Emergency mobile radio telephone with reduced key set

• US 20040192276A1
• Filed: 12/19/2003
• Published: 09/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eveline Wesby Van Swaay, Hans Kjell Olof Ahnlund, Philip Bernard Wesby, Rauli Parkkali
• Original Assignee: Eveline Wesby Van Swaay, Hans Kjell Olof Ahnlund, Philip Bernard Wesby, Rauli Parkkali
• Inventors: Wesby, Philip Bernard, Van Swaay, Eveline Wesby, Parkkali, Rauli, Ahnlund, Hans Kjell Olof
• Application Number:
  US10/742,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20040192276A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/677 Preventing the dialling or sending of predetermined telephone numbers or selected types of telephone numbers, e.g. long distance numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6775 by providing access to preprogrammed keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions

Abstract

A mobile radio telephone or portable hot link communicator is described which provides a simple, efficient and effective means of communication to enable a child or elderly person to communicate with a known parent, relative or friend carrying a standard mobile telephone. The hot-link communicator is wrist worn or hangs from a cord around the wearer'"'"'s neck. The hot-link communicator comprises a preprogrammed module that links it with preferably only one other mobile or fixed telephone. The hot-link communicator comprises very basic functionality and, in some embodiments, no display—only a preprogrammed dialing button and an answer button. The hot-link communicator makes possible communication between parents needing to communicate with their children and between supervising adults and elderly persons needing assistance in that the children and elderly persons do not need to input number in sequence via a key pad or search for a telephone in the rain and dark.

Claims

1. A portable communicator for use with a digital mobile telephone system comprising:

a housing;

a first programmable identity module, displayed within said housing, for storing information, the first programmable identity module being remotely programmable by a second portable communicator having a second programmable identity module;

a mobile telephone circuit, disposed within said housing, for communicating with said telephone system;

an antenna, attached to said housing, for sending and receiving signals;

a ring tone generator disposed within said housing;

an audio transducer, attached to said housing for facilitating telephonic communication; and

an array of press pads attached to said housing.