Selective call receiver with computer interface message notification

• US 5,455,572 A
• Filed: 10/19/1992
• Issued: 10/03/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Motorola Mobility LLC (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Cannon, Gregory L., Fuller, Gregory W., Macko, William J., Mondrosch, Nancy E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yusko, Donald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MERZ, EDWARD W
• Application Number:
  US07/963,345
• Time in Patent Office: 1,079 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.44, 340/311.1, 364/705.01, 364/705.05, 364/715.1
• US Class Current: 340/7.54
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/228 combined with other devices having a different main function, e.g. watches
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/023 with message or information receiving capability

Abstract

A selective call messaging peripheral (100) capable of receiving at least one message and communicating it to an electronic information processing device (200) comprises a microcontroller (105) including a processor (106) for executing a microcode program that controls operation of the peripheral and a receiver (103) that operates to receive and demodulate an information signal to provide a recovered information signal including an address signal and the message. A correlator (109) compares the recovered address signal with a predetermined address and generates an address detection indicating selection of the peripheral. A Personal Computer Memory Card Interface Association (PCMCIA) memory only interface (119) communicates notification of address detection to the electronic information processing device (200), and in response to a message read command received from the electronic information processing device (200), the microcontroller (105) configures the PCMCIA interface (119) to permit the electronic information processing device (200) to read the message from the peripheral (100).

Claims

1. A selective call messaging peripheral capable of receiving at least one message and communicating the at least one message to an electronic information processing device, the selective call messaging peripheral comprising:

a microcontroller including a processor for executing a microcode program that controls operation of the selective call messaging peripheral;

a receiver coupled to the microcontroller, the receiver operating to receive and demodulate an information signal providing a recovered information signal including an address signal and the at least one message;

a correlator coupled to the receiver, the correlator performing a comparison between the address signal recovered from the received information signal and a predetermined address associated with the selective call messaging peripheral and generating an address detection when the recovered address is substantially equivalent to the predetermined address indicating selection of the selective call messaging peripheral; and

a PCMCIA memory only interface coupled to and controlled by the microcontroller, the PCMCIA memory only interface communicating notification of the address detection to the electronic information processing device using a sequence that asserts a PCMCIA busy signal in the selective call messaging peripheral'"'"'s PCMCIA memory only interface, then releases the PCMCIA busy signal and asserts a PCMCIA ready signal in the selective call messaging peripheral'"'"'s PCMCIA memory only interface, the sequence causing the electronic information processing device to issue the message read command to the selective call messaging peripheral, and in response to receiving a message read command from the electronic information processing device, the PCMCIA memory only interface is configured by the microcontroller to permit the electronic information processing device to read the at least one message from the selective call messaging peripheral.

2. A selective call receiver capable of receiving at least one selective call message and communicating the at least one selective call message to an electronic information processing device, the selective call receiver comprising:

a microcontroller including a processor for executing a microcode program that controls operation of the selective call receiver;

a receiver coupled to and controlled by the microcontroller, the receiver being capable of receiving and demodulating an information signal to provide a recovered information signal;

a detector for recovering a serial bit stream from the recovered information signal, the serial bit stream comprising an address signal,

an address correlator responsive to the address signal, the address correlator operating to generate an address detection when the recovered address is substantially equivalent to a predetermined address indicating selection of the selective call receiver;

a decoder operating to decode the at least one selective call message from the recovered information signal and store the at least one selective call message in at least one electronic memory in response to the detection;

a PCMCIA memory only interface coupled to and controlled by the microcontroller, the PCMCIA memory only interface communicating notification of the address detection to the electronic information processing device, and in response to receiving a message read command from the electronic information processing device using a sequence that asserts a PCMCIA busy signal in the selective call messaging peripheral'"'"'s PCMCIA memory only interface, then releases the PCMCIA busy signal and asserts a PCMCIA ready signal in the selective call messaging peripheral'"'"'s PCMCIA memory only interface, the sequence causing the electronic information processing device to issue the message read command to the selective call messaging peripheral, the PCMCIA memory only interface is configured by the microcontroller to permit the electronic information processing device to read the at least one message from the selective call receiver.

3. A selective call messaging peripheral capable of receiving at least one message and communicating the at least one message to an electronic information processing device, the selective call messaging peripheral comprising:

a microcontroller including a processor for executing a microcode program that controls operation of the selective call messaging peripheral;

a receiver coupled to the microcontroller, the receiver operating to receive and demodulate an information signal providing a recovered information signal including an address signal and the at least one message;

a correlator coupled to the receiver, the correlator performing a comparison between the address signal recovered from the received information signal and a predetermined address associated with the selective call messaging peripheral and generating an address detection when the recovered address is substantially equivalent to the predetermined address indicating selection of the selective call messaging peripheral; and

a PCMCIA memory only interface coupled to the microcontroller, the microcontroller operating to take control of and configure the PCMCIA memory only interface in response to the address detection, the PCMCIA memory only interface serving to convey notification of the address detection to the electronic information processing device using a sequence that asserts a PCMCIA busy signal in the selective call messaging peripheral'"'"'s PCMCIA memory only interface, then releases the PCMCIA busy signal and asserts a PCMCIA ready signal in the selective call messaging peripheral'"'"'s PCMCIA memory only interface, the sequence causing the electronic information processing device to issue the message read command to the selective call messaging peripheral, and allow the electronic information processing device to read the at least one message from the selective call messaging peripheral.