Paging service using broadcasting

A broadcast receiver for receiving and displaying a plurality of kinds of program information as broadcasting programs, comprising:

• program selecting means for selecting a desired one of said plurality of kinds of program information;
• display means for displaying the program information selected by said program selecting means;
• receiving means for receiving broadcasted paging ID information;
• determining means for determining whether said paging ID information received by said receiving means represents the paging ID of said broadcast receiver;
• and
• paging alarm generating means for generating a paging alarm when said determining means determines that the paging ID information received by said receiving means represents the paging ID of said broadcast receiver;
• wherein a user selects, by said program selecting means, a program on which message information directed to said broadcast receiver is broadcasted, and views the message information displayed on said display means, to thereby obtain the message information directed to said broadcast receiver.

A broadcast receiver for receiving and displaying a plurality of kinds of program information, comprising:

• program selecting means for selecting a desired one of said plurality of kinds of program information;
• display means for displaying the program information selected by said program selecting means;
• receiving means for receiving broadcasted paging ID information;
• determining means for determining whether the paging ID information received by said receiving means represents paging ID of said broadcast receiver;
• and
• obtaining means for obtaining message information directed to said broadcast receiver, from program information of a program on which the message information directed to said broadcast receiver is broadcasted.

A broadcast receiver for receiving and displaying a plurality of kinds of program information, comprising:

• program selecting means for selecting a desired one of said plurality of kinds of program information;
• display means for displaying the program information selected by said program selecting means;
• determining means for determining whether message information displayed on said display means is directed to said broadcast receiver in accordance with the paging ID information affixed to the message information, when said program selecting means selects a program information on which said message information is broadcasted with paging ID information being affixed to said message information;
• and
• alerting means for alerting that said message information is directed to said broadcast receiver when said determining means determines that said message information is directed to said broadcast receiver.

A broadcasting system comprising a broadcasting apparatus for broadcasting a plurality of kinds of program information and a plurality of broadcast receivers for receiving and displaying the program information broadcasted from said broadcasting apparatus,

• said broadcasting apparatus comprising:
• first broadcasting means for broadcasting paging ID information;
• and
• second broadcasting means for broadcasting, as at least one of said plurality of kinds of program information, message information directed to at least one of said plurality of broadcast receivers;
• each of said broadcast receiver comprising:
• program selecting means for selecting a desired one of said plurality of kinds of program information broadcasted from said broadcasting apparatus;
• display means for displaying the program information selected by said program information selecting means;
• receiving means for receiving the paging ID information broadcasted from said broadcasting apparatus;
• determining means for determining whether said paging ID information received by said receiving means represents the paging ID of each said broadcast receiver;
• and
• paging alarm generating means for generating a paging alarm when said determining means determines that the paging ID information received by said receiving means represents the paging ID of each said broadcast receiver;
• wherein a user selects, by said program selecting means, a program on which message information directed to said broadcast receiver is broadcasted, and views the message information displayed on said display means, to thereby obtain message information directed to each said broadcast receiver in the message information.

A broadcasting system comprising a broadcasting apparatus for broadcasting a plurality of kinds of program information and a plurality of broadcast receivers for receiving and displaying the program information broadcasted from said broadcasting apparatus,

• said broadcasting apparatus comprising:
• first broadcasting means for broadcasting paging ID information;
• and
• second broadcasting means for broadcasting, as at least one of said plurality of kinds of program information, message information directed to at least one of said plurality of broadcast receivers;
• each of said broadcast receiver comprising:
• program selecting means for selecting a desired one of said plurality of kinds of program information broadcasted from said broadcasting apparatus;
• display means for displaying the program information selected by said program information selecting means;
• receiving means for receiving the broadcasted paging ID information;
• determining means for determining whether the paging ID information received by said receiving means represents paging ID of each said broadcast receiver;
• and
• obtaining means for obtaining message information directed to each said broadcast receiver in the message information, from the program information of a program on which the message information is broadcasted, when said determining means determines that the paging ID information received by said receiving means represents the paging ID of said broadcast receiver.

A broadcast paging receiving method for use in a broadcast receiver comprising steps of:

• receiving broadcasted paging ID information;
• determining whether the received paging ID information represents the paging ID of said broadcast receiver;
• generating a paging alarm when it is determined that the received paging ID information represents the paging ID of said broadcast receiver;
• selecting a program on which message information directed to said broadcast receiver is broadcasted, from a plurality of kinds of programs which are broadcasted;
• and
• displaying program information of the selected program on which the message information directed to said broadcast receiver is broadcasted.

A broadcast paging receiving method for use in a broadcast receiver comprising steps of:

• receiving broadcasted paging ID information;
• determining whether the received paging ID information represents the paging ID of said broadcast receiver;
• and
• obtaining message information directed to said broadcast receiver, from program information of a program on which the message information directed to said broadcast receiver is broadcasted.

A broadcast paging receiving method comprising the steps of:

• selecting, from a plurality of kinds of programs which are broadcasted, a program on which message information is broadcasted with paging ID information being affixed to said message information, said message information being directed to a broadcast receiver to be paged;
• displaying program information of the selected program on which the message information directed to said broadcasted receiver is broadcasted;
• determining whether the displayed message information is directed to said broadcast receiver, in accordance with the paging ID information affixed to the message information;
• and
• alerting that the displayed message information is directed to said broadcast receiver, when it is determined that the displayed message information is directed to said broadcast receiver.