Cellular telephone, personal digital assistant with dual lines for simultaneous uses

• US 20050266876A1
• Filed: 04/27/2005
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Peter V Boesen
• Original Assignee: Peter V Boesen
• Inventors: Boesen, Peter V.
• Application Number:
  US11/117,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20050266876A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/552.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/042 Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

The present invention includes a method and apparatus for a handheld personal communications device capable of simultaneous wireless voice communications service and wireless data communications service. The invention includes providing wireless voice communications service to a first line of a handheld personal communications device and simultaneously providing wireless data communications service to a second line of the handheld personal communications device.

Claims

1-6. -6. (canceled)

7. A handheld personal communication device capable of simultaneous wireless voice communication and wireless data communications comprising:

a housing;

a first wireless radio transceiver disposed within the housing for operative voice communication across a first communication channel and for operative data communication across a second communication channel;

a sensor operatively connected to the first wireless radio transceiver for transducing voice sound information;

a speaker operatively connected to the first wireless radio transceiver for producing voice sound information;

an intelligent control operatively connected to the first wireless radio transceiver for sending and receiving data; and

a display operatively connected to the processor capable of displaying a visual representation of data received over the second communications channel;

wherein the second communication channel provides for receipt of wireless data to provide wireless web access simultaneously with voice communication.

8. A method for providing wireless voice communication service to a handheld personal communication device, comprising:

providing wireless voice communication service to a first line of the handheld personal communication device;

simultaneously providing wireless voice communication service to a second line of the handheld personal communications device;

charging for the voice communication service to the first line; and

charging for the voice communication service to the second line.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the wireless voice communication service is selected from the set comprising PCS, CDPD, AMPS, and GSM.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the first line is associated with a first communications channel and the second line is associated with a second communications channel.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising the handheld personal communication device.

12. A method for providing wireless communication service to a handheld personal communication device, comprising:

providing wireless communication service to a first line of the handheld personal communication device;

simultaneously providing wireless communication service to a second line of the handheld personal communication device while providing wireless communication service to the first line of the handheld personal communication device;

charging for the wireless communication service to the first line; and

charging for the wireless communication service to the second line.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the wireless communication service to the first line is a voice communication service.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the wireless communication service to the second line is a data communication service.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the handheld personal communication device is a phone.

16. A method of providing communication service to a phone, comprising:

simultaneously providing a first and second channels of communication to the phone and charging for both communications over the first channel and communications over the second channel.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the first channel provides for wireless web access and the second channel provides for voice communications.