EP1238521A1 - Peripheral memory device for a wireless phone and methods of implementing and using same - Google Patents
Peripheral memory device for a wireless phone and methods of implementing and using sameInfo
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- EP1238521A1 EP1238521A1 EP00983880A EP00983880A EP1238521A1 EP 1238521 A1 EP1238521 A1 EP 1238521A1 EP 00983880 A EP00983880 A EP 00983880A EP 00983880 A EP00983880 A EP 00983880A EP 1238521 A1 EP1238521 A1 EP 1238521A1
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- Prior art keywords
- wireless telephone
- telephone unit
- unit
- detachable memory
- data item
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Definitions
- the present invention relates to the field of wireless telephony. Specifically, the present invention relates to the field of auxiliary electronic memory for data storage in connection with a wireless telephone unit. More specifically, the present invention relates to a peripheral memory device integrated into a wireless telephone unit to provide unrestricted amounts of memory for use with the basic functions of the phone unit as well as expanded functions not available with conventional wireless phones .
- a user need never waste time looking for a phone to place a call. Moreover, the user can take advantage of time that would otherwise be wasted, for example, while traveling, driving or walking, to take or place a phone call.
- Modern wireless phones are conveniently sized and produced with compact, ergonomic designs to facilitate being carried by a user. Additionally, modern wireless telephones provide more functions beyond basic telephone service. For example, most wireless telephones can store a directory of names and telephone numbers from which the user can select to place a phone call. More advanced wireless phones may also provide internet access, e-mail or even simple video games.
- a personal digital assistant is a palm-top computer programmed to receive and store schedule information, memorandums, messages and other information for a user.
- the present invention may be embodied and described as a wireless telephone unit including one or more detachable memory units, each of which includes a first interface for selectively connecting the detachable memory unit to the wireless telephone unit.
- a port on the wireless telephone unit includes a second, corresponding interface for connection with the interface of a detachable memory unit when that detachable memory unit is received in the port .
- Each of the detachable memory units house a memory device in which data from the wireless telephone can be stored and retrieved via the connection of the first and second interfaces described above.
- the wireless telephone unit of the present invention also includes a commercial -band radio tuner for receiving broadcast radio signals.
- the telephone unit may be used to selectively record audio programming from the broadcast radio signals in one of the detachable memory units connected to the wireless telephone unit.
- the wireless telephone unit of the present invention may include a connector for connecting the wireless telephone unit to an external audio signal source, such as a stereo or compact disc player.
- An audio signal representing audio programming is received from the external audio signal source and recorded by the wireless telephone unit in one of the detachable memory units connected to the wireless telephone unit .
- a headset may be connected to the wireless telephone unit for listening to the audio programming recorded in the detachable memory unit or units . In this way, the wireless telephone unit can act as a personal audio device.
- the wireless telephone unit of the present invention also includes a user input device with which a user can control the wireless telephone unit to selectively record telephone conversations conducted on the wireless telephone unit in one of the detachable memory units connected to the wireless telephone unit.
- the wireless telephone unit may record voice memos created by the user or voice mail messages, received when a user is unavailable to take an incoming phone call, in one of the detachable memory units connected to the wireless telephone unit .
- the wireless telephone unit the present invention may also include a connector for connecting the wireless telephone unit to an external electronic device containing an image or text data item, such as a computer text file, digital photograph or facsimile image.
- the wireless telephone unit receives the data item through the connector and stores the data item in one of the detachable memory units connected to the wireless telephone unit.
- the wireless telephone unit may then wirelessly transmit the data item from the detachable memory unit over the wireless telephone infrastructure .
- the wireless telephone unit may wirelessly receive an image or text data item over the wireless telephone infrastructure and store the data item in one of the detachable memory units connected to the wireless telephone unit.
- the telephone unit may preferably include a connector through which the wireless telephone unit can download the data item from the detachable memory unit to external electronic equipment for further processing.
- the present invention also encompasses a method of managing data with a wireless telephone unit corresponding to the capabilities of the wireless telephone unit described above.
- This method of the present invention manages data by recording that data, transmitted from the wireless telephone unit, in one or more detachable memory units, each of which includes a first interface for selectively connecting the detachable memory unit to a port on the wireless telephone unit .
- the method may also include entering data through a user input device of the wireless telephone unit to create a database desired by the user.
- the method then includes disconnecting the detachable memory unit in which the data is stored from the original wireless phone unit and plugging that detachable memory unit into a second wireless telephone unit to effectively transfer the data from the original wireless telephone unit to the second wireless telephone unit .
- FIG. 1 is an illustration of a wireless telephone unit according to the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a block diagram of a wireless telephone unit and an external detachable memory unit according to the present invention.
- Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a wireless telephone unit and an external detachable memory unit, similar to that pictured in Fig. 2 according to the present invention, with additional features provided in the phone unit .
