JPH0833047A - Simple mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] An object of the present invention is to economically realize a mobile phone having a call origination / incoming call connection function similar to that of a general fixed-line phone. [Structure] Pager (200) and mobile phone (300)
To the pager via the connection means (400),
A telephone number storage means (202) for accumulating / holding a caller's telephone number received together with a calling signal, and when a request for transferring a telephone number is transmitted from the mobile telephone, the telephone number is held by the mobile telephone. Phone number transfer means (201) for extracting the selected phone number and transferring it to the mobile phone
And a telephone number selecting means (302) for selecting an arbitrary telephone number from the telephone numbers held in the mobile telephone.
And an automatic transmission means (301) for calling a subscriber specified by the telephone number when the telephone number is transferred from the telephone number transfer means to call the exchange network via the mobile phone wireless line. It is configured to be provided.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simplified type portable telephone, and more particularly to a simplified type portable telephone composed of a pager and a transmission-only portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, a mobile telephone, which allows a user to make and receive a call via a telephone network when a user walks or moves by car, etc., is put into practical use.

However, in order to use this type of mobile telephone, a high guarantee fee and a call charge are required as compared with a fixed telephone. On the other hand, a wireless paging receiver for calling a moving individual [single pager] [hereinafter referred to as pager] is also cheaper than the aforementioned mobile telephone,
It is becoming widespread.

However, since this type of pager is exclusively for calling a carrier and does not have a function for a carrier to answer a call and make a call with a caller like a mobile telephone, the range of use is limited. To be done.

[0005]

As is apparent from the above description, the conventional mobile telephone has the same outgoing / incoming call connection function as a general fixed telephone, but requires a high guarantee fee and a call charge. Therefore, there was a problem that it could not be easily introduced.

Further, the conventional pager is less expensive than the above-mentioned mobile telephone, but is dedicated to the call of the carrier,
Since it does not have the same calling function as a general fixed-line telephone, its range of use was limited.

An object of the present invention is to economically realize a mobile phone having a call originating / receiving connection function similar to that of a general fixed phone.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 is an exchange network in which the portable telephone according to the present invention is accommodated.

The simplified mobile phone is a pager (200).
And a mobile phone (300). The pager (200) and the mobile phone (300) are connected to each other by connecting means (4
00).

201-1 is a telephone number transfer means provided in the pager (200) according to the present invention (claim 1). 201-2 is a telephone number transfer means provided in the pager (200) according to the present invention (claim 2).

Reference numeral 202 is a telephone number storage means provided in the pager (200) according to the present invention (claims 2 to 4). 301-1 is an automatic transmission means provided in the mobile phone (300) according to the present invention (Claim 1).

Reference numeral 301-2 is an automatic transmission means provided in the mobile phone (300) according to the present invention (claim 2). Reference numeral 302 denotes a telephone number selection means provided in the mobile phone (300) according to the present invention (claims 2 to 4).

[0013]

The telephone number transfer means (201-1) transfers the telephone number of the caller received together with the calling signal to the connection means (40).
0) to the mobile phone (300).

When the telephone number is transferred from the telephone number transfer means (201-1), the automatic transmission means (301-1) makes a call to the exchange network (100) via the mobile telephone wireless line. , Call the subscriber specified by the telephone number.

The telephone number storage means (202) stores and holds the telephone number of the caller received together with the calling signal. The telephone number transfer means (201-2) is a mobile phone (30
0) when the transfer request of the telephone number is transmitted, from among the telephone numbers stored in the telephone number storage means (202),
The telephone number selected by the mobile phone (300) is extracted, and the mobile phone (300) is connected through the connection means (400).
Transfer to.

The telephone number selection means (302) selects an arbitrary telephone number from the telephone numbers held in the telephone number storage means (202). Automatic transmission means (301-2)
When the telephone number is transferred from the telephone number transfer means (201-2), the caller makes a call to the switching network (100) via the mobile phone wireless line and calls the subscriber designated by the telephone number. .

Whether the pager (200) sets a storage mode in which the telephone number of the caller, which is received together with the calling signal, is stored and held in the telephone number storage means (202) according to the designation from the mobile telephone (300). Alternatively, it is considered to switch whether to set the transfer mode in which the data is automatically transferred to the mobile phone (300) by the phone number transfer means (201-2) without being stored / held in the phone number storage means (202). It

When the mobile phone (300) is in a call state, it is considered that the pager (200) is set to the storage mode. Therefore, by combining a pager dedicated to calling and a mobile phone dedicated to calling,
Similar to a general fixed-line telephone, a mobile phone capable of making and receiving a call can be economically realized.

