WO1997038542A1 - Affichage et interface utilisateur s'utilisant dans un environnement de serveurs multiples - Google Patents

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WO1997038542A1
WO1997038542A1 PCT/US1997/006051 US9706051W WO9738542A1 WO 1997038542 A1 WO1997038542 A1 WO 1997038542A1 US 9706051 W US9706051 W US 9706051W WO 9738542 A1 WO9738542 A1 WO 9738542A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W88/00—Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices
    • H04W88/02—Terminal devices
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H04M1/72403—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W8/00—Network data management
    • H04W8/18—Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
    • H04W8/00—Network data management
    • H04W8/18—Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data
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  • the present invention relates generally to the display of status information and selection of particular 'servers' in a subscription RF communications environment of the cellular telephone type, wherein multiple 'server' systems are present. More particularly, the invention relates to an English-language (or other natural language) , menu-driven display system that enables the cellular phone user to obtain a clear and simple overview of the present status of his radiophone unit, and of other options available to him by virtue of the multiple- server environment, and further to direct the radiophone unit to select predetermined server systems.
  • English-language or other natural language
  • U.S. Patent 4,916,728 to Blair discloses the technique of allowing user prioritization and selection of individual cellular carrier signals, including the provisions of a basic status light display. The approach described essentially searches for Home SID or those SIDs that are not part of the exclusion list and simply actuates lights to display the information on the sub ⁇ scriber unit.
  • Other U.S. patents of general interest for their teachings of cellular or cellular-like communications in multiple-server environments are U.S. 5,276,905 to Hurst et al. and U.S. 5,020,091 to Krolopp et al.
  • Objects of the Invention It is therefore a primary object of the present invention to provide an improved status display and server system selection capability for use with cellular phone units operating in a multiple-server environment.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide methods and apparatus for implementing an improved display system that reduces the complexity presented to the cellular phone user in a multiple-server environment.
  • a yet further object of the present invention is to provide methods and apparatus for implementing improved server system selection, wherein user-inputted and stored selection instructions are directly associated with their corresponding server listings to simplify subsequent selection and usage of available server systems.
  • a still further object of the present invention is to provide an English-language (or other natural language) display for a mobile cellular phone structured to present the user with readily understandable listings of what server systems are currently present and/or available in his MSA, plus current user-inputted selection status of each server, as well as the current operational status of the server systems listed.
  • a yet further object of the present invention is to provide means for entering and updating user-inputted instructions/data denoting the desired selection and prioritization of the multiple-server systems available, and also for entering and updating user or over the air- inputted notations regarding the server systems present.
  • the present invention addresses the problem of the enormously increased complexity presented to a cellular phone user as the number of serving systems are increased in a particular cellular geographic service area (CGSA or MSA) by providing a simplified display and user interface capability for presentation, selection, and prioriti- zati ⁇ rr of the multiple serving systems.
  • CGSA cellular geographic service area
  • the simplicity and usefulness of the solutions provided are centered around an English language (or other natural language) , menu-driven display listing the several serving systems present, and two additional data fields per server - all of which informs and guides the user and his cellular phone unit after initial display/selection setup.
  • the display also contains user-inputted instructions and notations entered via the existing radiophone unit keyboard as supplemented by special function keys.
  • alphanumeric text strings associated with each neighbor list sent by the separate serving systems to the cellular unit are entered, stored, and displayed as English-language (or other natural language) names of up to 15 characters.
  • the term 'natural language' is defined for present purposes as a language having a regular written and spoken form in current usage, such as English, Swedish, Japanese, and the like.
  • the server names are displayed in a central Alpha Tag field of the display, one name per display line.
  • User-actuated keys serve to initiate the display/selection setup by entering alphanumeric characters or other indicia in an additional display field associated with each line.
  • a "user settings” field denotes the user's instructions for each server, i.e., preferred priority rating; use this server only; never use this server; etc.
  • a "current status” field indicates the radiophone system's knowledge or assessment of each server, i.e., system is present but user is not allowed on it, etc.
  • FIG. 1 is a simplified block diagram of a cellular phone unit embodying the display/user selective features according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 shows a commercially available portable cellular phone unit amenable to incorporation of the features of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a simplified plan view of a typical multiple cellular/PCS server or airtime provider environment
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a preferred layout of a segment of the main system memory associated with supplying data to the display unit;
  • FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an illustrative algorithm for facilitating data entry into the display unit memory
  • FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an illustrative algorithm used to determine the current status information for use in the display unit.
