JPH0897935A - Information storage method and device for pager terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The pager possessing subscribers themselves access the information center to retrieve the necessary information and store it in the pager terminal so that it can be referred to at any time. [Structure] When a control device 6 detects a call made by a subscriber A from a telephone set 1 through a telephone exchange station 3, 4 to an information center 9, a voice response device 8 to which the incoming call is connected is controlled by a control device 6, a telephone. The subscriber A is voice-guided through the exchanges 4 and 3 to the data to be input from the telephone set 1. The data input by the subscriber A from the telephone 1 according to this voice guidance is notified to the control device 6 through the telephone exchanges 3 and 4, and the control device 6 automatically calls the telephone 5 and the telephone 5 through the telephone exchange 4.
After the communication path is formed between the pager terminal 2 and the pager terminal 2, the control device 6 transfers the desired information requested by the subscriber A from the information storage device 7 to the pager terminal 2 through the telephone exchange station 4. Then, the pager terminal 2 stores and displays the information transferred from the information center 9.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pager terminal information storage method and apparatus, and in particular, a pager terminal possessing subscriber can store and refer to desired information requested by an information center for transfer. The present invention relates to a pager terminal information storage method and apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of an information display system in a system using a conventional pager terminal.

Referring to FIG. 2, in the first conventional example,
The sender is a subscriber A who has a pager terminal from the telephone 100
An incoming call is received by the telephone set 130 through the telephone exchange station 110, and a message from the caller is displayed on the pager terminal 120 through the telephone exchange station 110. This first conventional example is described in the "Prior Art" section of "Paging System for Publicity Message" in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-193527.

In the second conventional example, the caller sends a call signal from the telephone 100 to the pager terminal 120 of the subscriber A having pager terminal through the telephone exchange station 110 in FIG. The nearest telephone 130 makes a call back to the caller's telephone 100 to keep in contact with the caller.

Further, the "paging system" described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-50128, which is a third example of the related art, displays the display information sent by the character / graphic information network system (captain system). Information search means for searching display information sent to the home through the telephone network so that the information can be viewed at a later time,
Output means for outputting the display information retrieved by the information retrieval means, transmitting means for transmitting the display information outputted from the output means, receiving means for receiving the display information from the transmitting means, and receiving means for receiving the display information. Display means for displaying the display information received by the means, transmitting information according to the input calling dial number and receiving the transmitted information, the receiving information is the receiver itself. This is a paging system that drives only those that match the information stored in.

[0006]

In the first and second conventional examples, the pager terminal is used to receive a message (message) from the other party, and the pager terminal is used only for one-way voice communication. Therefore, there is a problem that desired information cannot be stored and referred to a pager terminal as a portable information terminal.

Further, the third conventional example has a problem in that a pager terminal requires a large capacity memory and a considerably large display device such as a CRT for displaying character image information.

An object of the present invention is to allow a pager possessing subscriber to access an information center to retrieve necessary information,
An object of the present invention is to provide an information storage method for a pager terminal and an apparatus for storing the information in a small capacity memory in the pager terminal so that the information can be referred to anytime.

[0009]

According to the first invention, an information center for holding various information to be provided to subscribers,
An information storage method for a pager terminal, comprising: a pager terminal owned by the subscriber, wherein the subscriber himself or herself stores and displays desired information retrieved by accessing the information center. Is obtained.

Further, according to the second invention, in the paging system comprising an information center and a pager terminal owned by a subscriber who requests transfer of information to the information center through a telephone exchange network, the information center Is an information storage means for storing various information to be provided to the subscriber in advance, a voice response means for giving voice guidance to the subscriber for input of data required for an information transfer request, and a voice from the voice response means. Information transfer control means for transferring the information read from the information storage means to the pager terminal based on the data input by the subscriber from the nearest telephone in accordance with the guidance, and the pager terminal is transferred from the information center. An information storage device for a pager terminal, characterized by comprising storage display means for storing and displaying the information. It is.

