Telecommunication unit with wireless handset and plug-in wireless interface module

• US 20040204084A1
• Filed: 03/13/2003
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inventec Multimedia & Telecom Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Multimedia & Telecom Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Tan, Chin-Hooi, Chen, Che-Hung
• Application Number:
  US10/387,641
• Publication Number:
  US 20040204084A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/06 including a wireless LAN interface

Abstract

A telecommunication unit with wireless handset and plug-in wireless interface module is proposed, which allows a user to use a wireless handset to carry out a specific telephone function, such as PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network), VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol), or Internet-based telephone function. The proposed telecommunication unit is characterized by the provision of a plug-in wireless interface module to allow a user to optionally add a wireless telephone function to a telephone platform, so as to allow the user to use a wireless handset instead of a cable-connected handset to issue and receive phone calls. This feature allows the user to talk on phone while leaving the place where the telephone platform is installed. Moreover, the plug-in wireless interface module is easy and effortless to install, and thus represents a convenient and cost-effective solution to the need for a wireless telephone function on a telephone platform.

Claims

1. A telecommunication unit, which comprises:

a telephone platform, which includes;

a main control unit for controlling data exchange within the telephone platform and operational functions of the telephone platform;

a telephone communication module, which is externally linked to a voice data transmission network system to provide a telephone function; and

an adapter module coupled to the main control unit;

a plug-in wireless interface module, which is externally connectable to the telephone platform by being attached to the adapter module to thereby establish a data exchange link with the telephone communication module via the main control unit within the telephone platform; and

a wireless handset, which is capable of establishing a wireless communication link with the plug-in wireless interface module to thereby link via the main control unit to the telephone communication module to allow a user to use the wireless handset to carry out a wireless telephone function via the telephone platform.

2. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the telephone communication module includes a PSTN-based telephone communication unit.

3. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the telephone communication module includes a VoIP-based telephone communication unit.

4. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the telephone communication module includes an Internet-based telephone communication unit.

5. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with a standard cordless communication protocol.

6. The telecommunication unit of claim 5, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with the DECT cordless communication protocol.

7. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with the FUSS cordless communication protocol.

8. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with the DSSS cordless communication-protocol.

9. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with the WDCT cordless communication protocol.

10. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with the PHS cordless communication protocol.

11. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with the CT2 cordless communication protocol.

12. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with a standard wireless LAN communication protocol.

13. The telecommunication unit of claim 12, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with the IEEE 802.11 series communication protocol.

14. The telecommunication unit of claim 1, wherein the plug-in wireless interface module is compliant with the Bluetooth wireless communication protocol.