System and apparatus for recording and displaying received information at a remote location

• US 5,727,053 A
• Filed: 02/05/1996
• Issued: 03/10/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Lucent Technologies, Inc. (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Wright, Gregory Alan, Sizer, Theodore II
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shankar, Vijay
• Application Number:
  US08/597,004
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 379/56, 379/57, 379/96, 379/136, 379/102, 379/105, 379/127, 379/130, 379/142, 379/93.17, 379/93.18, 379/93.23, 379/102.01, 379/102.02, 348/10, 348/12, 348/13, 348/14, 348/17, 455/4.1, 455/4.2, 455/11.1, 455/31.2, 455/31.3, 340/311.1, 340/330, 340/539
• US Class Current: 379/142.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6505 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems

Abstract

An system and apparatus records and displays information received from a premises such as ambient temperature or information received over a telephone network. A wireless transmitter generates and transmits a packet of telephone information received from the telephone network. The generated signals can be radio, infrared and ultrasonic. A packet receiver is spaced distant from the premises recording unit but within range of the packet transmission generated therefrom for receiving and storing the packet of telephone information. The packet receiver displays at least a portion of the packet of information.

Claims

1. An apparatus for transmitting information received over a telephone network comprising

premises transmission means located within a premises for receiving telephone information from the telephone network,

means for connecting said premises transmission means to the telephone network, and

said premises transmission means further including means for extracting any caller ID from an incoming call, wireless transmission means for generating and transmitting a packet containing any caller ID and at least a portion of the telephone information received from the telephone network to a receiver spaced distant from said premises transmission means but within range of a packet transmission generated therefrom for receiving, storing and displaying at least of portion of said packet of information.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said premises transmission means includes means for extracting the caller ID from an incoming telephone message and transmitting same within a packet to a receiver spaced distant from said premises transmission means.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said premises transmission means comprises means for generating a radio signal for said packet.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said premises transmission means comprises means for generating an infrared signal for said packet.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said premises transmission means comprises means for generating an ultrasonic signal for said packet.

11. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said premises transmission means include a temperature sensor, and said transmitted packet of information includes the sensed temperature.

12. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said premises transmission means includes a temperature sensor, and said transmitted packet of information includes the sensed temperature.

6. An apparatus for transmitting information received over a telephone network comprising

premises transmission means located within a premises for receiving telephone information from the telephone network,

means for connecting said premises transmission means to the telephone network,

said premises transmission means further including wireless transmission means for generating and transmitting a packet of at least a portion of the telephone information received from a telephone network to a receiver spaced distant from said premises transmission means but within range of a packet transmission generated therefrom for receiving, storing and displaying at least a portion of said packet of telephone information, and

wherein said premises transmission means is responsive to inputted information received from a remote source to generate further packet of information from the premises transmission means.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said premises transmission means includes means for extracting the caller ID from an incoming telephone message and transmitting same to a receiver spaced distant from said premises transmission means.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said premises transmission means comprises means for generating a radio signal for said packet.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said premises transmission means comprises means for generating an infrared signal for said packet.

10. The apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said premises transmission means comprises means for generating an ultrasonic signal for said packet.

13. An apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the remote source comprises a receiver spaced distant from the premises transmission means that receives, stores and displays at least a portion of the packet of telephone information.

14. An apparatus according to claim 6 wherein the remote source comprises a control unit separate from the spaced receiver that receives, stores and displays at least a portion of the packet of telephone information.