[0019]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 2 is a diagram showing a simplified mobile phone system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the simplified mobile phone in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the simplified mobile phone in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of an external appearance. The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the drawings.

2 to 4, a switching network (1) is shown as the switching network (100) in FIG. 1, and FIG.
Pager (PGR) as a Pager (200) in
(3) is shown, and the mobile phone (30
A mobile phone (PHS) (4) is shown as 0).

The pager (PGR) (3) and the mobile phone (PHS) (4) constitute independent devices as shown in FIG. 4, and can be used individually as described later. However, the mobile phone (PHS) (4) is provided with a pager mounting part (49) for mounting the pager (PGR) (3).
(3) is mounted on the pager mounting part (49) of the mobile phone (PHS) (4), and the connection terminal (5) corresponding to the connection means (400) in FIG. It functions as a simple mobile phone.

The pager (PGR) (3) includes an antenna (31), a receiving section (32), and an information transfer section (33) corresponding to the telephone number transfer means (201-2) in FIG.
1, an information storage unit (34) corresponding to the telephone number storage means (202) in FIG. 1 and an information display unit (35).

The mobile phone (PHS) (4) includes an antenna (41), a transmitting / receiving section (42), and a call circuit section (4).
3), the control unit (44), the numeral keys (45), the storage mode keys (M ₁ ) (46 _M1 ), and the transfer mode key (M
₂ ) (46 _M2 ) and telephone number selection key (S) (46 _S )
An automatic call key (O) (46 _O ) is provided.

In the control section (44), a telephone number transfer control section (4) corresponding to the automatic transmission means (301-2) in FIG.
43), and also the telephone number selection means (30
2) corresponding to the telephone number selection unit (442) and the pager (P
A mode setting unit (441) that controls whether the GR (3) is set to the storage mode or the transfer mode is provided.

In FIGS. 2 to 4, the user of the simplified mobile phone puts the pager (PGR) (3) on the mobile phone (PHS) (4) while the user stores the memory mode key (M ₁ ) (46 _M1 ) is operated, the control unit (4
The mode setting unit (441) in 4) is the information transfer unit (33) of the pager (PGR) (3) via the connection terminal (5).
And mode information (m) transmitted to the information storage unit (34)
Is set to a storage mode state (for example, logic “0”), and when the user operates the transfer mode key (M ₂ ) (46 _M2 ), the mode setting unit (441) receives the connection terminal (5). The mode information (m) transmitted to the information transfer unit (33) and the information storage unit (34) of the pager (PGR) (3) is set to the transfer mode state [for example, logic "1"].

In the pager (PGR) (3), when the mode information (m) transmitted from the mobile phone (PHS) (4) is set to the storage mode, the information storage unit (34) is activated. The information that has been digitized and output from the receiving unit (32) is stored and held in the information storage unit (34).
When the mode information (m) transmitted from the mobile phone (PHS) (4) is set to the transfer mode, the information storage unit (34) is not activated and is output from the reception unit (32). The information is transmitted to the information transfer section (33) without being stored / held in the information storage section (34).

Initially, the user selects the transfer mode key (M ₂ )
I am operating (46 _M2 ) and I am using a mobile phone (PHS).
If the mode information (m) transmitted from (4) to the pager (PGR) (3) is set to the transfer mode state [= logical “1”], the information storage unit (34) is activated. Not not.

In this state, the subscriber (2) accommodated in the exchange network (1) desires to make a call with the user of the portable telephone, and the call is given to the pager (PGR) (3). After dialing the number and its own telephone number, the switching network (1) follows a well-known procedure, the pager (PGR).
A call signal including the call number of (3) and its own telephone number (dn) is sent from the base station (BS) (11) to the pager radio line (6).

In the pager (PGR) (3), the receiving section (32) receives and analyzes the calling signal transmitted from the base station (BS) (11) to the pager radio line (6), and the receiving section (32) performs its own operation. When it is identified that the calling number is included, it is identified as an incoming call to the own pager (PGR) (3), and the incoming call is displayed to the user by an audible sound or mechanical vibration according to a known procedure, and is included in the calling signal. The telephone number (dn) of the calling subscriber (2) is visually displayed on the information display unit (35) and is transmitted to the information transfer unit (33).

A user who notices an incoming call desires to talk with the calling subscriber (2), and the automatic call key (O) (4)
6 _O ), the telephone number transfer control section (443) in the control section (44) causes the pager (P) via the connection terminal (5).
The GR (3) is set to the transfer request state (for example, logic "1") of the electronic number transfer request (q).

