Radio data communication method

• US 6,078,808 A
• Filed: 06/19/1997
• Issued: 06/20/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Miyata, Yusuke, Matsumoto, Yu, Fukutomi, Hiroshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, DUC M
• Application Number:
  US08/878,977
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 455/412, 455/38.1, 455/31.3, 455/517, 455/93, 455/142, 455/566, 455/186.1, 455/418, 455/414, 455/70, 455/72, 455/422, 455/556, 455/557, 340/825.44
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/229 with other provisions not elsewhere provided for

Abstract

According to a conventional pager generally avalable, mere characters and symbols can be transmitted and received. In addition thereto, since code sets that can be transmitted and received are limited, data other than messages can not be transmitted and received. However, information management section of the present invention, when transmitting and receiving of data, such as schedule data, including codes other than the code sets, the data should be converted into data in a form of message before carrying out the tranmitting and receiving. Therefore, it is possible to transmit and receive a variety of data prepared in a form other than in a form of message. When transmitting of data, only the part that has been changed is transmitted while the information management section of the addressee changes only the part corresponding to the data that has been changed, i.e., the unchanged parts of the file are not changed. Therefore, it is possible to update data with remarkably little communication amount. The information management section of the addressee displays the changed part in a manner so as to be discriminated from other unchanged part. Accordingly, the user can identify the changed part.

Claims

1. A radio data communication method for radio-transmitting a file from a transmitting device to portable terminals, the portable terminals having memory means for storing a file, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) converting, in the transmitting device, a file including data other than data in a previously determined specific code set into message data in a message format made up of data in the specific code set;

(b) radio-transmitting the message data from the transmitting device; and

(c) carrying out reverse-conversion in a portable terminal by preparing, based on the received message data in message format, a file equivalent to the file in the transmitting device, and storing the file in the memory means,

wherein, in the step (a), the file is converted into updating data that is message data indicative of a part that has been changed and content how the part has been changed, and in the step (c), the part, of the file stored in, the memory means, that is to be changed is updated in accordance with the updating data,

further comprising the step of displaying the changed part of the updated file in a form of display that is different from others that have not changed.

2. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the message data includes specific data indicative of message data which was created by conversion of the file in the form of message in said step (a).

3. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the memory means stores plural kinds of files that have different data structures with each other,

the message data includes mode data specifying that the message data should be converted into a file having a specific data structure among the data structures, and

a file is prepared, in the step (c), in accordance with the specific data structure specified by the mode data.

4. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the step (a) includes the step of:

(d) dividing the converted message data into a plurality of message data, when a length of the converted message data is greater than a predetermined maximum length, so that each length of the divided plurality of message data falls within the predetermined maximum length,

wherein one file is prepared, in the step (c), from the divided plurality of message data.

5. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 4, wherein the step (d) includes the step of:

(e) providing a divided message data with a number N indicating that the divided message data is Nth in order among the divided plurality of message data.

6. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the updating data includes predetermined identification data for identifying whether or not the message data is updating data.

7. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 1, wherein the step (a) includes the step of:

(f) dividing the converted updating data into a plurality of updating data, when a length of the converted updating data is greater than a predetermined maximum length, so that each length of the divided plurality of updating data falls within the predetermined maximum length,

wherein one file is prepared, in the step (c), from the divided plurality of updating data.

8. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 7, wherein the step (f) includes:

(g) providing a divided message data with a number N indicating that the divided message data is Nth in order among the divided plurality of message data.

9. A recording medium for storing programs that is used for carrying out the radio data communication method as set forth in claim 1.

10. A radio data communication method for radio-transmitting a file from a transmitting device to portable terminals, the portable terminals having memory means for storing a file, said method comprising the step of:

(a) converting, in the transmitting device, a file including data other than data in a previously determined specific code set into message data in a message format made up of data in the specific code set;

(b) radio-transmitting the message data from the transmitting device; and

(c) carrying out reverse-conversion in a portable terminal by preparing, based on the received message data in message format, a file equivalent to the file in the transmitting device, and storing the file in the memory means,

wherein, in the step (a), the file is converted into updating data that is message data indicative of a part that has been changed and content how the part has been changed, and in the step (c), the part, of the file stored in the memory means, that is to be changed is updated in accordance with the updating data,

wherein the step (c) includes the step of;

selecting updating data used during updating among the received updating data.

11. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 10, wherein the message data includes specific data indicative of message data which was created by conversion of the file in the form of message in said step (a).

12. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 10, wherein the memory means stores plural kinds of files that have different data structures with each other, the message data includes mode data specifying that the message data should be converted into a file having a specific data structure among the data structures, and a file is prepared, in the step (c), in accordance with the specific data structure specified by the mode data.

13. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 10, wherein the step (a) includes the step of:

(d) dividing the converted message data into a plurality of message data, when a length of the converted message data is greater than a predetermined maximum length, so that each length of the divided plurality of message data falls within the predetermined maximum length,

wherein one file is prepared, in the step (c), from the divided plurality of message data.

14. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 13, wherein the step (d) includes the step of:

(e) providing a divided message data with a number N indicating that the divided message data is Nth in order among the divided plurality of message data.

15. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 10, wherein the updating data includes predetermined identification data for identifying whether or not the message data is updating data.

16. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 10, wherein the step (a) includes the step of:

(f) dividing the converted updating data into a plurality of updating data, when a length of the converted updating data is greater than a predetermined maximum length, so that each length of the divided plurality of updating data falls within the predetermined maximum length,

wherein one file is prepared, in the step (c), from the divided plurality of updating data.

17. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 16, wherein the step (f) includes:

(g) providing a divided message data with a number N indicating that the divided message data is Nth in order among the divided plurality of message data.

18. A recording medium for storing programs that is used for carrying out the radio data communication method as set forth in claim 10.

19. A radio data communication method for radio-transmitting a file from a transmitting device to portable terminals, the portable terminals having memory means for storing a file, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) converting, in the transmitting device, a file including data other than data in a previously determined specific code set into message data in a message format made up of data in the specific code set;

(b) radio-transmitting the message data from the transmitting device; and

(c) carrying out reverse-conversion in a portable terminal by preparing, based on the received message data in message format, a file equivalent to the file in the transmitting device, and storing the file in the memory means,

wherein, in the step (a), the file is converted into updating data that is message data indicative of a part that has been changed and content how the part has been changed, and in the step (c), the part, of the file stored in the memory means, that is to be changed is updated in accordance with the updating data,

wherein the file includes display form data for discriminating, during displaying content of the file, between a first part which is displayed in a first display form and a second part which is displayed in a second display form differing from the first display form, and the step (a) includes the step of preparing, in the transmitting device, the updating data by treating the first part of the file, to be displayed in the first display form, as the part to be changed.

20. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 19, wherein the message data includes specific data indicative of message data which was created by conversion of the file in the form of message in said step (a).

21. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 19, wherein the memory means stores plural kinds of files that have different data structures with each other, the message data includes mode data specifying that the message data should be converted into a file having a specific data structure among the data structures, and a file is prepared, in the step (c), in accordance with the specific data structure specified by the mode data.

22. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 19, wherein the step (a) includes the step of:

(d) dividing the converted message data into a plurality of message data, when a length of the converted message data is greater than a predetermined maximum length, so that each length of the divided plurality of message data falls within the predetermined maximum length,

wherein one file is prepared, in the step (c), from the divided plurality of message data.

23. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 22, wherein the step (d) includes the step of:

(e) providing a divided message data with a number N indicating that the divided message data is Nth in order among the divided plurality of message data.

24. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 19, wherein the updating data includes predetermined identification data for identifying whether or not the message data is updating data.

25. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 19, wherein the step (a) includes the step of:

(f) dividing the converted updating data into a plurality of updating data, when a length of the converted updating data is greater than a predetermined maximum length, so that each length of the divided plurality of updating data falls within the predetermined maximum length,

wherein one file is prepared, in the step (c), from the divided plurality of updating data.

26. The radio data communication method as set forth in claim 25, wherein the step (f) includes:

(g) providing a divided message data with a number N indicating that the divided message data is Nth in order among the divided plurality of message data.

27. A recording medium for storing programs that is used for carrying out the radio data communication method as set forth in claim 19.