Destination non-limiting bidirectional radio paging system and method

• US 6,223,020 B1
• Filed: 06/30/1997
• Issued: 04/24/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kwon, Tae-Youn
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): GELIN, JEAN ALLAND
• Application Number:
  US08/885,528
• Time in Patent Office: 1,394 Days
• Field of Search: 455/31.1, 455/31.2, 455/31.3, 455/32.1, 455/38.1, 455/515, 455/520, 455/526, 455/417, 455/434, 455/458, 455/459, 455/466, 455/38.2, 455/38.5, 455/550, 455/552, 455/553, 455/556, 455/557, 455/418, 340/825.44, 340/825.22, 340/825.47
• US Class Current: 455/91
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/025 with acknowledge back capability

Abstract

The present invention relates to bidirectional radio paging systems and methods of paging without limiting destinations wherein at least one bidirectional radio pager and an uplink control device share a database containing information on a plurality of paging destinations and about response messages of various contents, and wherein a specified uplink data format is used for communication between base station equipment and the bidirectional radio pager, whereby the bidirectional radio pager comprises a first data generator for transforming destination information not previously registered in the database to a data format substantially in conformity with a data format associated with the uplink control device and a second data generator for generating radio transmission data containing a free destination flag as a message type, data related to the formatted unregistered destination information provided by the first data generator, and an index indicating an optional message content selected from the database.

Claims

1. A bidirectional radio paging system having at least one paging device and an uplink control device in which the at least one paging device and the uplink control device have a common database containing information on a plurality of paging destinations and about response messages of various contents, the at least one paging device comprising:

a first data generator that transforms destination information not previously registered in the database to a data format substantially in conformity with a data format associated with the uplink control device; and

a second data generator that generates radio transmission data containing a free destination flag as a message type, data related to the formatted unregistered destination information provided by the first data generator, and an index indicating an optional message content selected from the database.

2. The paging device as defined in claim 1, further comprising a receiving unit for conditioning received signals.

3. The paging device as defined in claim 1, further comprising a decoder for converting a received signal to a data format and for detecting signal components contained in the received signal.

4. The paging device as defined in claim 1, further comprising a memory unit for storing data substantially pertaining to the paging operation.

5. The paging device as defined in claim 1, further comprising a transmission unit for transmitting data in accordance with destination and selected message information.

6. The paging device as defined in claim 1, further comprising a key inputter for inputting user paging information.

7. The paging device as defined in claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying various types of status and messages generated and received during paging operation.

8. The paging device as defined in claim 1, further comprising an alarm unit for generating an alarm signal when receiving messages during paging operation.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first and second data generator in the at least one paging device comprise at least one controller.

10. A destination non-limiting bidirectional radio paging system comprising:

a plurality of bidirectional radio pagers communicating with a database that stores a plurality of destinations and response messages with various contents, a first data generator that transforms destination information not previously registered in the database to a data format substantially in conformity with a data format associated with an uplink control device, each bidirectional radio pager also having a second data generator that generates radio transmission data containing a free destination flag as a message type, data related to the formatted unregistered destination information provided by the first data generator, and an index indicating an optional message content selected from the database; and

an uplink control device that communicates with said database and configured to determine whether the free destination flag is to be inserted when receiving the radio transmission data provided by the second data generator and to read the unregistered destination information from the radio transmission data when detecting the free destination flag so as to transmit a message, conforming to the index, to the corresponding destination.

11. The radio paging system as defined in claim 10, further comprising a plurality of base station equipment units for transferring the radio transmission data transmitted from the plurality of bidirectional radio pagers to the uplink control device.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first and second data generators comprise at least one controller.

13. A method of performing bidirectional radio paging without limiting destinations of bidirectional radio pagers in a bidirectional radio paging system in which an uplink control device and the bidirectional radio pagers have a common database containing information on a plurality of paging destinations and about response messages of various contents, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) detecting destination information for responding to a paging party;

(b) checking whether the destination information is registered in the database;

(c) inserting a free destination flag into a transmission message format for uplink operation when the destination information is recognized as unregistered destination information;

(d) detecting a key entry for selecting one of the various content response messages; and

(e) editing and transmitting a radio transmission message containing the free destination flag, the unregistered destination data, and a selected message content index in conformity with an uplink data format, when the insertion of the free destination flag and the content of said response message are determined.