Radio-pager and method of radio-paging

• US 5,737,688 A
• Filed: 03/03/1995
• Issued: 04/07/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), NTT Software Corporation (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishino, Fukuya, Sakai, Yoichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): MAUNG, NAY AUNG
• Application Number:
  US08/397,937
• Time in Patent Office: 1,131 Days
• Field of Search: 379/56, 379/57, 379/127, 455/38.1, 455/38.2, 455/38.4, 455/38.5, 455/31.2, 455/426, 455/458, 340/825.44, 340/825.47
• US Class Current: 340/7.39
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/229 with other provisions not elsewhere provided for
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/023 with message or information receiving capability

Abstract

The purpose of the invention is to provide a radio-pager that allows a user to set any desired call-sign therein and method of radio-paging that not only conducts person-to-person communication but easily realizes transmission from one person to a plurality (N) of persons such as simultaneous transmission of the same message or commercial massage to a number of pagers. The pager receives radio waves by an antenna, demodulates the received signal into digital data by a radio demodulator and transfers the data to a digital circuit that corrects the data for code transmission error caused by affection of fading. A CPU of the pager examines the correctly reproduced data and extracts a call-sign from the data stream. The CPU 25 reads a call-sign stored in a RAM and examines whether the extracted call-sign corrsponds to the stored call-sign. The pager drives an electronic speaker when the CPU detects that both call-signs are identiacal with each other.

Claims

1. A radio-pager having an identification code, the radio-pager producing an electronic sound signal, displaying a message including a number, characters or a picture received together with an identification code, or simultaneously producing the electronic sound and displaying the message upon detecting that the received identification code corresponds to the identification code of the radio-pager, the radio-pager comprising:

demodulating means for receiving a modulated radio wave and extracting digital information including the message and the received identification code therefrom;

storing means for storing the identification code of the radio-pager;

identifying means for checking whether the extracted received identification code is identical with the stored identification code;

sounding means for producing the electronic sound when the stored identification code and the extracted received identification code have been identified as identical to each other;

displaying means for displaying the extracted message which is transmitted after the received identification code; and

inputting means for inputting the identification code of the radio-pager into said storing means to set any user inputted optional identification code in said storing means as the identification code of the radio-pager.

2. The radio-pager as defined in claim 1, said storing means storing a plurality of identification codes as identification codes of the radio-pager, said sounding means producing the electronic sound, said displaying means displaying the message or said sounding means producing the sound simultaneously as said displaying means displays the message when the extracted received identification code is identical with any one of the plurality of stored identification codes.

3. The radio-pager as defined in any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein not every user is allowed to input a specified group of identification codes into said storing means.

4. The radio-pager as defined in any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein not every user is allowed to erase a specified identification code or a group of specially classified identification codes inputted into said storing means before the radio-pager is sold.

5. The radio-pager of claim 1, wherein said input means comprises a symbol-numeric keyboard mounted on the radio-pager.

6. A radio-paging system comprising:

a radio-pager for producing an electronic sound and displaying a received message, the received message including numbers, characters and a picture received together with a an identification code, said radio-pager comprising

input means for selecting a designated identification code for said radio-pager,

storage means for storing the designated identification code,

identification means for determining if the received identification code and the stored designated identification code are identical,

sounding means for producing the electronic sound upon determination by said identification means that the received identification code and the stored designated identification code are identical, and

display means for displaying the received message upon determination by said identification means that the received identification code and the stored identification code are identical; and

a radio-paging control center for receiving a paging signal over a telephone network and transmitting the received paging signal to said radio-pager as a message, said radio-paging control center prohibiting transmission to said radio-pager of received paging signals having an identification code of a specified group of identification codes.

7. The radio-paging system of claim 6, wherein a radio paging fee together with a telephone call fee can be collected from calling parties each time the radio-paging system is used.

8. The radio-paging system of claim 6, wherein said input means comprises a symbol-numeric keyboard mounted on said radio-pager.

9. A radio-pager comprising:

demodulation means for demodulating a received paging signal into a demodulated signal, the demodulated signal including a paging identification code;

storing means for storing a pager identification code;

input means, coupled to said storing means, for entering the pager identification code into said storing means;

comparison means, coupled to said storing means and said demodulation means, for outputting a coincidence signal when the paging identification code and the pager identification code coincide; and

sounding means, coupled to said comparison means and said demodulation means, for producing a sound upon receipt of the coincidence signal.

10. The radio-pager of claim 9, wherein the demodulated signal further includes a message including symbol-numeric characters, the radio pager further comprising:

display means, coupled to said comparison means and said demodulation means, for displaying the message upon receipt of the coincidence signal.

11. The radio-pager of claim 9, wherein said input means comprises a symbol-numeric keyboard mounted on the radio-pager.

12. A radio-paging system comprising:

a radio-pager including

demodulation means for demodulating a received paging signal into a demodulated signal, the demodulated signal including a paging identification code,

storing means for storing a pager identification code,

input means, coupled to said storing means, for entering the pager identification code into said storing means,

comparison means, coupled to said storing means and said demodulation means, for outputting a coincidence signal when the paging identification code and the pager identification code coincide, and

sounding means coupled to said comparison means and said demodulation means, for producing a sound upon receipt of the coincidence signal; and

a radio-paging control center for receiving a paging signal over a telephone network and transmitting the paging signal to said radio-pager, said radio-paging control center prohibiting transmission to said radio-pager of received paging signals having an identification code of a specified group of identification codes.

13. The radio-paging system of claim 12, wherein a radio paging fee together with a telephone call fee can be collected from calling parties each time the radio-paging system is used.

14. The radio-paging system of claim 12, wherein the demodulated signal further includes a message including symbol-numeric characters, said radio pager further comprising:

display means, coupled to said comparison means and said demodulation means, for displaying the message upon receipt of the coincidence signal.

15. The radio-paging system of claim 12, wherein said input means comprises a symbol-numeric keyboard mounted on said radio-pager.