Nec Corporation

Nec Platforms, Ltd.

Nec Access Technica, Ltd.

Hideyuki Katayama

Masahiko Yahagi

A communication terminal acquires positional information indicating the position at which the communication terminal exists, from a GPS satellite, determines a range of correspondence information to be acquired, from among the correspondence information that makes the positional information indicating position identified by latitude and longitude correspondent to the frequency to be used at that position and that is stored in a server, based on the acquired positional information, acquires the correspondence information included in the determined range, from the sever, and, identifies the frequency to be used between the communication terminal and the radio base station to be connected to the communication terminal, based on the acquired positional information and the correspondence information included in the range.

Access method for communication terminal

Time information and positional information indicating the position at which a communication terminal is present are acquired from a GPS satellite, and, based on the acquired positional information and correspondence information which provides the association correspondence between the positional information indicating a position identified by latitude and longitude and the timing of a synchronizing signal for establishing synchronization at the position, the timing of the synchronizing signal for establishing synchronization between the communication terminal and the radio base station is identified.

Timing of synchronizing signal

A radio pager receives from a base station a paging signal consisting of an address code group and a message code group including musical note data. The receiver separates the received paging signal into the address code group and message code group. Further, the receiver separates the message code group into message data and musical note data by using a melody start symbol and a melody end symbol. Then, the receiver generates melody frequencies corresponding to the consecutive musical note data, modulates the melody frequencies to output a melody, and drives a speaker therewith.

Musical alert radio pager

A radio selective calling receiver protects security by remaining inoperable despite manipulation of switches by a third party. The receiver includes a switch state detector which detects the manipulated state of switches of the switch unit, and that, when functions are selected while a password input mode is in effect, withholds command input by selection switches when the correct password is not inputted, outputs the withheld command input when the correct password is inputted. The receiver also includes an input password judging unit which collates an input password with a collation password stored in a collation password memory, judges whether or not the inputted password is correct, and outputs a judgment result; a password input control unit that causes a display unit to display a request for password input when in the password input mode; a function/item selection control unit that outputs a selected function activation signal and a selected item command signal based on command input from the switch state detector; and a password input mode setting unit that sets or cancels the password input mode.

Password-protected pager

In a radio display paging system, a transmitted paging signal either contains an optional confidential code and a message if the message is confidential or exclusively a non-confidential message. When the paging signal is received by a destination pager, the message contained in it is stored in a message memory. If the received signal contains a confidential code, a prompt is displayed for urging a user to enter a password, and the message in memory is scrambled. If the entered password is valid, the message in memory is descrambled and displayed.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Hideyuki Katayama