Communication accessory and method of telecommunicating for a PDA
First Claim
1. A wireless communication accessory for use with a personal digital assistant (PDA), said PDA having a chassis of particular dimensions and input/output (I/O) circuitry on a front surface of said PDA chassis, said PDA chassis containing processing circuitry coupled to said I/O circuitry, said communication accessory comprising:
- a body portion having an external surface adapted to removably receive said PDA chassis; and
communications circuitry capable of being coupled to said processing circuitry in said PDA chassis when said PDA chassis is removably received by said external surface on said body portion, said communications circuitry including a communications transceiver capable of coupling said processing circuitry to remote processing circuitry via a communications link.
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Abstract
Disclosed are a telephone accessory and method of telecommunicating for a personal digital accessory ("PDA"). The PDA includes a chassis of particular dimensions and input/output ("I/O") circuitry on a front surface of the chassis, the chassis containing processing circuitry coupled to the I/O circuitry. The telephone accessory comprises: (1) a body portion having a concave surface adapted to receive the chassis and first and second body extensions coupled to opposite ends of the body portion and (2) communications circuitry capable of being coupled to the processing circuitry in the chassis when the chassis is received into the concave surface on the body portion, the communications circuitry including a communications transceiver capable of coupling the processing circuitry to remote processing circuitry via a communications link.
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54 Claims
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1. A wireless communication accessory for use with a personal digital assistant (PDA), said PDA having a chassis of particular dimensions and input/output (I/O) circuitry on a front surface of said PDA chassis, said PDA chassis containing processing circuitry coupled to said I/O circuitry, said communication accessory comprising:
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a body portion having an external surface adapted to removably receive said PDA chassis; and communications circuitry capable of being coupled to said processing circuitry in said PDA chassis when said PDA chassis is removably received by said external surface on said body portion, said communications circuitry including a communications transceiver capable of coupling said processing circuitry to remote processing circuitry via a communications link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of providing communications for a personal digital assistant (PDA), said PDA having a chassis of particular dimensions and input/output (I/O) circuitry on a front surface of said PDA chassis, said chassis containing processing circuitry coupled to said I/O circuitry, comprising the steps of:
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removably receiving an external surface of said PDA chassis onto an external surface of a body portion of a wireless communication accessory, said communication accessory having first and second body extensions coupled to opposite ends of said body portion; and coupling communications circuitry within said communication accessory to said processing circuitry in said PDA chassis when said PDA chassis is removably received by said external surface on said body portion, said communications circuitry including a communications transceiver capable of coupling said processing circuitry to remote processing circuitry via a communications link. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A wireless telephone accessory for use with a personal digital assistant (PDA), the PDA having a chassis of particular dimensions and a display device on a front surface of said chassis, said chassis containing processing circuitry coupled to said display device, said telephone accessory comprising:
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a body portion having a recessed, external surface adapted to removably receive an external surface of said PDA chassis and first and second body extensions coupled to opposite ends of said body portion and pivotally attached to said body portion to allow relative rotation therebetween, said first and second body extensions able to assume a stowed position wherein said first and second body extensions are folded outward so as to be substantially parallel to said body portion and an operating position wherein said first and second body extensions are folded inward so as to form an acute angle with respect to said body portion; a microphone circuit capable of converting acoustical energy into electrical energy located in said first body extension; a speaker circuit capable of converting electrical energy into acoustical energy located in said second body extension; and communications circuitry capable of being removably coupled to said processing circuitry in said PDA chassis when said external surface of said PDA chassis is received into said recessed, external surface on said body portion, said communications circuitry including a communications transceiver capable of coupling said microphone, speaker and processing circuitry to a remote transceiver via a wireless telephone link. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method of providing communications for a personal digital assistant (PDA), said PDA having a chassis of particular dimensions and a display device on a from surface of said chassis, said chassis containing processing circuitry coupled to said display device, comprising the steps of:
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removably receiving an external surface of said PDA chassis into a concave, external surface of a body portion of a telephone accessory, said telephone accessory having first and second body extensions coupled to opposite ends of said body portion and pivotally attached to said body portion to allow relative rotation therebetween, said first and second body extensions able to assume a stowed position wherein said first and second body extensions are folded outward so as to be substantially parallel to body portion and an operating position wherein said first and second body extensions are folded inward so as to form an acute angle with respect to said body portion; removably coupling communications circuitry to said processing circuitry in said PDA chassis when said PDA chassis is received into said concave, external surface on said body portion; converting acoustical energy into electrical energy with a microphone circuit located in said first body extension; and converting electrical energy into acoustical energy with a speaker circuit located in said second body extension, said communications circuitry including a communications transceiver capable of coupling said microphone, speaker and processing circuitry to a remote transceiver via a wireless telephone link. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A personal digital assistant (PDA), comprising:
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a substantially rectangular chassis; processing and storage circuitry within said chassis; a display device located on a front surface of said chassis; a first electronic link connector on said chassis, said first electronic link connector coupled to said processing and storage circuitry; a telephone body portion containing wireless communications circuitry and having a concave surface substantially conforming to an exterior dimension of said chassis, said concave surface removably mating with a rear surface of said chassis, a second electronic link connector on said concave surface and coupled to said wireless communications circuitry removably mating to said first electronic link connector to thereby couple said processing and storage circuitry to said communications circuitry, said processing and storage circuitry capable of controlling said wireless communications circuitry to establish a communications link between said processing and storage circuitry and a remote transceiver; a first body extension hingedly coupled to a first end of said telephone body portion and containing a microphone for convening a voice of a user into a microphone electrical signal, said microphone delivering said microphone electrical signal to said communications circuitry to allow said user to transmit voice information via said communications link; a second body extension hingedly coupled to a second end of said telephone body portion and containing a speaker for converting a speaker electrical signal into an acoustic signal for transmission to said user, said communications circuitry delivering said speaker electrical signal to said speaker to allow said user to receive voice information via said communications link; and means for allowing said communications circuit to transmit computer data. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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49. A method of deploying a personal digital assistant (PDA) for telecommunication, comprising the steps of:
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rotating first and second body extensions hingedly coupled to first and second ends of said telephone body portion from a stowed position wherein said first and second body extensions are folded outward so as to be substantially parallel to said telephone body portion to an operating position wherein said first and second body extensions are folded inward so as to form an acute angle with respect to said telephone body portion; inserting a substantially rectangular chassis of said PDA into said concave surface of said telephone body portion, said chassis containing processing and storage circuitry, a display device located on a front surface of said chassis and a first electronic link connector on said chassis coupled to said processing and storage circuitry, said first electronic link connector mating with a corresponding second electronic link connector on said telephone body portion, said step of mating coupling said processing and storage circuitry to communications circuitry in said telephone body portion; establishing a communications link between said communications circuitry and a remote transceiver; delivering acoustic energy to a microphone within said first body extension, said microphone converting a voice of a user into a microphone electrical signal, said microphone delivering said microphone electrical signal to said communications circuitry to allow said user to transmit voice information via said communications link; receiving acoustic energy from a speaker within said second body extension, said speaker converting a speaker electrical signal into an acoustic signal for transmission to said user, said communications circuitry delivering said speaker electrical signal to said speaker to allow said user to receive voice information via said communications link; and transmitting computer data via said communications circuit. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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