Wireless accessory requesting information from a handheld device

• US 20060264237A1
• Filed: 05/20/2005
• Published: 11/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Vuong, Thanh Vinh, Fyke, Steven Henry, Rose, Scott, Leung, Kwok Ching
• Application Number:
  US11/133,350
• Publication Number:
  US 20060264237A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface

Abstract

A handheld device receives a request for information from a wireless accessory over a wireless communication link. The handheld device retrieves the information or a portion thereof and transmits all or a portion of the retrieved information to the wireless accessory over the wireless communication link.

Claims

1. A method in a handheld device for communicating with a wireless accessory of said handheld device, the method comprising:

receiving a request for information from said wireless accessory over a wireless communication link;

retrieving said information or a portion thereof; and

transmitting said information or said portion thereof via said wireless communication link to said wireless accessory.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving said information or said portion thereof comprises:

searching entries managed by an address book application module.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving said information or said portion thereof comprises:

searching audio files managed by an audio player application module.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving said information or said portion thereof comprises:

searching records related to calendar events managed by a calendar application module.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving said information or said portion thereof comprises:

obtaining details about one or more entities that were recently involved in telephone and/or data communication sessions involving said handheld device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving said information or said portion thereof comprises:

retrieving one or more identifiers of an entity, said one or more identifiers including any of a name of a person, a name of a company, an e-mail address, an instant messaging name and a telephone number.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving said request and transmitting said information or said portion thereof via said wireless communication link comprises:

communicating according to a Bluetooth®

, ZigBee™

or ultra wideband standard.

8. A handheld device comprising:

a processor;

a first wireless communication interface, compatible with a first wireless communication standard, through which said handheld device is able to communicate with a wireless accessory, and through which said handheld device is able to receive from said wireless accessory a request for information; and

a memory able to store executable code means which, when executed by said processor, retrieves said information or a portion thereof and controls said first wireless communication interface to transmit said information or said portion thereof to said wireless accessory.

9. The handheld device of claim 8, wherein said memory is able to store one or more databases that include entries managed by an address book application module.

10. The handheld device of claim 8, wherein said memory is able to store one or more databases that include audio files managed by an audio player application module.

11. The handheld device of claim 8, wherein said memory is able to store one or more databases that include records related to calendar events managed by a calendar application module.

12. The handheld device of claim 8, wherein said information includes one or more identifiers of an entity, said one or more identifiers including any of a name of a person, a name of a company, an e-mail address, an instant messaging name and a telephone number.

13. The handheld device of claim 8, further comprising:

a second wireless communication interface, compatible with a second, different, wireless communication standard, through which said handheld device is able to be involved in telephone communication sessions,

wherein said request is for entities with which said handheld device was recently involved in said telephone communication sessions.

14. The handheld device of claim 13, wherein said second wireless communication standard is global system for mobile communications (GSM), code division multiple access (CDMA) or 802.11.

15. The handheld device of claim 8, further comprising:

a second wireless communication interface, compatible with a second, different, wireless communication standard, through which said handheld device is able to be involved in data communication sessions,

wherein said request is for entities with which said handheld device was recently involved in said data communication sessions.

16. The handheld device of claim 15, wherein said second wireless communication standard is one of global system for mobile communications (GSM), code division multiple access (CDMA) and 802.11.

17. The handheld device of claim 8, wherein said first wireless communication standard is one of Bluetooth®

, ZigBee™ and

ultra wideband.

19. The wireless communication system of claim 16, wherein said wireless accessory is to display on said display all or a part of said transmitted information or said portion thereof.

18. A wireless communication system comprising:

a handheld device; and

a wireless accessory of said handheld device, said wireless accessory having a display and one or more input components,

wherein said handheld device comprises;

a processor;

a first wireless communication interface, compatible with a first wireless communication standard, through which said handheld device is able to communicate with said wireless accessory, and through which said handheld device is able to receive from said wireless accessory a request for information; and

a memory able to store executable code means which, when executed by said processor, retrieves said information or a portion thereof and controls said first wireless communication interface to transmit said information or said portion thereof to said wireless accessory.