  • the overall cellular phone unit 10 is shown as including a display unit 12, an overall control key section 14, and a transceiver 16, all of which are interconnected via lines 18, 20, and 22, respectively, to a programmable control unit 24.
  • a main memory unit 26 communicates via lines 28 with the control unit 24, while the transceiver 16 includes a microphone 30, a speaker 32, and an antenna 34.
  • the control key section 14 includes a conventional keypad section 14K and a plurality of special function control keys 14F.
  • a housing 36 carries all of the above elements plus other well-known and conventional items, such as batteries (not shown) , and the like.
  • FIG. 2 A cellular phone capable of incorporating the advanced features provided via the present invention is illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the unit pictured there as 10' is described in an Ericsson Inc. (of Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) Product Bulletin CEL 4001.
  • the radiophone unit 10 of FIG. 1 may be structurally and functionally similar to the radiophone 10' of FIG. 2.
  • a selected few of the major external elements of radiophone unit 10' corresponding to those of FIG. 1 are indicated by like identification numbers.
  • the main memory 26 is configured to contain programming information for directing operation of the radiophone unit 10 via the programmable control unit 24, as well as different areas for storing a "best list," probably blocks for 800 MHZ and 1900 MHZ operation, a current scan block, a home system list, service selection data, primary and secondary private system identification/residential system identification (PSID/RSID) lists, system identification (SID), and negative SID lists, system operator code (SOC) lists, and the like.
  • PSID/RSID primary and secondary private system identification/residential system identification
  • SID system identification
  • SOC system operator code
  • the "best list" of digital control channel is based on those control channels that the subscriber/user has successfully employed in the past.
  • the value of probability blocks as aids to a radiophone unit in searching for a digital control channel is as defined in IS-136.1, in section 6.3.1 thereof. Section 6 of IS-136.1 is hereby incorporated by reference herein.
  • the memory layout and display unit together allow a subscriber/user to quickly select the server system to which he has subscribed and/or server systems that he desires to use from among groups of server systems available in the local area.
  • numeric assignment module in which an installer technician stores, among other information, SIDs and SOCs corresponding to each provider/server of cellular airtime services that the owner of the radio- radiophone unit 10 has subscribed to, and may be added to selected portions of the main memory 26.
  • the display unit 12 is arranged, in a preferred embodiment, as having three rows and twelve columns, each row divided into three fields.
  • the first is a single character field indicating "user setting," the middle field of 10 characters is for the Alpha Tag consisting of 10 of the up to 15 alphanumeric characters allowed in section 6.5 of IS-136.1 associated with different system providers (alternately referred to also as servers or operators) name, and the third single character field in the 12th column holds the "current status" of each of the systems in operation.
  • Table 1 An example of the contents of the different character fields is shown in Table 1 below.
  • a display menu is activated by operation of a "hot key,” H (not shown), which may be included as one of the special function keys 14F.
  • the key H functions to select the various display modes, one of which allows a user to selectively update information for the display unit 12.
  • the user can scroll up or down using selected up/down keys also included within the special function key group 14F. This allows the user to position any particular row and to make new entries in column 1 of the display 12, or to change the pre-existing entry in this column.
  • an "enter” key E (not shown) , which may also be one of the special function keys 14F, the data is entered in memory 26 and the user can be forced to lock to this system. Fine grain details of illustrative data associated with columns 1-12 of the display unit 12 are shown above in Table 1, where column 1 provides the priority of the system displayed in that row in columns 2-11, columns 2-11 providing the server's alphanumeric name or Alpha Tag.
  • FIG. 3 a simplified plan view shows a typical multiple-server environment in pictorial form.
  • providers of cellular airtime services in a given MSA may include the well- known RCC and WCC servers, as well as residential, private, educational, and PCS servers.
  • the few multiple servers are shown as having their service areas only partially overlapping - but it may be expected that a substantial portion of the MSA will be within the operational range of most, if not all, of the local servers.
  • An RCC cell site 50 is shown as connected to its associated MTSO, designated by the symbol " ", and thereafter to the local PSTN designated " " to provide communications services to one or more subscriber/users via radiophone units 10.
  • a WCC cell site 52 connected to the PSTN via its MTSO as shown by like symbols provides communications services to a mobile subscriber/user 10** - while one of many possible other portable radiophone units 10* may be in communication with a residential (or private) cellular system 54.