- the present invention involves the use of self- contained, interchangeable memory units, called memory sticks, that can be connected to or inserted in a wireless telephone as needed to provide virtually unlimited memory for the phone unit .
- the phone unit (100) of the present invention incorporates a radio transceiver (not shown) which communicates through an external antenna (209) with the wireless telephone infrastructure of a service provider. With radio frequency signaling, the phone unit (100) can thus provide telephone service through the service provider's system.
- a speaker (210) is provided to allow the user to hear the incoming audio of a phone call.
- a microphone (213) allows the user to speak into the phone (100) in response and thereby conduct the telephone call.
- a user input device (212) allows the user to control the phone unit (100) .
- the user input device (212) may include a keypad with which the user can enter data or commands to the phone (100) . Additionally or alternatively, the user input device (212) may include, for example, a trackball, a dial, a rotating shuttle or any other user input device.
- a display device (208) is also provided on the phone (100) to facilitate data and command entry.
- the phone un t (100) of the present invention also includes a port (201) for receiving a memory stick (110) .
- the memory stick (110) which will be described in detail hereafter, is a self-contained electronic memory unit that provides additional data storage capacity when connected to the phone unit (100) through the port (201) .
- An unlimited number of memory sticks (110) may be used with a given phone unit (100) to provide the phone unit (100) with as much data storage capacity as necessary.
- the memory stick (110) can be manually inserted into and removed from the port (201) by the user.
- the memory stick (110) is simply plugged into the port (201) and held there by friction.
- a latching mechanism (not shown) may be included for securing the memory stick (110) in the port (201) until released by the user.
- Fig. 2 illustrates, in block diagram form, the relevant circuitry of the phone unit (100) and the memory stick (110) .
- the wireless phone unit (100) includes a processor (101) .
- the processor (101) controls and processes the data necessary to support the features available on the phone unit (100) and can, as needed, store and retrieve that data to and from the memory stick (110) .
- a serial interface (103) is provided for electronic communication between the phone unit (100) and a connected memory stick (110). This interface (103) will be located in, or connected to, the port (201) that receives the memory stick (110) . Between the processor (101) and the serial interface (103), a register (102) buffers the data being transferred between the processor (101) and the interface (103) .
- a phone unit controller (104) is provided to control and coordinate the operation of the processor (101) , register (102) and interface (103) . Input from the user input device (202) is fed to this phone unit controller (104) to allow the user to control the phone (100) and access its features.
- the memory stick unit (110) has a similar structure. As shown in Fig. 2, the memory stick (110) includes a serial interface (111) for connection to the phone's interface (103) .
- a register (112) is provided between the memory's serial interface (111) and the memory device (113) to buffer data being transferred to and from the memory device (113) .
- a memory unit controller (114) coordinates and controls the operation of the serial interface (111) , the register (112) and the memory device (113 ) .
- the connection between the phone interface (103) and the memory stick interface (111) preferably includes three separate signal paths.
- the first signal path is a clock signal line (106) .
- the phone unit (100) provides a clock signal to time the transmission of data from the memory (113) to the phone unit (100) .
- This clock signal (106) need only be provided by the phone (100) while the memory stick (110) is transmitting data to the phone (100) .
- a control line (105) also connects the phone (100) and memory stick (110) units.
- the control line (105) carries a control signal that activates the memory unit (110) to receive or transmit data.
- a main data line (107) is provided over which data is communicated between the wireless phone unit (100) and the memory stick unit (110) . Commands from the phone unit (100) regarding the storage or retrieval of data in the memory unit (110) are also transmitted to the memory unit (110) on the main data line (107) .
- a busy signal can be transmitted over the main data line (107) to the phone unit (100) to advise the phone unit (100) of the unavailable status of the memory stick unit
- a resistor (108) is connected between ground and the main data line (107) within the phone unit (100) .
- This resistor (108) may be a pull-up or pull-down resistor that brings the main data line (107) to a predetermined voltage in the absence of any data signal being transmitted on the main data line (107) .
- the predetermined voltage to which the main data line (107) is brought is determined by the operating voltage of the phone unit (100) and the characteristics of the resistor (108) .
- the wireless telephone (100) can provide an expanded range of functions and feature not available with conventional wireless telephone units.
- the user may create a phonebook of names, numbers and other information about parties called by the user and store that phonebook in a particular memory stick (110) .
- the phonebook could be created in the phone unit (100) and then moved to the memory unit (110) .
- the phone unit (100) will still preferably retain an internal memory device (not shown) for operation similar to conventional wireless phones.
- the phonebook can be easily transferred to another wireless telephone unit. This may be necessary when replacing or upgrading the phone unit (100) and avoids requiring the user to re-enter all the phonebook information.
- ⁇ preferences and information specific to a given user can be stored in the memory stick (110) for ready transfer to another phone unit (100) .
