Cellular telephone with automatic turn on and off function

• US 20050037819A1
• Filed: 08/06/2004
• Published: 02/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Adir Naor
• Original Assignee: Adir Naor
• Inventors: Naor, Adir
• Application Number:
  US10/912,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20050037819A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/574
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0251 using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A. method for operating a mobile communication device including providing a mobile communication device with an “automatic turn on and off function” mode, which automatically turns off the mobile communication device for a first period of time and automatically turns on the mobile communication device for a second period of time. The first and second periods of time may be changed or modified by the user, such as by pressing appropriate buttons.

Claims

1. A method for operating a mobile communication device comprising:

providing a mobile communication device with an “

automatic turn on and off function”

mode, which automatically turns off the mobile communication device for a first period of time and automatically turns on the mobile communication device for a second period of time.

2. The method according to claim 1, comprising using a password to enable or disable the “

automatic turn on and off function”

mode.

3. The method according to claim 1, comprising displaying different possibilities of the “

automatic turn on and off function”

mode on a display of the mobile communication device.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the “

automatic turn on and off function”

mode comprises an every day mode, wherein the mobile communication device is automatically disabled for a period of time every day.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the “

automatic turn on and off function”

mode comprises a temporary mode, wherein the mobile communication device is automatically disabled for a temporary period of time.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising changing at least one of the first and second periods of time.

7. Apparatus comprising:

a mobile communication device with an “

automatic turn on and off function”

mode, which automatically turns off the mobile communication device for a first period of time and automatically turns on the mobile communication device for a second period of time.