KR100217730B1 - Pager having function of phonebook and method therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

end. The technical field to which the invention described in the claims belongs

A pager having a text display function and a method thereof are provided.

I. The technical problem to be solved by the invention

The present invention provides a wireless pager and a method for implementing a phone book function by receiving and storing a name and a corresponding telephone number through a wireless call signal.

All. Summary of Solution of the Invention

A storage means for detecting the received message and additionally storing the detected message and a corresponding character, and whether or not to additionally store the detected message and the character. Input means for allowing the text to be selected and input through a preset character selection operation, and control means for controlling whether to store the detected message and additionally storing the text corresponding to the detected message. We propose a wireless pager and its method.

la. Important uses of the invention

The present invention is used in text receiving and displaying radio pagers.

Description

Wireless pager with phone book function

The present invention relates to a wireless pager having a text display function and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a wireless pager having a phone book function by receiving and storing a letter name and a corresponding number phone number through a wireless call signal. It's about how.

Early paging receivers only had the ability to subscribe to a wireless paging service provider and receive only a limited number, such as a telephone number. However, as pagers are rapidly spreading and popularized, wireless pagers are required to receive and provide a variety of information in addition to a limited number. Accordingly, with the improvement of the service of the wireless calling service provider, a wireless pager capable of receiving and displaying texts has been developed. This is referred to as a wireless pager with a generic text display function, also referred to as a text pager. The wireless pager having the text display function can transmit information that any message sender wants to convey to the pager user as well as a number, and the wireless pager can receive and display such information. . The present invention is intended to solve the inconvenience of using the wireless pager described below by using a wireless pager having such a character display function, so that the user can more conveniently use the wireless pager.

Hereinafter, the driver of the present invention will be described. In general, a general wireless pager receives a telephone number of a message sender and functions to help a call with the sender. However, it is not easy to know whose telephone number is received by the pager. For example, when a message including a phone number is received, the pager user can find out who is the sender corresponding to the phone number by searching a notebook or an electronic notebook that functions as a phone book. Therefore, in order to know the sender corresponding to the received telephone number, the user of the pager has to be inconvenient to bring a telephone directory such as the notebook separately.

In addition, the conventional text wireless pager simply stores a phone number or the like, or when storing a name corresponding to the phone number, etc., since the limited function key of the pager is used, it is difficult for the user to operate the function key. This took a lot of inconvenience.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to implement a wireless pager and a method for implementing a phone book function by receiving and storing a letter name and a numeric telephone number corresponding thereto as a radio call signal.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a method of calling and storing a phone number to be stored using a message receiving function of a text wireless pager and a corresponding name so that the user can store the phone number and name more conveniently. To implement the method.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a storage means for detecting the received message and additionally storing the detected message and the corresponding text, whether or not the detected message and the text are additionally stored and Whether or not to additionally input the character, input means for selecting and inputting the character through a preset character selection operation, whether to store the detected message, and whether the character is stored in response to the detected message; The present invention proposes a wireless pager with a control means for controlling storage and a method thereof.

1 is a block diagram of a wireless pager having a text display and reception function according to the present invention.

2A is a flowchart illustrating a name registration method corresponding to a received telephone number according to the present invention.

2B is a front view of a pager in which a name registration operation is performed in response to a received telephone number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3A is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering a name and a phone number separately included in a received message according to the present invention.

3B is a front view of a pager in which an incoming message appears in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.

4 is an internal structure diagram of a memory for storing a name and a corresponding telephone number according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a wireless pager having a text display function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the RF unit 111 receives radio call information and performs functions of frequency conversion, demodulation, and waveform shaping. Therefore, the message received by the RF unit 111 becomes radio call information converted into digital data. The output of the RF unit 111 is input to the decoder 112. The decoder 112 sets the operation mode of the pager by decoding the input data. That is, in the idle mode, the supply of the operating power is controlled at regular intervals to detect the preamble data. In the batch mode, the word sync data and the set frame data are decoded and converted into original data forms. The controller 113 receives the decoded data from the decoder 112. The controller 113 processes the received data to control an alarm function and a vibration function. The alarm unit 117 generates an alarm signal such as a tone signal or a vibration signal under the control of the controller 113. The display unit 116 displays the message of the calling party and the status information of the wireless pager by text or icon by the display control signal output from the control unit 113. The memory 115 stores an operation program of the control unit 113 and includes a storage area of a name and a telephone number stored according to the present invention. An example of the internal structure of the memory 115 according to the present invention is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 4, a name is stored, and a phone number corresponding to the name is stored. The name and telephone number shown in FIG. 4 are stored by the attached FIGS. 2A and 2B.

2A is a flowchart illustrating a method of registering a name corresponding to a telephone number included in a received message in a text format according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2A, a message is received through the RF unit 111 in step 210. The message may be received by calling the telephone number the wireless pager user wishes to register, or may be any other message. In step 212, the message is detected, and in step 214, it is determined whether there is an input for entering the message storage mode. At this time, the input is input by a function key provided in the pager. If it is determined in step 214 that there is a storage mode entry input, it is determined in step 216 whether there is a message storage input for storing the received message. This input is also input by a predetermined function key provided in the pager. If there is a message storage input in step 216, the message is stored in step 218. In step 220, it is determined whether there is an input for storing an additional name in response to the stored message. That is, if the message is a phone number, it is determined whether to input a name corresponding to the phone number and store it. The determination is performed by inputting a predetermined function key provided in the pager. If there is an input for additionally inputting a name in step 220, in step 222, characters constituting the name registered in advance in the wireless pager are selected and input, and in response to the stored message in step 218. Additional characters are stored. In step 224, if there is an input for checking whether the name is correctly inputted, the registration process is terminated.

