EFFECTING A PREDETERMINED COMMUNICATION CONNECTION

• US 20080102890A1
• Filed: 12/27/2007
• Published: 05/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Kruger, Mark, Williams, Eric, Robertson, Ryan, Maes, Stephane
• Application Number:
  US11/965,401
• Publication Number:
  US 20080102890A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/556.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1698 the I/O peripheral being a sending/receiving arrangement to establish a cordless communication link, e.g. radio or infrared link, integrated cellular phone details of antennas disposed inside a computer H01Q1/2266
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0235 using chord techniques G06F3/0234 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/677 Preventing the dialling or sending of predetermined telephone numbers or selected types of telephone numbers, e.g. long distance numbers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions

Abstract

A handheld computing device includes a housing, a processor supported by the housing, a wireless telephony device coupled to the processor, a display having a graphical user interface coupled to the processor, and a plurality of input keys. The device is programmed to effectuate a predetermined communications connection when a user depresses two or more input keys simultaneously.

Claims

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. A computing device comprising:

a processor;

a wireless telephony device coupled to the processor;

a display having a graphical user interface coupled to the processor; and

at least one input key;

wherein the computing device is configured to effectuate a predetermined communications connection with an emergency service when a user depresses a single input key for a predetermined period of time.

26. The computing device of claim 25, wherein the computing device is configured to effectuate the predetermined communications connection when the wireless telephony device is powered on and when the wireless telephony device is powered off.

27. The computing device of claim 25, wherein the computing device is configured to effectuate the predetermined communications connection when the state of any software on the device is in a communications mode and when the state of the software on the device is in a non-communications mode.

28. The computing device of claim 27, wherein the software on the computing device includes software configured to run an electronic calendar in a non-communications mode.

29. The computing device of claim 25, wherein the computing device is a handheld computing device.