- a list of recently dialed phone numbers, data access restrictions, passwords, volume level, ring-type and other settings for the phone can be stored in the memory stick (110) and transferred from phone to phone .
- the user's database of information stored in the memory stick unit (110) may also include calendar, schedule or itinerary information.
- the user may also store memorandum, task lists and other reminders in the memory stick (110) .
- These applications require that the user input device (202) support alphanumeric character entry. As before, all of this data can be readily transferred between phones by transferring the memory stick (110) on which it is stored. Alternatively, different memory sticks can be designated for different users of the same phone unit. Simple video games can also be stored on the memory stick (110) and played on the phone unit (100) using the display device (208) .
- the user input device (202) would provide the means by which the user controls and plays the game. Additionally, the wireless telephone (100) can now be used as a personal audio device to play music or other audio programming for the user.
- the phone unit (100) may include a connection (303) to a headset (302) .
- the headset may be any of a variety of configurations including two speakers connected by a headband that rests over the user's head; two speakers that are inserted and held in the user's ears; or one or two speakers that are hooked to, clipped to or hung from the user's ears.
- the headset (302) may also include a microphone so as to be usable to conduct telephone calls using the wireless telephone unit (100) .
- the wireless phone unit (100) can store music in a digital format in the electronic memory of the memory stick (110) . It is estimated that the quantity of music available on a typical compact disc could be recorded on a single memory stick (110) for use with the phone (100) . The phone (100) can then simply retrieve the recorded audio signal from the memory stick (110) and reproduce the audio signal as sound through the headset (302) .
- the music or other audio programming can be obtained and recorded in the memory stick (110) from a number of sources.
- the phone (100) may be connected to an external source for an audio signal through a port or connector (310) .
- the port or connector (310) could include a wire-line interface to the phone (100) .
- the port or connector (310) could be a wireless transceiver, e.g. optical or radio, so that the phone (100) can communicate wirelessly with an external audio signal source.
- an audio signal is provided to the wireless phone unit (100) that can be recorded in the memory stick (110) .
- the external audio signal source may be, for example, a personal computer, a home stereo, a personal stereo, a compact disc player, a mini-disc player, a tape player or any other electronic device outputting an audio signal.
- the audio stored in the memory stick is compressed using MP3 or some other compression algorithm to maximize storage space.
- the wireless telephone unit (100) may include an AM/FM commercial -band radio tuner (300) with which commercial broadcasts of music and other audio programming can be received and stored in the memory stick (110) .
- the user could also listen directly to the received radio broadcast through the headphones (302) without storing the audio in the memory stick (110).
- An antenna (301) is illustrated in Fig. 3 to enable the tuner (300) to receive broadcast radio signals.
- the tuner (300) may alternatively use the same antenna (209) with which the wireless telephone unit communicates with the wireless telephone infrastructure .
- Music or other audio programming may also be transmitted to the phone unit (100) over the wireless telephone infrastructure of the wireless telephone service provider and stored in the memory stick unit (110) .
- this may require significant amounts of expensive air-time.
- the user may also record phone conversations or portions thereof in a memory stick (110) .
- the user input device (202) can be used to selectively control when phone conversation is recorded. Similarly, speaking through the microphone (213) of the phone (100) , the user may record voice memos in the memory stick (110) . Additionally, the memory stick (110) can be used to record incoming voice messages when the user is unable to take a phone call. In this way, the memory stick (110) allows the phone unit (100) to including an answering machine or voice mail function. With or without the headset (302) , audio recorded in the memory stick (110) could be retrieved and transduced into sound using the speaker (210) of the phone unit (100) .
- the wireless phone unit (100) and memory stick (110) can be used to transfer digital photographs, images (such as facsimiles) and text files.
- the user may create a digital picture with a digital camera, or an electronic image, like a facsimile, with an optical scanner.
- the user may also create a document or other computer file using a personal computer. Any of these data items can be uploaded over the link (310) from their originating device to the phone unit (100) .
- the phone (100) can store the data item in a memory stick (110) and then transmit the data item to a recipient over the wireless telephone infrastructure.
- the phone may receive any of the described data items over the wireless telephone infrastructure and store it in a memory stick (110) .
- the data item can then be downloaded over the connection (310) for use on a computer or other electronic equipment.
- a digital camera, optical scanner or personal computer may include a serial interface to which the memory stick (110) can be directly connected. In this way, the desired data item can be transferred directly to the memory stick (110) .
- the memory stick (110) is then connected to the phone unit (100) to transfer the data item over the wireless telephone infrastructure .
- the port or connector (310) or any other interface to the phone unit (100) could be a wire-line interface to the phone (100) or a wireless transceiver, e.g. optical or radio, so that the phone (100) can communicate wirelessly with an external data source.
- a wireless transceiver e.g. optical or radio
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