Radio data interface device

• US 5,714,943 A
• Filed: 12/13/1994
• Issued: 02/03/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Rasor, Gregg Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A
• Application Number:
  US08/355,451
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.44, 379/57, 379/93, 455/66, 455/34.1
• US Class Current: 340/7.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/1016 using wireless transmission calling systems using transmission by inductive loop H04B5/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/185 Selective call encoders for paging networks, e.g. paging centre devices

Abstract

A radio data interface device (201) for facilitating communication of at least one selective call message with at least one messaging subscriber (202, 202'"'"', 202"). The radio data interface device comprises a microcontroller (208) including at least one electronic memory (209, 210, 211, 212) and a processor (213), at least one data port (214) coupled to the microcontroller (208) for communicating the at least one selective call message received by a selective call receiver (204) to the microcontroller (208), and a network interface (215) coupled to and controlled by the processor (208). The processor (208) is capable of executing a microcode program, a portion of which functions to maintain a dynamic registry of messaging subscribers in the at least one electronic memory (209, 210, 211, 212). The network interface (215) supports at least one data link transport protocol for communicating at least a portion of the least one selective call message between the radio data interface device (201) and the at least one messaging subscriber (202, 202'"'"', 202").

Claims

1. A radio data interface device for facilitating communication of at least one selective call message with at least one messaging subscriber, the radio data interface device comprising:

a microcontroller including at least one electronic memory and a processor;

at least one data port coupled to the microcontroller for communicating the at least one selective call message sent from one of a messaging subscriber unit and a messaging subscriber to a selective call receiver coupled to the processor that decodes the at least one selective call message to recover a sub-address and data associated therewith, the message comprising;

an address corresponding with a selected one of a plurality of clients and servers, the address comprising at least one of a network address, a personal paging address, and an electronic mail address, each of the network address, the personal paging address, and the electronic mall address corresponding with a reference designator in a dynamic registration table maintained in the at least one electronic memory, the reference designator allowing selection of at least one of the network address, the personal paging address, and the electronic mail address in response to a match between the reference designator and the sub-address, and

the data associated with the at least one sub-address; and

a network interface coupled to and controlled by the processor, the network interface supporting at least one data link transport protocol for communicating the message to the at least one messaging subscriber at the target indicated by the address.

2. The radio data interface device according to claim 1 further comprising a modem coupled to the microcontroller, the modem operating to facilitate communication with the selected one of the plurality of clients and servers comprising a selective call messaging service for originating an outbound selective call message from the at least one messaging subscriber.

3. The radio data interface device according to claim 1 wherein the electronic memory comprises a semiconductor memory coupled to the microcontroller for storing and retrieving data associated with the dynamic registration table of messaging subscribers and the outbound selective call message.

4. The radio data interface device according to claim 1 wherein the electronic memory comprises a disk based mass storage device coupled to the microcontroller for storing and retrieving data associated with the dynamic registration table of messaging subscribers and the outbound selective call message.

5. The radio data interface device according to claim 1 wherein the selective call receiver comprises:

a receiver for receiving and demodulating an information signal to provide a received information signal;

a detector for recovering a serial bit stream from the received information signal, the serial bit stream comprising at least an address signal,

an address correlator responsive to the address signal, the address correlator operating to correlate a received address with a predetermined address associated with selecting the selective call receiver;

a decoder responsive to a valid correlation of the received address with the predetermined address associated with selecting the selective call receiver, the decoder operating to decode the at least one selective call message from the received information signal;

a processor coupled to the decoder, address correlator, detector, receiver, and radio data interface device;

the processor functioning to communicate the at least one selective call message decoded from the received information signal to the radio data interface device via the at least one data port.

6. The radio data interface device according to claim 1 wherein the dynamic registration table comprises:

a network user name having a corresponding network address.

7. The radio data interface device according to claim 1 wherein the dynamic registration table of messaging subscribers further comprises:

a network user name having a corresponding electronic mail address.

8. The radio data interface device according to claim 1 wherein the dynamic registration table of messaging subscribers further comprises:

a network user name having a corresponding personal paging address.