Abstract:
An battery powered, adaptive signal decoder is disclosed which is capable of processing detected encoded signals in accordance with a plurality of decoding schemes. The decoder has an equivalent microcomputer implementation. Energy conservation means operating independently of the detected signals acts to conserve the energy of the battery.
Abstract:
A selective call receiver (30) includes a receiver (34) for receiving selective call messages. The selective call messages include first and second types of messages. A memory (44) stores the selective call message. A microprocessor (36), including a controller (52), along with user input controls (40) allow a user to navigate through the memory means to locate a desired portion of the first type of selective call messages. A display (42) is used to display the desired portion. The microprocessor (36) is capable of processing a new selective call message without interrupting the navigation of the controller (52) or the displaying of the desired screen. Furthermore, the microprocessor (36) allows the user to quickly access one of the second type of selective call messages and quick return to the desired portion without having to renavigate to the desired portion.
Abstract:
In a paging system for hotel guests, use is made of the pigeonhouse-like structure, wherein keyholders are deposited by the guests, for indicating to the telephone switchboard operator of the hotel whether a guest is available for an incoming call, rather than referring it to the reception desk. Each compartment of the structure is provided with keyholder presence/absence indicating means which are coupled to the telephone switchboard. The absence of a keyholder will indicate that the guest is in his room, or that he is elsewhere on the hotel premises. In the latter case, the operator will transmit a paging signal to a receiver installed in the respective keyholder. Special requirements of guests may be accommodated through the use of dummy- keyholders, replacing the normal keyholders within the structure.
Abstract:
A selective call receiver (30) receives personal messages and information services. A memory (44) stores the personal messages and the database messages. A display (42) displays the plurality of screens. The user can display screens manually through activation of user input controls (40). Alternatively, the user can display selected screens in a quick access or quick view mode by placing operation of the receiver (30) under the control of a quick view controller (60) coupled to the database portion of memory (48). The user can selectively flag a screen (fig. 9) or trigger a numeric field of a screen (fig. 16). When database messages are received which update a flagged screen or triggered screen, the flagged or triggered screen automatically becomes one of the selected screens for display in the quick view mode.
Abstract:
A communication system (10) including a transmitting unit (13) and a receiving unit (14), the transmitting unit (13) having a keypad (16) and a signal generator (21) which generates signals for transmission as a coded message in accordance with actuation of particular keys (17) of the keypad (16). The receiving unit (14) includes a memory which stores a coded message and a comparator which compares the transmitted message with the stored message so that an output from the receiving unit (14) is generated when the stored message compares correctly with the transmitted message. In a second mode of the receiving unit (14), the memory can be reprogrammed with the message transmitted by the transmitting unit so that the transmitted message required to generate the receiving unit output can be varied. The output of the receiving unit (14) can be used to actuate a solenoid of a lock (11) or any other device.
Abstract:
A selective call receiver (30) for receiving selective call signals in a universal synchronization code operating mode receives signals having the conventional POCSAG sync code and signals having dual sync codes and decodes the signals appropriately to recover personal and information services messages. Whether the receiver (30) is operating in a conventional POCSAG system or a dual sync code system, the receiver (30) conserves battery power by activating the high battery draining receiver circuit (34) only during frames (106) of the signal (100) wherein personal message addresses or database information is likely to appear. The frames (106) where the personal message addresses are likely to appear and where the database information appear are indicated by a frame byte stored in a memory (48) with the corresponding address.
Abstract:
In a battery powered selective call receiver receiving a synchronous signal (100), a battery saving method extends battery life by optimizing the amount of time (124, 128) the receiver circuit is activated when searching for reception of a predetermined code (134) after previously (104) acquiring synchronization with the signal.