The information transfer unit (33) is a mobile phone (PH
If it is identified that the telephone number transfer request (q) transmitted from S) (4) via the connection terminal (5) has been set to the transfer request state [= logical “1”], the receiving unit (32) The telephone number (dn) transmitted from is transferred to the call circuit section (43) of the mobile phone (PHS) (4) via the connection terminal (5).

When the telephone number transfer control unit (443) confirms that the telephone number (dn) has been transferred from the pager (PGR) (3) to the call circuit unit (43), the call circuit unit (43) is turned off. It activates and sends a calling signal to the mobile phone wireless line (7) via the transmitting / receiving unit (42) and the antenna (41), and carries the transferred telephone number (dn) to the call circuit unit (43). Send to the telephone wireless line (7).

The switching network (1) is a mobile phone (PHS).
When the calling signal and the telephone number (dn) of the subscriber (2) sent from (4) to the mobile phone wireless line (7) are received via the base station (BS) (12), a known procedure is performed. The subscriber (2) is selected / acquired according to the above, and the calling signal is transmitted.

The subscriber (2) is a pager (PGR).
After the call operation to (3) is performed, it is in a recovery state, so when the user notices and answers the incoming call, the switching network (1) follows the known procedure and the subscriber (2) and the mobile phone (PHS).
A call path is set between (4) and the mobile phone wireless line (7), and the subscriber (2) and pager (PGR) are set up.
(3) Allows communication with.

As described above, when an incoming call is received from the switching network (1) to the simplified mobile phone via the pager radio line (6) while the user is not in a call, there is a conventional pager (PGR) (3). Similarly to the above, when an incoming call is displayed and the user operates the automatic call key (O) (46 _O ), the mobile phone (PHS) (4) is displayed on the information display section (35) by the calling subscriber (2). By using the telephone number (dn) of 1), the call is connected back to the calling subscriber (2) via the exchange network (1), and the call can be immediately made with the calling subscriber (2).

When the pager (PGR) (3) enters a call state, the mode setting unit (441) causes the pager (PGR)
The mode information (m) transmitted to (3) is transferred from the transfer mode state [= logic “1”] to the storage mode state [= logic “0”].
Change the setting to.

As a result, the information storage unit (34) is activated in the pager (PGR) (3). In this state, another subscriber (2) accommodated in the switching network (1)
If the user desires to make a call with the user of the simple mobile phone and dials the calling number given to the pager (PGR) (3) and his or her own telephone number in the same manner as described above, the switching network (1) becomes Similarly to the above, a call signal including the pager (PGR) (3) call number and its own telephone number (dn) is sent from the base station (BS) (11) to the pager wireless line (6). To do.

In the pager (PGR) (3), the receiving section (32) is similar to the base station (BS) (1) as described above.
When the ringing signal transmitted from 1) to the pager wireless line (6) is received and analyzed and it is identified that the calling number of the user is included, it is identified as an incoming call to the own pager (PGR) (3), According to the procedure, the incoming call is displayed to the user by audible sound or mechanical vibration, and the telephone number (dn) of the calling subscriber (2) included in the ringing signal is visually displayed on the information display section (35). Information transfer unit (3
3) and the information storage unit (34).

The information storage unit (34) stores the telephone number (dn) transmitted from the receiving unit (32) together with the arrival time (t) at the head address of the telephone number (dn) that has not been stored or held [eg 1 Address]].

Similarly, each time another subscriber (2) sends a new ringing signal addressed to the portable telephone to the pager radio line (6), the pager (PGR) (3) receives an incoming call. While being displayed, the telephone number (dn) of the calling subscriber (2) and the arrival time (t) are displayed in the information storage section (34).
Are sequentially stored and held in each address [address 2 and address 3].

In FIG. 3, the information storage unit (34) has three
Accumulate phone numbers (dn) and incoming time (t) up to the group
Since it can be held, the telephone number (dn) and the arrival time (t) that have arrived fourth are stored and retained instead of the oldest telephone number (dn) and the arrival time (t).

The latest incoming telephone number (dn) is displayed on the information display section (35), and the information transfer section (33) is also displayed.
Has received the latest incoming telephone number (dn).
Eventually, after the user of the simplified mobile phone ends the call,
In order to confirm all the telephone numbers (dn) of the subscriber (2) who received the call during the call, the telephone number selection key (S) (4)
6 _S ), the telephone number selection unit (442) in the control unit (44) causes the pager (PG) via the connection terminal (5).
R) The telephone number selection information (s) transmitted to (3) is set to the selected state [for example, logic "1"].

