Integrated detachable PDA and cellular phone

• US 20060160567A1
• Filed: 03/19/2004
• Published: 07/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jamshid Parivash
• Original Assignee: Jamshid Parivash
• Inventors: Parivash, Jamshid
• Granted Patent: US 7,706,850 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60

Abstract

In accordance with the present invention, a system includes a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a cellular phone adapted to be coupled to the PDA so that upon coupling the cellular phone to the PDA the combined cellular phone and PDA forms a single body.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a personal digital assistant (PDA); and

a cellular phone adapted to be coupled to the PDA so that upon coupling the cellular phone to the PDA the combined cellular phone and PDA forms a single body.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the size of the single body is substantially the same as the size of the PDA.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the PDA and the cellular phone each has a latching mechanism for latching the cellular phone to the PDA when the cellular phone is coupled to the PDA.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the PDA has a cavity configured such that the cellular phone can be inserted therein.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the PDA has a cut-out portion configured so that when the cellular phone is coupled to the PDA, the cellular phone substantially fills the cut-out portion of the PDA.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the PDA has a keyboard and a display, the cellular phone and the PDA being adapted so that when the cellular phone is coupled to the PDA, the PDA keyboard and display are used in placing or receiving telephone calls.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the cellular phone and the PDA are adapted so that when the cellular phone is coupled to the PDA, the keyboard and the display of the PDA is used along with the wireless communication resources of the cellular phone to connect to and communicate with the internet.

8. A system comprising:

a personal digital assistant (PDA); and

a cellular phone adapted to be coupled to the PDA so that upon coupling the cellular phone to the PDA the combined cellular phone and PDA forms a single mass.

9. A system comprising:

a processing device; and

a cellular phone adapted to be coupled to the processing device so that upon coupling the cellular phone to the processing device the combined cellular phone and processing device forms a single body.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the processing device is one of a PDA, a laptop computer, a desktop PC, and an automobile.

11. A system comprising:

a laptop computer; and

a cellular phone adapted to be coupled to the laptop computer so that upon coupling the cellular phone to the laptop computer the combined cellular phone and laptop computer forms a single body.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the size of the single body is substantially the same as the size of the laptop computer.

13. The system of claim 11 wherein the laptop computer and the cellular phone each has a latching mechanism for latching the cellular phone to the laptop computer when the cellular phone is coupled to the laptop computer.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein the laptop computer has a cavity configured such that the cellular phone can be inserted therein.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the laptop computer has a cut-out portion configured so that when the cellular phone is coupled to the laptop computer, the cellular phone substantially fills the cut-out portion of the laptop computer.

16. A method of operating a system comprising a cellular phone and a PDA having a cavity therein, the method comprising:

inserting the cellular phone into the cavity of the PDA so that the combined cellular phone and PDA forms a single body.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the size of the single body is substantially the same as the size of the PDA.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the PDA and the cellular phone each has a latching mechanism for latching the cellular phone to the PDA, the inserting step comprising:

latching the cellular phone to the PDA upon inserting cellular phone in the PDA.

19. A method of operating a system comprising a cellular phone and a PDA having a cut-out portion, the method comprising:

coupling the cellular phone the PDA such that the cellular phone substantially fills the cut-out portion of the PDA.