Mobile phone extension and data interface via an audio headset connection

• US 20060229108A1
• Filed: 02/03/2006
• Published: 10/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomas G. Cehelnik
• Original Assignee: Thomas G. Cehelnik
• Inventors: Cehelnik, Thomas G.
• Application Number:
  US11/346,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20060229108A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/569.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724

Abstract

A method and apparatus is present for achieving simple and inexpensive communications from wired phones to mobile or cell phones called a mobile phone extension. It is inexpensive because of flexible system architecture and simple hardware implementation. It allows phone calls to be made from wired phones over a cell phone. It is simple because audio signals from a microphone and speaker of a wired handset are connected to the mobile phone via a simple plug connection to the headset audio port. Alternatively, the system works with wireless connections between headsets and mobile phones. When the connection is made with a base station, it can be a wired or cordless phone or device acting as the base station. The disclosed system allows electronic apparatus to use a common mobile phone to link its communication instead of having an embedded phone separate from the user'"'"'s personal phone. Other uses provide a means to communicate with a wireless headset while connecting audio from other devices such as audio devices such as players and records, and data devices. Even if the later is only speaker audio only, but it can contain microphone audio too. Thus useful apparatus and methods are claimed to connect mobile phones and wireless headsets with wired phone handset audio or other audio or video, and digital devices. One such audio player is the “I-Pod” known as a trademark of Apple Corporation. These devices can thus be connected with the disclosed interface, even when not using a wired phone, so audio from a cell phone and other devices can be received on the same headset. Use of gesture technology and particular command sets are also claimed for controlling devices using

Claims

1. An apparatus for communicating through a mobile phone service from wired phone networks by connecting the mobile phone headset port through a phone extension interface system connected a phone to wired network as a basestation and further comprised of:

a. a mobile or cell phone having a self-contained wireless transceiver connected to a wireless large area network;

b. a self-contained wired phone network with a basestation phone and at least zero phone extensions or zero devices on the network;

c. a connection for the exchanging duplex audio data between the basestation and phone extensions on the network;

d. a control circuitry allowing the operation of the mobile phone from the phone extension through the said network;

2. An apparatus as in claim 1 comprising a local electronic communication link between transceivers associated with the mobile phone and a basestation;

3. A basestation as said in claim 2 that routes and connects calls from the mobile phone via the mobile phone transceiver to devices on the local network of the home, office, or place of business;

4. A communication link as in claim 2 that supports duplex data including digital and analog signals;

5. A communication link as in claim 2 including one or more of the following signal types;

audio, video, or computer data send back and forth via standard local network protocol;

6. A basestation as in claim 3 supporting routing and connection to local building or intranet telephone wiring in either digital or analog phones wiring systems;

7. Said basestation in claim 3 that supports a connection to local CATS, Ethernet, Bluetooth or other computer type networks;

8. A basestation as in claim 3 comprised of one, more, or multiple microprocessors, digital memories, and communication interfaces for example, a voice recognition systems or touch tone decoder systems, that allows the user to setup control commands of household or local network devices;

9. A basestation as in claim 3 where the microprocessor interfaces to an external computer connected to the basestation via a network card using standard protocol;

10. A basestation as in claim 3 where the microprocessor is a personal computer;

11. A basestation as in claim 3 that consists of an apparatus for providing the mobile phone signal from an antenna placed outside of the home;

12. A basestation as in claim 3 capable of providing notification to devices on the network when they are being requested or accesses by the network such as a ringing the bells on the phone extension handsets, e-mail notification, or sounding an alert signal when a FAX comes in;

or simply providing an audio or electronic response when poled by the control systems;

13. An apparatus as in claim 2 the transceiver communicates via a nonwireless connection to the basestation when the mobile phone is plugged into the basestation;

14. An apparatus as in claim 2 where the transceiver communicates via a nonwireless connection to the basestation when the mobile phone has a wireless headset or wireless audio transceiver that is connected to the phone extension interface resulting in the connection of a mobile phone audio and digital data to the wired phone extension.

15. The transceivers in claim 2 communicate in wireless mode using wireless low power short-range radio wave communication methods consistent with commercial communication techniques between wireless phone handsets, or wireless network connections;

16. The transceivers in claim 2 communicate in wireless mode via mobile phone connection to a mobile phone in the basestation.

17. A method where the transceiver in claim 2 uses a wireless communication link consists of transceivers using a low-noise low-interference modulation technique such as spread spectrum;

19. A mobile phone transceiver as in claim 2 is switch able to the on position either by a switch on the phone transceiver or electronically from signals generated by control signal issued from the basestation.

20. A phone transceiver as in claim 2 that is in the form of an adapter that fits onto the mobile phone.

21. A basestation as in claim 1 containing a recharging and power unit for the mobile phone.

22. A basestation as in claim 1 having provision for addition of a local phone handset of either wireless, nonwired, or cordless type.

23. A basestation as in claim 1 having a provision of adding storage devices as DVD ROMs, DVDRWs, and stick type or memory cards.

24. A basestation as in claim 1 with USB type hub built in so other user devices are easily attached and addressed through the home network.

25. A basestation as in claim 1 that is connected to a computer with a user control interfaces program for select desired call routing patterns to specific resources.

26. A phone transceiver as in claim 2 connecting between the phone and the basestation analog outputs from the mobile phone by using a microphone and or video camera or by using circuitry to capture signals from the audio or video output jacks.

28. A basestation as in claim 1 that provides a transferred call via a local area wireless network to extensions hardwired to the phone lines of the home or office.

29. An apparatus as in claim 1 device/circuit embedded into mobile/cell phones that makes a two way local area network connection for voice and data available to phone extension on hardwired phone lines throughout the home or office.

30. An method of using speech recognition and speech synthesis and touch tone coding and decoding to communicate between phone extension and a basestation as in claim 1 over digital lines.

31. A method of using the method of claim 30 where the call is call of the mobile phone is controlled by sending audio and push button signals through the headset connection.

18. A switchless connection between speaker and microphone analog jack allowing duplex communication via standard analog or digital protocol.

27. An apparatus that attaches to mobile phone connecting the audio and or the data output, or an equivalent circuit that gets the audio, of the mobile phone and makes a local RF link to a basestation that makes the connection of the call available to other phone extensions connected to the hardwired phone lines.

32. A method of 30 further controlling the phone by using mechanical actuation or contact switching such a magnetic to actuate the mobile phone via speech or touch tone commands on a phone extension.