In the pager (PGR) (3), the information storage unit (34) indicates that the telephone number selection information (s) transmitted from the portable telephone (PHS) (4) is in the selected state [= logic "1". When it is detected that the telephone number is set to "], all telephone numbers (dn) currently stored / held in the information storage unit (34).
Also, the incoming time (t) is displayed on the information display unit (35), and the already transmitted telephone number (dn) is identified and displayed on the information transfer unit (33).

A user who pays attention to the display content of the information display section (35) first requests a telephone call to a telephone number (dn) other than the one already displayed in the information transfer section (33). In this case, when the address [= 1 to 3] corresponding to the desired telephone number (dn) is designated by the number keys (45), the telephone number selection unit (442) selects the designated address as the mode. Information (m) (for example, logic "0" and logic "1" are repeated by the number of addresses) is transmitted to the pager (PGR) (3).

In the pager (PGR) (3), the information storage section (34) is stored / held in the address designated by the mode information (m) transmitted from the mobile phone (PHS) (4). Telephone number (dn) to the information transfer unit (3
3) and the information display section (35) updates the identification display of the selected telephone number (dn) already transmitted to the information transfer section (33).

The user of the simple type portable telephone selects from among the telephone numbers (dn) stored and held in the information storage section (34),
After confirming the selected telephone number (dn), if the automatic call key (O) (46 _O ) is operated, the telephone number transfer control unit (44)
3), the pager (PGR)
The telephone number transfer request (q) transmitted to (3) is set to the transfer request state [= logical "1"], and the telephone number (dn) transmitted by the information transfer unit (33) is set to the call circuit unit (43). ), And the telephone number transfer control unit (443) makes a call to the exchange network (1) through the mobile phone wireless line (7), and the transferred telephone number ( dn)
Have the desired subscriber (2) ring.

As described above, when an incoming call is received from the switching network (1) to the simple type portable telephone, the telephone number (dn) and the arrival time (t) of the calling subscriber (2) are information up to a predetermined number. All the telephone numbers (dn) stored and held in the storage unit (34) and stored and held by the user after the call is ended are displayed on the information display unit (35), and the desired telephone number (dn) is selected. Then, it becomes possible to make an outgoing connection via the mobile phone wireless line (7) and the exchange network (1).

Further, if the user of the simplified mobile phone is not in a call but cannot immediately respond to an incoming call, he / she operates the memory mode key (M ₁ ) (46 _M1 ) to control the unit (4).
The mode setting unit (441) in 4) transfers the information transfer unit (33) of the pager (PGR) (3) via the connection terminal (5).
And mode information (m) transmitted to the information storage unit (34)
Is set to a storage mode state [for example, logic "0"].

As a result, the pager (PGR) (3)
Similarly to when the mobile phone (PHS) (4) is in a call state, the information storage unit (34) is activated, and the telephone number (dn) and the arrival time of the subscriber (2) subsequently received by the simplified mobile phone. (T) is stored and held in the information storage unit (34), and it is possible to select an arbitrary telephone number (dn) later and connect via the mobile phone wireless line (7) and the exchange network (1). Become.

As described above, the user of the simplified mobile phone operates the storage mode keys (M ₁ ) (46 _M1 ) as appropriate to store the incoming call from the pager (PGR) (3) in the information storage section (34). It is possible to store and store the information and call it by calling an arbitrary subscriber (2) later.

As is apparent from the above description, according to this embodiment, the pager (PGR) (3) is connected to the mobile phone (PH).
S) (4) is attached to the portable telephone to configure the portable telephone, and the incoming call to the portable telephone is displayed by the pager (PGR) (3) and the telephone number (d) of the calling subscriber (2) is displayed.
n) is received / held, and a response to an incoming call is made by using the telephone number (dn) being received / held as a mobile phone (PHS).
From (4), the outgoing call connection will be made.

Since the pager (PGR) (3) has only the function of accepting an incoming call, like the conventional pager, it is economically constructed like the conventional pager. On the other hand, the mobile phone (PHS) (4) requires only the calling function because all incoming call reception is performed by the pager (PGR) (3), and it is not necessary to receive the incoming call unlike the conventional mobile phones. Not only the telephone (PHS) (4) is economically configured, but also the switching network (1) does not require a function related to location registration of the mobile telephone (PHS) (4), and both can be economically configured. .

Further, the pager (PGR) (3) and the mobile phone (PHS) (4) are separated from each other, and each pager (PGR) (3) and independent mobile phone (PHS) (caller dedicated to making an outgoing call are independent. It can also be used as 4).

