Expanded display and input-output device for mobile wireless telephone
US7266391B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 2006 |
| Grant date | Sep 4, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/72412
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A keyboard and a microphone for inputting information, a display screen and a speaker for viewing or hearing information, and a processor, all mounted to or within a housing in the form of a laptop computer or hand-held computer. A phone interface has a slot, channel, or other support member for holding the portable phone, with a phone port electrically connected to the processor. Alternative embodiments include a modem that is electrically connected to the processor and the phone port, and an adapter with a port that mates with the phone port and a port that mates with a selected phone. The phone wirelessly transmits data entered into the input components and transferred to the phone via the phone port, and wirelessly receives data to be transferred to the output components via the phone port for visual or audible output.
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