Mobile Phone with Programmed Keypad
First Claim
1. A mobile radio telephone comprising a keypad and one or more pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone numbers wherein at least one button of said keypad automatically initiates a call of a unique subscriber telephone number from said pre-programmed numbers wherein:
- said mobile radio telephone comprising a screen display;
for indicating which one of a plurality of stored pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone numbers a call is going to be initiated by stepping through or toggling through a list, of said stored pre-programmed subscriber telephone numbers, and for indicating which one of a plurality of said stored pre-programmed subscriber telephone numbers is being called or is calling.
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Abstract
A mobile radio telephone or portable hot link communicator is described which provides a simple, efficient and effective means of communication to enable a child or elderly person to communicate with a known parent, relative or friend carrying a standard mobile telephone. The hot-link communicator is wrist worn or hangs from a cord around the wearer'"'"'s neck. The hot-link communicator comprises a preprogrammed module that links it with preferably only one other mobile or fixed telephone. The hot-link communicator comprises very basic functionality and, in some embodiments, no display—only a preprogrammed dialing button and an answer button. The hot-link communicator makes possible communication between parents needing to communicate with their children and between supervising adults and elderly persons needing assistance in that the children and elderly persons do not need to input number in sequence via a key pad or search for a telephone in the rain and dark.
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7 Claims
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1. A mobile radio telephone comprising a keypad and one or more pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone numbers wherein at least one button of said keypad automatically initiates a call of a unique subscriber telephone number from said pre-programmed numbers wherein:
said mobile radio telephone comprising a screen display;
for indicating which one of a plurality of stored pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone numbers a call is going to be initiated by stepping through or toggling through a list, of said stored pre-programmed subscriber telephone numbers, and for indicating which one of a plurality of said stored pre-programmed subscriber telephone numbers is being called or is calling. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for initiating a call from a mobile radio telephone comprising a keypad and one or more pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone numbers wherein at least one button of said keypad automatically initiates a call of a pre-programmed subscriber telephone number, wherein the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a specific button from said keypad, pressing said selected button in order to display a stored pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone number on a screen display, stepping through the list of said stored pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone numbers by repeatedly pressing said specific button, selecting one of said numbers from said list, maintaining pressed said button or pressing another button from said keypad in order to initiate the call of said unique stored pre-programmed number.
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7. A method for receiving a call from a mobile radio telephone comprising a keypad and one or more pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone numbers wherein at least one button of said keypad automatically answers a call of a pre-programmed subscriber telephone number, wherein the method comprising the steps of:
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indicating that one of a plurality of said stored pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone numbers is calling by the ringing tone generator of said mobile radio telephone, displaying which one of a plurality of said stored pre-programmed unique subscriber telephone numbers is calling on a screen display, pressing a specific button from said keypad to answer said call.
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