It should be noted that FIGS. 2 to 4 are merely examples of the present invention, and, for example, the number of sets of telephone numbers (dn) and incoming time (t) that can be stored / held in the information storage unit (34). Is not limited to three sets, and many other variations can be considered, but the effect of the present invention does not change in any case. In addition, in the state that the storage mode is set, the information storage unit (34)
The operation of designating a desired telephone number (dn) from among the telephone numbers (dn) stored and stored in is not limited to the one designated by the numeric keys (45), and the telephone number selection key (S ) (46 _S ) is repeatedly operated to update the designated telephone number (dn) in the order of storage / holding address (or reverse order), and many other modifications are considered, but in any case However, the effect of the present invention does not change. In addition, the simple type mobile phone can set both the transfer mode and the storage mode, and the setting can be changed by the storage mode key (M ₁ ) (46 _M1 ) and the transfer mode key (M ₂ ) (46 _M2 ). The present invention is not limited to this, and it may be considered to configure the transfer mode only or the storage mode only, but in such a case, the effect of the present invention does not change. Further, it goes without saying that the pager (PGR) (3) and the mobile phone (PHS) (4), which are the objects of the present invention, are not limited in configuration and appearance to those shown in the drawings.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention, by combining a pager dedicated to calling and a mobile telephone dedicated to making a call, a mobile telephone capable of making and receiving a call is economical as in a general fixed telephone. Will be realized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a simplified mobile phone system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the simplified mobile phone in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of an external appearance of the simplified mobile phone shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,100 Switching network 2 Subscribers 3,200 Pager (PGR) 4,300 Mobile phone (PHS) 5 Connection terminal 6 Radio link for pager 7 Radio link for mobile phone 11, 12 Base station (BS) 31, 41 Antenna 32 Reception unit 33 Information transfer unit 34 Information storage unit 35 Information display unit 42 Transmission / reception unit 43 Call circuit unit 44 Control unit 45 Numeric key 49 Pager mounting unit 46 _M1 storage mode key (M ₁ ) 46 _M2 transfer mode key (M ₂ ) 46 _O Automatic call key (O) 46 _S Telephone number selection key (S) 201 Telephone number transferring means 202 Telephone number storing means 301 Automatic calling means 302 Telephone number selecting means 400 Connecting means 441 Mode setting section 442 Telephone number selecting section 443 Telephone number Transfer control unit

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁶ Identification code Internal reference number FI Technical indication location H04B 7/26 103 C H04Q 7/04 G (72) Inventor Hisato Kawano Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture 1015 Kamiodanaka, Fujitsu Limited (72) Inventor Sadao Foon Paypet, 1015 Kamiodanaka, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Within Fujitsu Limited

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A pager for receiving a call signal transmitted from a switching network via a pager wireless line and notifying an incoming call to a carrier, and transmitting to a switching network via a mobile phone wireless line. A mobile phone to be connected is connected via a connection means, and the pager is provided with a telephone number transfer means for transferring the telephone number of the caller received together with the calling signal to the mobile phone via the connection means. When the telephone number is transferred from the telephone number transfer means to the mobile telephone, the mobile telephone is called to the exchange network via the mobile telephone wireless line, and the subscriber designated by the telephone number is called. A simple mobile phone provided with an automatic calling means for calling. 2. A pager for receiving an incoming call signal transmitted from a switching network via a pager wireless line and notifying a carrier of an incoming call, and the switching network via a mobile phone wireless line. A telephone number storage means for connecting to a mobile phone for transmitting and receiving via a connection means, and storing, in the pager, a telephone number of a caller to be received together with the calling signal, and the telephone number of the telephone number from the mobile phone. A telephone which, when a transfer request is transmitted, extracts a telephone number selected by the mobile phone from the telephone numbers held in the telephone number storage means and transfers the telephone number to the mobile telephone via the connection means. Number transfer means is provided, and the mobile phone includes a phone number selection means for selecting an arbitrary phone number from the phone numbers held in the phone number storage means; When the telephone number is transferred, the automatic transmission means for calling the switching network via the mobile telephone wireless line and calling the subscriber designated by the telephone number is provided. Type mobile phone. 3. The pager sets a storage mode in which a telephone number of a caller received together with the calling signal is stored / held in the telephone number storage means, or the telephone is designated by the mobile telephone. 3. The simplified mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein whether or not to set the transfer mode for automatically transferring to the mobile phone is switched by the phone number transfer means without being stored / held in the number storage means. 4. The simplified mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein the mobile phone sets the pager to the storage mode when in a call state.