  • a residential (or private) cellular system 54 When one or more PCS sites 56 are operating, and additional services such as cell site 58 are available, the situa- tion giving rise to the need for the capabilities of the present display/selection invention becomes clear.
  • the interconnection between the various cell sites and their associated MTSOs, and between the MTSOs and the PTSN can be affected through the use of land lines, microwave links, or fiber-optic cables.
  • FIG. 4 provides an illustrative layout of that segment of main memory unit 26 that is dedicated to and tied up with the display unit 12. In this respect, it is only a part of memory 26 and thus is designated as 26D.
  • a set of contiguous memory locations is associated with each and every system in which the user is interested.
  • possible data associated with each system may consist of SOC, SID, PSID, RSID, and the data associated with that particular subscription.
  • the subscriber data may include type of service. Mobile Class, IMSID, and the like. Other information as desired may also be included.
  • FIG. 5 there is shown a flow chart detai-Mng an illustrative algorithm for data entry into the memory 26D associated with the display unit 12.
  • Logic circuitry for executing the entry algorithm may be included as part of the control unit 24.
  • the action is initiated via the "hot key” H that may function as a toggle to alternately select one or the other of two display modes - an active review/entry mode or a passive receive only/display mode.
  • the "hot key” H For a new entry to the display unit or for changing an old entry the user first presses the "hot key” H and then with the help of "Up/Down" keys selects the appropriate row of interest. In the passive receive mode, whatever is received over the air and its corresponding stored data is displayed and the user will not be able to enter or modify the row data.
  • the display unit 12 will continue to display those legends associated with normal radiophone opera ⁇ tions. Before the various data items of the several servers are displayed, the radiophone unit must synchronize to those systems; that is, both time and frequency synch ⁇ ronization with those systems must be achieved.
  • the algorithm used to determine the status information to be displayed executes a sequential process of locating valid signals in the area, synchronizing to the broadcast information streams, determining the level of interest based on that information, and optimally attempting "registration" with those that are of interest.
  • the results of each of the steps may or may not produce and/or modify entries in the tabular data displayed to - li ⁇ the user. These processes may occur autonomously or may be selectively (re)initiated by the user.
  • FIG. 6 there is shown an illus ⁇ trative approach, in simplified form, for scanning the channels and making use of the information broadcast by the individual cellular system servers.
  • the figure outlines a flow chart for determining current status of the various servers, and logic circuitry for executing the algorithm may be included as part of the control unit 24.
  • two basic "entry" modes are possible; the first and most comprehensive occurs when the radiophone is first powered on. In this mode, all channels are possible candidates and an intelligent method may be used to limit the scope of the search in order to expedite the time to actually lock on to a channel and allow access.
  • programs executed within the control unit 24 read all possible channels for signal strength, and rebroadcast information on the "next" strongest channel. Information channels that meet any of the user's criteria are save in memory portion 26D (FIG. 4) for display and/or later selection.
  • the second mode occurs all the time the radiophone unit is powered on.
  • the current channel (the one currently locked to and using for access) is automatically broadcasting information about its
  • the radiophone unit can selectively include or not include those broadcasts based on the user's priority inputs from the display review/entry mode.
  • the present display and user interface invention has been described in terms of selected pre ⁇ ferred embodiments, the invention should not be deemed limited thereto since other embodiments and modifications will readily occur to one skilled in the art. It will of course be recognized that the memory layouts and opera ⁇ ting algorithms described are merely exemplary, and many other equivalent layouts for control channel search. based on the above description, may be utilized to expedite the lock-in process based on the user's subscrip ⁇ tion to the plurality of services available. It is therefore to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

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Une unité d'affichage en langue anglaise (12) s'utilisant avec des unités téléphoniques cellulaires mobiles (10) est configurée spécialement pour donner des informations d'état aisément compréhensibles à un utilisateur de téléphone cellulaire opérant dans un environnement de serveurs multiples. Cette unité d'affichage est associée à une fonction simplifiée d'affectation de priorités à un système serveur commandé par l'utilisateur, laquelle fonction est centrée autour d'une unité d'affichage à zones multiples (12). L'unité d'affichage et l'interface d'affectation de priorités à l'utilisateur se combinent pour réduire notablement la complexité qu'impliquent la compréhension et la gestion de la pluralité d'options disponibles à l'utilisateur dans un tel environnement radioélectrique, tout en permettant le plein usage personnalisé des serveurs de temps de communication existants.
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