Patent · US Expired

Hands-free car kit

US6957090B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
26References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 8, 2002
Grant dateOct 18, 2005
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 6, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B1/3877
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The hands-free car kit allows a mobile handset to enter and exit privacy mode without the user having to press a privacy button. The simple act of picking up the mobile handset out of its cradle switches the hands-free car kit from hands-free mode to privacy mode. When the mobile handset is installed in the cradle the hands-free car kit enters hands-free mode. If the mobile handset is removed from the cradle the hands-free car kit enters privacy mode.

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