Method and system for wirelessly autodialing a telephone number from a record stored on a personal information device
First Claim
1. A wireless communication method for secure transmission of data between mobile computing devices, comprising the steps of:
- a) transmitting a line of sight beam from a first device to a second device to mutually identify the first device and the second device out of a plurality of devices;
b) establishing an RF communications link between the identified first device and the identified second device; and
c) performing the data transfer between the first device and the second device.
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Abstract
An automated telephone dialing system. The system enables a handheld PID to automatically dial a telephone number stored its memory by interacting with a telephone. The telephone is equipped with a wireless port for short-range wireless data transfer. Similarly, the PID is equipped with a wireless port for short-range wireless data transfer. The PID establishes a wireless communication with the telephone. The PID is configured to control the telephone via the wireless communications such that the telephone dials a telephone number stored on the PID. The telephone number can be dialed in response to the user interacting with application executing on the PID. The application can be a contact management or address management program. The user can interact with the program, select a contact, address, phone number, or the like, through a GUI of the PID, and have this number automatically dialed by the telephone. In this manner, the user'"'"'s PID seamlessly interacts with the user'"'"'s telephone to dial numbers and establish phone calls without requiring the user to access controls of the telephone. The wireless communication between the PID and the telephone can be compatible with a version of the Bluetooth specification. The wireless communication between the PID and the telephone can also be compatible with a version of the IrDA specification.
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18 Claims
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1. A wireless communication method for secure transmission of data between mobile computing devices, comprising the steps of:
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a) transmitting a line of sight beam from a first device to a second device to mutually identify the first device and the second device out of a plurality of devices;
b) establishing an RF communications link between the identified first device and the identified second device; and
c) performing the data transfer between the first device and the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18)
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- 7. The method of 6 wherein the secure transmission method is an encryption method for the RF communications link.
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11. A system for implementing secure wireless transmission of data between mobile computing devices, comprising:
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a first mobile computing device having an IR communications port and an RF communications port;
a second mobile computing device having an IR communications port and an RF communications port;
the first mobile computing device configured to transmit and RF beam to the second mobile computing device via their respective IR communications ports to mutually identify the first mobile computing device and second mobile computing device out of a plurality of devices; and
the first and second mobile computing devices further configured to establish an RF communications link via their respective RF communications ports based upon their mutual identification and perform a data transfer using the RF communications link.
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17. The system of 16 wherein the secure transmission method is an encryption method for the RF communications link.
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