A specific example in which the registration process shown in FIG. 2A is executed in the pager is shown in FIG. 2B.

Referring to FIG. 2B, when the message '02, 333-4444 'is received, the user inputs the' M 'function key shown in FIG. 2B to register the message. In addition, if the user wants to input a name corresponding to the message, the 'M' function key is input again. Then, the characters registered in advance to input the name are displayed, and the user selects the necessary characters by appropriately inputting the 'A' function key and the 'B' function key to scroll the displayed characters. 2B illustrates an example in which the letters 'hong' and 'gil' are input in response to the received message.

Meanwhile, the present invention is implemented in the same manner as in FIGS. 2A and 2B and also in the method shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B. 3A and 3B will be described below, Figure 3a is a flow chart illustrating a method for storing the name and the phone number included in the received message according to the present invention, Figure 3b is an embodiment of the present invention Is a front view of the pager in which incoming messages appear.

Referring to FIG. 3A, a message is received in step 310. In step 312, the message is detected, and in step 314, it is determined whether the message includes a division mark. In this case, the division mark is an indication for determining whether the received message is a message called to be registered in the pager. As an example, referring to FIG. 3B, when the wireless pager receives the message 'Hong Gil-dong # 02,333-4444', '#' of the message may be distinguished from the message called to be registered in the wireless pager. To help. In addition, the '#' serves as a marker for distinguishing the name of the letter and the telephone number of the number. The name and the phone number are distinguished from each other so that the registered name and the phone number are not displayed on the same line when the registered name and the phone number are displayed on the display unit of the pager and are stored in different memory areas when the memory 115 is stored in the memory 115. . This is because when the name and phone number are stored separately, even if the user enters only the name or only the phone number, the corresponding phone number and name are displayed. In step 314, if there is the classification mark, in step 316, the storage mode for storing the message is entered. In step 318, it is determined whether the received message is in the order of 'name', 'division mark', 'telephone number'. If the message is received in the above-described order, in step 320, the message is divided into a name and a phone number, and then it is terminated. The determining of the order in step 318 is to distinguish the message from other messages. If there is no division mark in step 314, the received message is displayed in step 315 and a corresponding alarm signal is generated. When the wireless pager user wants to register a required phone number and name, the received message may be called with his or her calling number in the order of 'name', 'division mark', and 'phone number'.

2A and 2B, the registration method shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B may further input and store a name corresponding to the received phone number, or the user may directly call a required phone number and then call the phone number. When received, it operates by inputting and storing a name of a character corresponding thereto, and the registration method shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B is a call for registering a user's required name, a corresponding telephone number, and a telephone number. After informing the message consisting of the distinction mark, the message is received is operated in such a manner that the wireless pager determines the call for the registration to perform the registration operation. For reference, in order to call a part of the name, that is, a letter, the character input method provided by the wireless paging service provider or the character input through computer communication, or the wireless paging service provider provides Can be called by the character input method by the operator.

As described above, the present invention has an advantage that a name, phone number, and phone book can be conveniently implemented using a message receiving function of a wireless pager in a wireless pager capable of receiving and displaying text.

Claims (7)

In a wireless pager having a text reception and display function, Detection means for detecting a received message, storage means for storing the detected message and additionally storing a predetermined character corresponding to the detected message, and additionally storing the detected message and the character in the storage means. First input means for inputting whether or not to input, second input means for inputting whether or not to additionally input the character by an output of the first input means, and a character in which the character is preset Third input means to be selected and input through a selection operation, whether to store the detected message in response to an output result of the first, second, and third input means, and in response to the detected message Character with a phone book function, characterized in that it has control means for controlling storage Wireless pager. The method of claim 1, The character selection operation, And displaying the basic text composition unit constituting the text so that the basic text composition unit is selected by the third input means. A method of implementing a phone book function in a wireless pager having a text receiving and displaying function, Detecting means for detecting a received message, a storing step of storing the detected message and additionally storing a predetermined character corresponding to the detected message, and determining whether the detected message and the character are to be additionally stored. A first input step of inputting whether or not to be input, a second input step of inputting whether or not to additionally input the text when the detected message and the text are additionally stored in the first input step; And a third input step of allowing a character to be selected and input through a preset character selection operation. The method of claim 3, And if there is an input to prevent the text from being additionally input in the second input step, only the detected message is stored. The method of claim 3, A third input step of allowing the character to be selected and input through a preset character selection operation, And displaying the basic text constructing unit constituting the text, wherein the basic text constructing unit is selected so that the text is constructed and stored in correspondence to the detected message. A method of implementing a phone book function in a wireless pager having a text receiving and displaying function, A first detection step of detecting a received message, and a second detection of a letter and a number and a second detection for detecting a division mark included in the message, which is previously promised to distinguish the letters and numbers from the message detected in the first detection step And a step of storing the letters and numbers of the detected message when the division mark is detected in the second detection step, and storing the letters and numbers of the detected message separately. A method of implementing a phone book function in a text pager, characterized in that the display step is shown below. The method of claim 6, The display step, And displaying the text of the detected message and displaying the number stored separately from the text.

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