Applications of broadband media and position sensing phones

• US 20060052136A1
• Filed: 10/26/2005
• Published: 03/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harris Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Scott C Harris
• Inventors: Harris, Scott C.
• Granted Patent: US 7,321,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/002 adapted to accommodate electronic equipment patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/05 specially adapted for use on head, throat or breast
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72427 for supporting games or graphical animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver

Abstract

A cellular telephone is used as a remote control device to control operations on the users nonportable computer which is remote location to the cellular telephone. The user can carry out various operations on the cellular telephone which cause the remote computer to take some additional action.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a user-worn item, intended to be worn on a body of the user; and

a cellular phone part, including a connection to a listening portion, a connection to a speaking portion, and a cellular telephone electronics, formed within said user worn item.

2. An apparatus as in claim 1, wherein said cellular telephone part includes a wireless connection between at least one of said portions and cellular telephone electronics.

4. An apparatus as in claim 2, wherein said user worn item is an item of clothing formed of fabric, and at least said cellular telephone transceiver is woven into said fabric.

5. An apparatus as in claim 2, wherein said user worn item is glasses, having an earpiece, forming said listening portion, embedded into a portion of said glasses.

6. An apparatus as in claim 2, wherein said user worn item is a belt, and at least one part of the cellular telephone is formed as the belt buckle of the belt.

7. An apparatus as in claim 2, wherein said cellular telephone includes positioned detecting technology, enabling finding the user worn item.

8. Apparatus as in claim 2, further comprising an interface in said cellular telephone transceiver, which enables an oral command of functions associated with the cellular phone.

9. An apparatus as in claim 8, wherein said oral command includes command to send an e-mail.

3. An apparatus as in claim 3, wherein said wireless connection is a Bluetooth connection.

10. An item of clothing, comprising:

a user worn item of clothing, intended to be worn on the body of the user, and formed of a fabric material; and

a cellular telephone, including at least a cellular electronics part that carries out communication, woven into said fabric material.

11. An item of clothing as in claim 10, wherein said cellular telephone also includes an interface to at least a speaking portion and a listening portion.

12. An item of clothing as in claim 11, wherein said interface is a wireless interface.

13. An item of clothing as in claim 12, wherein said wireless interface is a Bluetooth interface.

14. An item of clothing as in claim 12, wherein said wireless interface is a wireless ethernet interface.

15. A method, comprising:

embedding a cellular telephone into an item of clothing;

wearing said item of clothing; and

using said cellular telephone in said item of clothing to carry out a wireless communication.

16. A method as in claim 15, wherein said using comprises using said cellular telephone to make a cellular telephone call.

17. A method as in claim 16, further comprising interfacing with the cellular telephone using a wireless portion which has an earpiece forming a listening portion and a mouthpiece forming a speaking portion.

18. A method as in claim 15, wherein said using comprises using said cellular telephone to connect to the Internet.

19. A method as in claim 15, wherein said cellular telephone includes a position sensing system, and further comprising using said position sensing system to find said item of clothing.