Wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function

• US 20050197113A1
• Filed: 03/05/2004
• Published: 09/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Asia Vital Components Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Asia Vital Components Company Limited
• Inventors: Lin, Jao-Ching, Ma, Tien-Shun
• Application Number:
  US10/792,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20050197113A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/420
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/92 Universal remote control
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/93 Remote control using other portable devices, e.g. mobile phone, PDA, laptop
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 23/04 using light waves, e.g. infrared
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/202 by remote control

Abstract

A wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function, being in conjunction with a phone main unit. The wireless telephone device includes a phone case, a control panel disposed on the cover with a plurality of functional buttons, a controller inside the case, a wireless phone module inside the case electronically connected to the controller for wireless phone signals being sent to and receiving from the main unit and performing transition between the voice signals, dial signals and wireless phone signals and a universal remote control module inside the case and electronically connected to the controller for remotely controlling a plurality of electrical home appliances. The control panel is commonly used with both the wireless telephone module and the universal control module. The functional buttons are operated such that the wireless telephone can be dialed and the electrical home appliances can be remote controlled as well.

Claims

1. A wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function, being in conjunction with a phone main unit and comprising:

a phone case;

a control panel, being disposed on the cover with a plurality of functional buttons;

a controller, being inside the case;

a wireless phone module, being inside the case, being electronically connected to the controller for wireless phone signals being sent to and receiving from the main unit, and performing transition between the voice signals, dial signals and wireless phone signals; and

a universal remote control module, being inside the case and electronically connected to the controller for remotely controlling a plurality of electrical home appliances;

whereby, the control panel is commonly used by both the wireless telephone module and the universal control module and the functional buttons are operated such that the wireless telephone can be dialed and the electrical home appliances can be remote controlled.

2. The wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function according to claim 1, wherein the control panel is a touch type panel.

3. The wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function according to claim 1, wherein the wireless telephone device further comprises a display module is disposed on the case and electronically connected to the controller to display all the functions of wireless telephone and remotely control the electrical home appliances.

4. The wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function according to claim 3, wherein the control panel is further provided with a menu button and all the functions for remotely controlling the electrical home appliances can be displayed once the menu button is pressed.

5. The wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function according to claim 4, wherein all the functions are displayed with a tree shaped diagram.

6. The wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function according to claim 5, wherein the control panel further has up-arrow and down-arrow buttons for being used to choose a specific electrical home appliance shown in the tree shaped diagram and a select button is provided to confirm the chosen electrical home appliance.

7. The wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function according to claim 3, wherein the display module can show date and time.

8. The wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function according to claim 7, wherein the display module to indicate time with a clock icon.

9. The wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function according to claim 1, wherein a back light display module is disposed behind the control panel to show the functional buttons in the dark.

10. The wireless telephone device associated with universal remote control function according to claim 1, wherein the remote control module remotely controls the electric home appliances byway of infrared remote control technique.