Mobile telecommunication device having a printer for printing connection history information

• US 20060250476A1
• Filed: 05/09/2005
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia
• Granted Patent: US 7,843,484 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 347/108
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/02 Framework
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/38 Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5087 for receiving image data
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00109 Remote control of apparatus, e.g. by a host

Abstract

A mobile telecommunications device including: a transceiver for sending and receiving signals via a wireless telecommunications network; processing means for processing connection history information relating to communications sent to or from the mobile telecommunications device via the transceiver, to generate dot data representing a visual layout of the connection history information; and a integral printer configured to receive the dot data and print it onto a print medium.

Claims

1. A mobile telecommunications device including:

a transceiver for sending and receiving signals via a wireless telecommunications network;

processing means for processing connection history information relating to communications sent to or from the mobile telecommunications device via the transceiver, to generate dot data representing a visual layout of the connection history information; and

a integral printer configured to receive the dot data and print it onto a print medium.

2. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1, wherein the connection history information includes an originating address of at least one previous connection or attempted connection with the mobile telecommunications device.

3. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 2, wherein the connection history information includes an identity of a person or other entity associated with the originating address.

4. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 3, wherein the connection history information includes a human-readable indication that a voice-mail has been received from the originating address.

5. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1, wherein the connection history information includes one or more connections or connection attempts made via the mobile telecommunications device.

6. A mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the print medium includes a linear-encoded data track extending in an intended direction of printing, the mobile device including:

a sensor configured to sense the data track during printing of the dot data;

a printhead for printing onto the print medium in response to a fire control signal; and

fire control means connected to generate the fire control signal based on the sensed data track.

7. A mobile device according to claim 6, further including a light-emitting device for illuminating the data track while the sensor is sensing it during printing.

8. A mobile device according to claim 7, wherein the data track is printed with infrared ink, the light-emitting device emits light in the infrared spectrum and the photosensor is sensitive in the infrared spectrum.

9. A mobile device according to claim 6, wherein the data track is a clock track containing only a clock code, the fire control means being configured to generate the fire control signal in the form of a clock signal generated from the sensed data track.

10. A mobile device according to claim 6, wherein the data track includes first information, the first information including an embedded clock signal, the fire control means being configured to generate the fire control signal in the form of a clock signal extracted from the sensed data track.

11. A mobile device according to claim 10, wherein the first information is indicative of at least one physical characteristic of the print medium, the mobile device being configured to control operation of the printhead at least partially on the basis of at least one of the physical characteristics.

12. A mobile device according to claim 6, configured to use the sensed data track to determine an absolute position of the print medium with respect to the printhead, and to print onto the print medium in reliance on the determination.

13. A mobile device according to claim 12, the data track further encoding first information and the print medium further including second coded data that encodes second information, the first information being indicative of the second information, wherein the mobile device is configured to print onto the print medium such that there is a predetermined registration between what is being printed and the second coded data.

14. A mobile device according to claim 13, configured to receive the information indicative of the predetermined registration from a remote computer system via the transceiver.

15. A mobile device according to claim 12, the data track further encoding first information and the print medium further including second coded data that encodes second information, the first information being indicative of the second information, wherein the mobile device is configured to determine a registration between what is being printed and the second coded data.

16. A mobile device according to claim 15, configured to transmit the determined registration to a remote computer system via the transceiver.