[0011]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the system of the present embodiment includes an information center 9, a telephone exchange station 4 accommodating the information center 9, and a pager terminal for requesting information transfer to the information center 9 through the telephone exchange station 4. It is composed of a telephone exchange 3 which accommodates the telephone 1 closest to the subscriber A who has the pager terminal 2 who owns the telephone 2.

The information center 9 stores the telephone 5 accommodated in the telephone exchange 4, the information storage device 7 for storing various information in advance, and the data necessary for the information transfer request to the subscriber A having the pager terminal. The voice response device 8 for voice guidance of the input, and the information read from the information storage device 7 based on the data from the pager terminal possessing subscriber A inputted according to the voice guidance from the voice response device 8 are transferred to the pager terminal 2. And a control device 6.

Further, the pager terminal 2 has a function of accumulating and displaying the information transferred from the information center 9. Since the pager terminal 2 is a portable information terminal, the memory capacity of its information storage means is about the same as the memory used in a general personal computer, and the number of characters displayed on the display means is about 40 to 50 characters. Is enough.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

Various information to be provided to the subscriber is stored in advance in the information storage device 7 in the information center 9 through the control device 6.

When the subscriber A having a pager terminal wants to obtain desired information, he / she makes a call from the nearest telephone 1,
Information center 9 through telephone exchange 3 and telephone exchange 4.
To call.

In the information center 9, when the control device 6 detects an incoming call from the subscriber A having a pager terminal, this incoming call is connected to the voice response device 8, and the voice response device 8 controls the control device 6 and the telephone exchange 4. , The voice guidance of the data to be inputted by the subscriber A having the pager terminal to the telephone 1 through the telephone exchange 3 in order to receive the transfer of the desired information.

When the subscriber A having a pager terminal inputs data from the telephone 1 according to the voice guidance, the data is notified to the control device 6 through the telephone exchange 3 and the telephone exchange 4.

Then, the control device 6 automatically calls the telephone 5 in the information center 9, and a communication path between the telephone 5 and the pager terminal 2 is formed through the telephone exchange 4.

Thereafter, the control device 6 transfers the desired information requested by the subscriber A having the pager terminal from the information storage device 7 to the pager terminal 2 through the telephone exchange station 4.

The pager terminal 2 is connected to the information center 9
The information transferred from is stored and displayed on the display means. Therefore, the subscriber A having the pager terminal can refer to this information at any time.

[0024]

As described above, the present invention comprises an information center and a pager terminal possessing subscriber who requests information transfer from the information center. The information center stores various information in advance. Means, voice response means for giving voice guidance to the pager terminal holding subscriber for input of data required for information transfer request, and information storage means based on the data from the pager terminal holding subscriber input according to this voice guidance. The pager terminal is equipped with an information transfer control means for transferring the read information to the pager terminal, and the pager terminal is equipped with an accumulation display means for accumulating and displaying the information transferred from the information center. Then, the desired information is retrieved and stored in the pager terminal, so that the pager terminal owner can The end as a portable information terminal, an effect of being able to, at any time, to accumulate the desired information read from the information center by a simple operation of a phone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of an information display method in a system using a conventional pager terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 5, 100, 130 Telephone 2, 120 Pager terminal 3, 4, 110 Telephone exchange 6 Control device 7 Information storage device 8 Voice response device 9 Information center A Pager terminal possession subscriber

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A desired information retrieved from the information center by the subscriber himself, comprising an information center holding various kinds of information to be provided to the subscriber and a pager terminal held by the subscriber. Is stored in the pager terminal and displayed. 2. A paging system comprising an information center and a pager terminal owned by a subscriber who requests transfer of information to the information center through a telephone switching network, wherein the information center provides various types of information to the subscriber. Information storage means for storing information in advance, voice response means for giving voice guidance to the subscriber for input of data required for information transfer request, and the subscriber's nearest location according to voice guidance from the voice response means. An information transfer control means for transferring information read from the information storage means to the pager terminal based on data input from a telephone,
An information storage device for a pager terminal, characterized in that the pager terminal comprises storage display means for storing and displaying the information transferred from the information center.