Auto-dialing apparatus and auto-dialing type paging receiver including improved calling functions

• US 5,099,507 A
• Filed: 09/18/1989
• Issued: 03/24/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Oishi, Tateki, Mukai, Yoshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Dwyer, James L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne D.
• Application Number:
  US07/409,045
• Time in Patent Office: 918 Days
• Field of Search: 379/56-58, 379/91, 379/354-357, 379/200, 379/216, 340/311.11, 340/825.44 H
• US Class Current: 340/7.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/229 with other provisions not elsewhere provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/275 implemented by means of portable electronic directories

Abstract

In a radio paging receiver equipped with an auto-dialing function, there are provided a message data receiver; a message data memory; a message data readout unit; a message data display unit; and a selecting unit for selecting a telephone number portion contained in the message data. Then, the data selected by the selecting unit is converted into a corresponding dialing tone signal, whereby a desired display tone is automatically generated and input to a telephone handset.

Claims

1. An auto-dialing type paging receiver, comprising:

receiving means for receiving message data, the message data including at least telephone number data and numeral data other than the telephone number data;

storage means for storing the message data received by the receiving means;

readout means for reading out the message data from the storage means;

display means for displaying the message data read out from the storage means;

selection means for selecting only the telephone number data from the message data displayed on the display means; and

dialing-tone generating means for converting the telephone number data selected by the selection means into a corresponding telephone number dialing tone and for outputting the telephone number dialing tone to a telephone handset.

2. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said selection means includes:

a manually operable switch; and

means for selecting an arbitrary data portion contained in the message data displayed on the display means, by manually manipulating the manually operable switch.

3. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said selection means includes:

detecting means for detecting a specific code contained in the message data displayed on said display means; and

means for selecting a specific portion of the data contained in the message data in response to said specific code detected by said detecting means.

4. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 3, wherein:

said specific code corresponds to an abbreviated number designating a predetermined message phrase where a telephone number is present as a parameter; and

said means for selecting selects a data portion corresponding to said telephone number data contained in said message data in response to said abbreviated number corresponding to said predetermined message phrase detected by said detecting means.

5. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein:

a message phrase memory means is provided for storing a plurality of predetermined message phrases;

first detecting means is provided for detecting an abbreviated number to designate a predetermined message phrase which has been stored in said message phrase memory means, from said message data read by said readout means; and

said display means includes means for reading and displaying said predetermined message phrase corresponding to said abbreviated number from said message phrase memory means when said abbreviated number corresponding to said predetermined message phrase is detected by said first detecting means; and

said selection means includes;

said detecting means which detects the abbreviated number of said predetermined message phrase to designate the predetermined message phrase where a telephone number is present as a parameter; and

means for selecting a data portion corresponding to said telephone number data contained in said message data in response to the abbreviated number of said predetermined message phrase detected by said detecting means.

6. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 5, wherein said selection means further includes means for selecting all of the data portion contained in the message data when said abbreviated number of the predetermined message phrase is not detected by said detecting means.

7. An auto-dialing type paging receiver, comprising:

receiving means for receiving message data, the message data including at least telephone number data and numeral data other than the telephone number data;

message data storage means for storing the message data received by the receiving means;

message phrase memory means for storing a plurality of predetermined message phrases;

readout means for reading out the message data from the message data storage means;

display means for displaying the message data read by the readout means;

first detecting means for detecting an abbreviated number to designate the predetermined message phrase which has been stored in the message phrase memory means from the read message data;

means for reading the predetermined message phrase corresponding to the detected abbreviated number from the message phrase memory means when the abbreviated number corresponding to the predetermined message phrase is detected by the first detecting means;

dialing-tone generating means for converting a numeral data of said message data into a corresponding dialing tone;

means for instructing a generation of the dialing tone;

said detecting means detecting a specific abbreviated number for designating a predetermined message phrase where a telephone number is present as a parameter, from the message data displayed on the display means in response to an output of the instructing means; and

dialing-data selecting means for selectively outputting to said dialing-tone generating means, a data portion contained in the message data corresponding to the telephone number data, when said specific abbreviated number of said predetermined message phrase is detected by said detecting means, and all of the data portion contained in the message data when said specific abbreviated number of said predetermined message phrase is not detected by said detecting means.

8. An auto-dialing type paging receiver comprising:

receiving means for receiving message data, the message data including at least telephone number data and numeral data other than the telephone number data;

message data storage means for storing the message data received by the receiving means;

message phrase memory means for storing a plurality of predetermined message phrases;

telephone number memory means for storing a plurality of telephone numbers;

readout means for reading out the message data from the message data storage means;

display means for displaying the message data read by the readout means;

detecting means for detecting an abbreviated number to designate the predetermined message phrase which has been stored in the message phrase memory means from the read message data;

means for reading the predetermined message phrase corresponding to the detected abbreviated number of the predetermined message phrase from the message phrase memory means when the abbreviated number corresponding to said predetermined message phrase is detected by the detecting means;

dialing-tone generating means for converting a numeral data into a corresponding dialing tone;

means for instructing a generation of the dialing tone; and

dialing-data selection means for detecting a specific code contained in the message data displayed on the display means in response to operation of the instructions means, and for selecting data to be dialed based upon a result of the detection by said dialing-data selecting means, whereby said selected data is transferred to the dialing-tone generating means.

9. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 8, wherein said specific code corresponds to the abbreviated number of the predetermined message phrase for selectively designating the predetermined message phrase stored in said message phrase memory means.

10. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 8, wherein

said specific code corresponds to a specific abbreviated number of a predetermined message phrase for selectively designating a predetermined message phrase by which a predetermined caller is required for communications;

and

said dialing-data selecting means including means for reading a predetermined telephone number from said telephone number memory means so as to be output to said dialing-tone generating means when said specific abbreviated number corresponding to said predetermined message phrase is detected.

11. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

said specific code corresponds to a abbreviated number corresponding to a predetermined message phrase stored in said message phrase memory means; and

said dialing-data selecting means outputs a telephone number portion contained in said message data or telephone number data stored in the telephone number memory means to said dialing-tone generating means based upon the detected abbreviated number of said predetermined message phrase.

12. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 8, wherein said specific code corresponds to a code for designating an address of said telephone number memory means.

13. An auto-dialing type paging receiver, comprising:

receiving means for receiving message data, the message data including at least telephone number data and numeral data other than the telephone number data;

storage means for storing the message data received by the receiving means;

telephone number memory means for storing a plurality of telephone numbers;

readout means for reading out the message data from the storage means;

display means for displaying the message data read by the readout means;

dialing-tone generating means for converting a numeral data into a corresponding dialing tone;

means for instructing a generation of the dialing tone; and

dialing-tone selecting means for detecting a specific code contained in the message data displayed on said display means in response to operation of said instruction means, and for outputting specific data corresponding to each of detecting results to said dialing-tone generating means.

14. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 13, wherein said specific code corresponds to a code for designating an address of said telephone number memory means.

15. An auto-dialing type paging receiver, comprising:

receiving means for receiving message data, the message data including at least telephone number data and numeral data other than the telephone number data;

storage means for storing the message data received by the receiving means;

telephone number memory means for storing cashless telephone dialing number data for enabling at least a cashless telephone communication;

readout means for reading out the message data from the storage means;

display means for displaying the message data read by the readout means;

dialing-tone generating means for converting a numeral data into a corresponding dialing tone;

means for instructing a generation of the dialing tone; and

output means for outputting both the telephone number data contained in the message data displayed on the display means and the cashless telephone dialing number stored in the telephone number memory means to said dialing-tone generating means in response to operation of said instruction means.

16. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 15, wherein said output means includes means for detecting a specific code contained in the message data, said dialing number data being output only when said specific code is detected.

17. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 15 including means for detecting a specific code contained in the message data, and represents that a cashless communication can be performed only when said specific code is detected;

and

said output means outputs said dialing number data only when said specific code is detected.

18. An auto-dialing type paging receiver, comprising:

receiving means for receiving message data, the message data including at least telephone number data and numeral data other than the telephone number data;

storage means for storing the message data received by the receiving means;

telephone number memory means for storing both a plurality of telephone numbers and a cashless telephone dialing number data for enabling a cashless telephone communication;

readout means for reading out the message data from said storage means;

display means for displaying the message data read by said readout means;

dialing-tone generating means for converting a numeral data into a corresponding dialing tone;

means for instructing a generation of the dialing tone by the dialing-tone generating means; and

output means for detecting the telephone number memory designating code contained in the message data displayed on said display means in response to operation of said instruction means, whereby both a corresponding telephone number data and said cashless telephone dialing number are read out from said telephone number memory means and supplied to said dialing-tone generating means.

19. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 18, wherein:

said output means includes means for detecting a specific code contained in the message data; and

said dialing number data is output to the dialing-tone output means only when said specific code is detected.

20. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 18, including:

means for detecting a specific code contained in the message data and for representing that a cashless communication is possible when said specific code is detected; and

said output means includes means for outputting said dialing number data to the dialing-tone output means only when said specific code is detected.

21. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 18, wherein in accordance with each of said plural telephone numbers, identification information representing whether or not a cashless communication is available is stored into said telephone number memory means, and said output means reads both the corresponding telephone number and cashless telephone dialing number from the telephone number memory means so as to be output to said dialing-tone generating means only when the detected telephone number memory designating code corresponds to a code for instructing a telephone number by which the cashless communication is permitted by said identification information.

22. An auto-dialing type paging receiver as claimed in claim 21, wherein said display means includes means for representing that the cashless communication is allowed based upon identification information added to the telephone number.

23. An auto-dialing apparatus, comprising:

a telephone number memory means for storing both a cashless telephone dialing number data for a cashless telephone communication and a plurality of telephone number data, and wherein identification information indicating whether cashless communication is available or not is attached to each of said telephone number data;

readout means for reading out the telephone number data from said telephone number memory means;

display means for displaying the telephone number data read by said readout means;

dialing-tone generating means for converting the telephone number data into a corresponding dialing tone;

means for instructing a generation of the dialing tone; and

judging means for judging whether a cashless communication is permitted or not by the identification information attached to the telephone number data displayed on said display means in response to operation of the instruction means, and for selecting, based upon the judgement result of the judging means, as data to be output to said dialing-tone generating means, only the telephone number data stored into said telephone number memory means, or both the telephone number data and dialing number data.

24. An auto-dialing apparatus as claimed in claim 23, wherein said display means includes means for representing whether or not the cashless communication is available based upon the identification information added to preselected telephone number data.