WIRELESS PHONE MODULE AND METHOD

• US 20080090564A1
• Filed: 10/15/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Broadlink Research FZ LLC
• Original Assignee: Broadlink Research FZ LLC
• Inventors: Cummiskey, Michael S., Najafi, Hamid
• Application Number:
  US11/549,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20080090564A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/425
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7246 by connection of exchangeable housing parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/20 Transfer of user or subscriber data

Abstract

A module includes a transceiver, display and I/O interface. The module can be coupled to a case such that the I/O interface can download data from a memory in the case, including a GUI, graphics, etc. Calls can then be blocked based on the relationship of the caller and the downloaded data.

Claims

1. A module capable of coupling to a case, comprising:

an I/O interface capable of communicating with the case when the module is coupled to the case, the communicating including downloading data stored in a memory of the case, the data including a device ID, display data, and graphics data;

a transceiver, coupled to the interface, capable of wirelessly transmitting and receiving data via an antenna; and

a display engine, coupled to the interface, capable of displaying a GUI on a display based on the downloaded display data.

2. The module of claim 1, further comprising:

an antenna coupled to the transceiver; and

an antenna engine capable of determining whether the case includes an antenna based on the device ID and further capable of selecting the module antenna or case antenna for use by the transceiver.

3. The module of claim 2, wherein the antenna engine selects an antenna based on signal-to-noise ratio of each antenna.

4. The module of claim 1, further comprising:

an antenna coupled to the transceiver; and

an antenna capable of determining whether the case includes an antenna based on the device ID and further capable of causing the transceiver to use both antennas to transmit and receive data wirelessly.

5. The module of claim 1, further comprising a call blocking engine capable of blocking calls based on Caller ID of a received call and mode.

6. The module of claim 5, further comprising a directory having phone numbers and relationships, wherein the call blocking engine determines mode based on the device ID, and wherein the call blocking engine determines when to block calls based on the Caller ID, mode, and relationship.

7. The module of claim 1, wherein the transceiver is capable of wirelessly communicating data with a plurality of technologies.

8. The module of claim 7, wherein the transceiver communicates with one of the plurality of technologies based on the device ID.

9. The module of claim 1, wherein the display is a component of the module and wherein the case includes a window that overlaps the display when the module is coupled to the case.

10. The module of claim 1, wherein the display includes one or more displays integrated into the case.

11. A module, comprising:

means for downloading data stored in a memory of a case into a module when the module is coupled to the case, the data including a device ID, display data, and graphics data;

means for wirelessly transmitting and receiving data via an antenna; and

means for displaying a GUI on a display based on the downloaded display data.

12. A method, comprising:

downloading data stored in a memory of a case into a module when the module is coupled to the case, the data including a device ID, display data, and graphics data;

wirelessly transmitting and receiving data via an antenna; and

displaying a GUI on a display based on the downloaded display data.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining whether the case includes an antenna based on the device ID and further capable of selecting a module antenna or case antenna for use by a module transceiver.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the selecting an antenna is based on signal-to-noise ratio of each antenna.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

determining whether the case includes an antenna based on the device ID; and

causing a transceiver to use a module antenna and case antenna to transmit and receive data wirelessly.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising blocking calls based on Caller ID of a received call and mode.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising

determining mode based on the device ID, and

determining when to block calls based on the Caller ID, mode, and relationship of the Caller as listed in a directory of the module.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein the wireless transmitting includes selecting one of a plurality of technologies to communicate with.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the selecting one of the plurality of technologies is based on the device ID.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising coupling the module to the case and wherein the case includes a window that overlaps a display of the module when the module is coupled to the case.

21. The method of claim 12, further comprising coupling the module to the case and wherein the case includes one or more displays.