Radio telephone interface apparatus for speed-dialing of telephone numbers
First Claim
1. An interface apparatus for a transceiver of a radio telephone for speed-dialing telephone numbers to effectuate a telephonic communication link with a remote location defined by specific ones of the telephone numbers, the interface apparatus comprising:
- a main directory having a plurality of main directory locations, each one of the plurality of main directory locations containing a mnemonic and a corresponding telephone number;
a plurality of subdirectories, each one of said plurality of subdirectories containing a subset of the plurality of main directory locations assigned by a user to include any of said plurality of main directory locations, said subset of the plurality of main directory locations being ordered for access by a user in a user assigned order and wherein each one of said plurality of main directory locations can be assigned to more than one of said plurality of subdirectories;
a processor operatively coupled to said main directory, said subdirectories, and the transceiver to;
(a) generate a sequential-access directory pointer for sequentially accessing the main directory locations of the main directory; and
(b) generate an interrupt-access directory pointer for non-sequentially accessing any of the main directory locations which form the subset of the main directory locations;
a sequential-access actuation switch actuatable to cause sequential accessing by the sequential-access directory pointer of the main directory locations; and
an interrupt-access actuation switch actuatable to cause non-sequential accessing by the interrupt-access directory pointer of the main directory locations; and
wherein said processor transmits the telephone number accessed by either of said sequential-access actuation switch or said interrupt-access actuation switch to effectuate thereby the telephonic communication link with the remote location.
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Abstract
A radio telephone interface apparatus for speed dialing any of a plurality of stored sequences of digits forming telephone numbers. Pre-stored telephone numbers are stored in an electronic memory. Actuation of switches permits either sequential access to each of the stored telephone numbers or direct, nonsequential access to a desired set of stored telephone numbers. When the telephone numbers are sequentially access, mneumonic information associated with each one of the telephone numbers is provided to a voice synthesizer to provide an aural indication of the telephone numbers stored within individual ones of the directory locations.
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14 Claims
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1. An interface apparatus for a transceiver of a radio telephone for speed-dialing telephone numbers to effectuate a telephonic communication link with a remote location defined by specific ones of the telephone numbers, the interface apparatus comprising:
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a main directory having a plurality of main directory locations, each one of the plurality of main directory locations containing a mnemonic and a corresponding telephone number; a plurality of subdirectories, each one of said plurality of subdirectories containing a subset of the plurality of main directory locations assigned by a user to include any of said plurality of main directory locations, said subset of the plurality of main directory locations being ordered for access by a user in a user assigned order and wherein each one of said plurality of main directory locations can be assigned to more than one of said plurality of subdirectories; a processor operatively coupled to said main directory, said subdirectories, and the transceiver to; (a) generate a sequential-access directory pointer for sequentially accessing the main directory locations of the main directory; and (b) generate an interrupt-access directory pointer for non-sequentially accessing any of the main directory locations which form the subset of the main directory locations; a sequential-access actuation switch actuatable to cause sequential accessing by the sequential-access directory pointer of the main directory locations; and an interrupt-access actuation switch actuatable to cause non-sequential accessing by the interrupt-access directory pointer of the main directory locations; and wherein said processor transmits the telephone number accessed by either of said sequential-access actuation switch or said interrupt-access actuation switch to effectuate thereby the telephonic communication link with the remote location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A radio transceiver unit comprising:
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receiver circuitry and transmitter circuitry; a memory element forming a main directory, having a plurality of main directory locations each for storing a mnemonic and a corresponding telephone number, and a plurality of subdirectories, each one of said plurality of subdirectories having a subset of the plurality of main directory locations assigned by a user to include any of said plurality of main directory locations, said subset being ordered for access by a user in a user assigned order and wherein each one of said plurality of main directory locations can be assigned to more than one of said plurality of subdirectories; a processor for; a) generating a sequential-access directory pointer which sequentially accesses main directory locations of the memory element; b) generating an interrupt-access directory pointer which non-sequentially accesses any of the main directory locations which form the subset of the main directory locations; and c) retrieving said mnemonic and said corresponding telephone number stored in the main directory location accessed; a sequential-access switch coupled to said processor wherein actuation by a user thereof causes said processor, using said sequential access directory pointer, to sequentially access one of said plurality of main directory locations of said main directory in a user perceptible manner; a plurality of interrupt-access switches, each corresponding to said plurality of subdirectories, coupled to said processor wherein actuation by a user thereof causes said processor, using said interrupt-access directory pointer, to non-sequentially access one of said main directory locations in a user perceptible manner; and an output device to supply said telephone number retrieved by said processor to the transmitter circuitry to effectuate thereby the telephonic link with the remote location.
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13. An interface apparatus, interfacing with transceiver circuitry of a radio telephone for speed-dialing a telephone number to effectuate a telephonic communication link with a remote location defined by the telephone number, said interface apparatus comprising:
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a memory element forming a main directory, having a plurality of main directory locations each for storing a mnemonic each corresponding to a telephone number, and a plurality of subdirectories, each subdirectory having a subset of the plurality of main directory locations assigned by a user to include any of said plurality of main directory locations, said subset being ordered for access by user in a user assigned order wherein each one of said plurality of main directory locations can be assigned to more than one of said plurality of subdirectories; a processor for; a) generating a sequential-access directory pointer which sequentially accesses main directory locations formed of the memory element responsive to application of a first signal to an input of said processor; b) generating an interrupt-access directory pointer which non-sequentially accesses any of the main directory locations of said subset of main directory locations responsive to application of a second or a third signal applied to an input of said processor; and c) retrieving said mnemonic and corresponding telephone number stored in the main directory location accessed; a sequential-access switch coupled to an input to said processor wherein actuation by a user thereof forms the first signal to cause sequential accessing of one of said plurality of main directory locations of said main directory in a user perceptible manner; a first interrupt-access switch coupled to an input to said processor wherein actuation by a user thereof forms the second signal to cause non-sequential accessing of main directory locations formed by a first of said subset of main directory locations; a second interrupt-access switch coupled to an input to said processor wherein actuation by a user thereof forms the third signal to cause non-sequential accessing of main directory locations formed by a second of said subset of main directory locations; and an output device operatively coupled to said processor to the transceiver circuitry to effectuate thereby the telephonic link with the remote location.
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14. A method of accessing a telephone number from among frequently called telephone numbers by a user to effectuate a telephonic link to a remote location, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing each one of a plurality of mnemonics and associated telephone numbers in a corresponding one of a plurality of main directory locations of a main directory; (b) assigning a subset of the plurality of main directory locations from said plurality of main directory locations to each of a plurality of subdirectories, said subset of main directory locations corresponding to frequently called telephone numbers by the user and ordered for access by the user in a user assigned order and wherein each one of said plurality of main directory locations can be assigned to more than one of said plurality of subdirectories; (c) generating a sequential-access directory pointer, in response to actuation of a sequential-access actuation switch by the user, for sequentially accessing the main directory locations of the main directory; (d) generating a interrupt-access directory pointer, in response to actuation of an interrupt-access actuation switch by the user, which non-sequentially accesses any of the main directory locations which form the subset of the main directory locations; (e) accessing the preferred telephone number corresponding to the plurality of main directory locations in a user perceptible manner; and (f) forwarding the accessed preferred telephone number to a transmitter to effectuate the telephonic link with the remote location.
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