiving the message.
  • the determiner 120 compares, at step 210, the length of the message with stored lengths or stored ranges of lengths in the alert database 140.
  • the alert pattem associated with the appropriate length or length range is, at step 215, provided to the processor 115 for activation of the alert mechanism 135 using the retrieved alert pattern.
  • the alert database 140 could store multiple alert pattems, each associated with a given range of memory bytes according to the following table:
  • the length of an incoming message could be determined by the amount of time required for message reception; lengths represented in the database 140 could, in this case, be represented by time intervals. It is preferable, however, that the units in which the determiner 120 determines message length are related to the units representing message length in the alert database 140.
  • a message length could be provided in the radio signal along with the message itself.
  • a word indicative of message length could be appended to the message.
  • the determiner 120 could conveniently reference the memory length provided along with the message. This memory length could then be used to reference lengths stored in the database 140 so that the appropriate alert could be generated.
  • the radio receiver as described above receives a message and determines the length thereof for use in generating variable alerts. According to the present invention, the radio receiver generates an alert to inform the user not only of message reception, but also of the relative length of the received message.
  • the user is conveniently informed of relative message length so that he can delete stored messages, if necessary, to ensure room for further incoming messages.
  • the indication of message length can be used to announce the reception of an awaited message of known length.
  • the user can also, based on the indication of message length, determine whether an incoming message should be read immediately or later. When, for instance, the user is in a meeting, he might prefer to delay presentation of extremely lengthy messages until a more appropriate time.

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L'invention porte sur un récepteur radio (100) pouvant produire différents messages d'avertissement et comportant un récepteur (110) de messages, une mémoire (125) stockant les messages, et un évaluateur (120) de la longueur des messages. Un mécanisme d'avertissement (135) relié à l'évaluateur produit un signal d'avertissement indiquant la longueur du message.
PCT/US1996/011371 1995-09-05 1996-07-08 Procede et appareil de production de differents avertissements en fonction de la longueur de messages recus par un recepteur radio WO1997009832A1 (fr)

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US5072444A (en) * 1989-10-23 1991-12-10 Motorola, Inc. Central controller with adaptive message handling characteristics
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