Wireless phone system communicatively combined with a computer

• US 4,661,659 A
• Filed: 07/07/1986
• Issued: 04/28/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nishimura, Kosuke
• Primary Examiner(s): George, Keith E.
• Application Number:
  US06/882,031
• Time in Patent Office: 295 Days
• Field of Search: 179/2 C, 179/2 DP, 179/2 EA, 375/5
• US Class Current: 455/462
• 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: H04M 1/2155 Acoustic coupling
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/066 Telephone sets adapted for data transmision

Abstract

A wireless phone system comprises a master phone unit connectable to a telephoneline, and a wireless phone receiver connectable to the master phone unit, the wireless phone receiver comprising a computer circuit for processing data as a computer, a wireless circuit for wirelessly transmitting information including the computer data, microphone means for inputting sound information, speaker means for outputing the sound information, and switching means for selecting whether the microphone means and the speaker means are connected with the computer circuit, or not. The master phone unit has a computer circuit.

Claims

1. A wireless phone system comprising:

a wireless phone handset for receiving and transmitting voice data and non-voice data;

a master computer unit connected to a telephone line and including,

first central processing unit (CPU) means for processing data,

first keyboard means for inputting non-voice data to said first CPU means,

telephone circuit means for transferring voice data and non-voice data between said telephone line, said first CPU means, and said wireless phone handset,

first wireless communication circuit means for effecting transfer of data between said telephone circuit means and said wireless phone handset, and

first display means for displaying non-voice data from said first CPU means;

said wireless phone handset including,

second CPU means for processing non-voice data,

second wireless communication circuit means for effecting transfer of data between said handset and said first wireless communication circuit means,

second keyboard means for inputting said non-voice data to said second CPU means,

second display means for displaying non-voice data from said second CPU means,

microphone means for inputting voice data from a user to said second wireless communication means and non-voice data from a conventional phone transceiver to said second CPU means,

speaker means for outputting voice data from said second wireless communication circuit means and non-voice data from said second CPU means to a conventional phone transceiver, and

switch means for placing said handset in either a voice data or non-voice data transmission mode.