WO2001039471A3 - Telephone dialer having an infrared or radio transceiver and method of use therefor - Google Patents

Telephone dialer having an infrared or radio transceiver and method of use therefor Download PDF

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WO2001039471A3
WO2001039471A3 PCT/US2000/041078 US0041078W WO0139471A3 WO 2001039471 A3 WO2001039471 A3 WO 2001039471A3 US 0041078 W US0041078 W US 0041078W WO 0139471 A3 WO0139471 A3 WO 0139471A3
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dialer
pda
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infrared
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Douglas C Limbach
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Priority to EP00992300A priority patent/EP1219036A2/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
    • H04M1/27—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously
    • H04M1/274—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc
    • H04M1/2745—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
    • H04M1/27485—Appending a prefix to or inserting a pause into a dialling sequence
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/26—Devices for calling a subscriber
    • H04M1/27—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously
    • H04M1/274—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc
    • H04M1/2745—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
    • H04M1/2753—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips providing data content
    • H04M1/2757—Devices whereby a plurality of signals may be stored simultaneously with provision for storing more than one subscriber number at a time, e.g. using toothed disc using static electronic memories, e.g. chips providing data content by data transmission, e.g. downloading
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M2250/00—Details of telephonic subscriber devices
    • H04M2250/02—Details of telephonic subscriber devices including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

A telephone speed-dialer (2 of fig. 1) for use with a personal digital assistant or other mobile device (figs. 6a and 6b) has an infrared transceiver for communication therewith. The dialer unit (dialer 2 of fig. 1, step 60 of fig. 2A) is connected to a land-based phone line, and remains next to a phone. When a user desires to make a phone call to a number on his or her PDA's address book, the user selects the phone number in the address book and sends the number via infrared link to the dialer. After the dialer receives the number from the PDA, the dialer senses when the user picks up the receiver of the adjacent phone, and automatically dials the phone number with proper area code and any predialing digits. Preferably, the dialer emulates another PDA receiving an electronic business card from the user's PDA, so that no special software need be installed on the user's PDA other than the existing operating system. To conserve battery power when not in use, the dialer remains in a 'sleep mode' until it senses infrared activity. In an alternative embodiment, the dialer communicates with the PDA with a short range radio frequency link, such as that specified in the emerging Bluetooth Standard, instead of with the infrared link.
PCT/US2000/041078 1999-10-07 2000-10-05 Telephone dialer having an infrared or radio transceiver and method of use therefor WO2001039471A2 (en)

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CA002365380A CA2365380A1 (en) 1999-10-07 2000-10-05 Telephone dialer having an infrared or radio transceiver and method of use therefor
AU43009/01A AU4300901A (en) 1999-10-07 2000-10-05 Telephone dialer having an infrared or radio transceiver and method of use therefor
EP00992300A EP1219036A2 (en) 1999-10-07 2000-10-05 Telephone dialer having an infrared or radio transceiver and method of use therefor

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US15858199P 1999-10-07 1999-10-07
US60/158,581 1999-10-07

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US7437051B1 (en) 2003-03-06 2008-10-14 Sprint Communications Company L.P. Secure infrared beaming communication link
US8923507B2 (en) 2007-06-20 2014-12-30 Microsoft Corporation Alpha character support and translation in dialer

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