Communications device

• US 6,081,730 A
• Filed: 10/30/1997
• Issued: 06/27/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Lieben, Jan, Jobst, Matthias
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vuong, Quochien B.
• Application Number:
  US08/961,288
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/419, 455/420, 455/556, 455/557, 455/558, 455/564, 455/575, 455/563, 455/573, 455/31.2, 455/417, 379/357, 379/355, 379/356
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/64 Hybrid switching systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A communications device according to the invention comprises a telephone set (7), which has a first control device (9) and a main data memory (8) for storing first data, and at least one data input unit (1) which can be connected to the telephone set (7) and has a second control device (3) and an auxiliary data memory (2) for storing second data which represent a part of the first data and via which the first data can be accessed. Both control devices (9, 3) are designed such that, in the event of a data change in one of the data memories, they allow a corresponding change to be made to the data assigned to them in the other data memory.

Claims

1. A Communications device for facilitating the dialing of telephone number data comprising:

a telephone set, having a first control device and a main data memory, said main memory having first data stored therein accessible through said first control device, said first data including a listing of telephone numbers and related data; and

at least one data input unit connected to the telephone set for communication therewith said at least one data input unit further comprising;

a second control device; and

an auxiliary data memory said auxiliary data memory having second data stored therein accessible through said second control device, said second data including an abbreviated version of said first data by which said first data is identifiable through said second data; and

wherein said first and second control devices cooperate to provide access to said first data through use of said at least one data input unit.

2. Communications device according to claim 1, characterized in that both control devices (9, 3) are designed such that, in the event of a data change in one of the data memories, they allow a corresponding change to be made to the data assigned to them in the other data memory.

3. Communications device according to claim 2, characterized by a comparison means for comparing data to be changed in one of the data memories with data assigned to them in the other data memory, before a data change.

4. Communications device according to claim 1, characterized in that the telephone set (7) has means (16) for inputting commands relating to a change to the first data stored in the main data memory (8).

5. Communications device according to claim 1, characterized in that the respective data in the main data memory (8) are assigned an identifier (SW) for a data input unit (1) which can be connected to the telephone set (7).

6. Communications device according to claim 1, characterized in that the telephone set (7) is a mobile telephone.

7. Communications device according to claim 1, characterized in that the data input unit is designed as a voice dialling unit (1), an optical scanning unit (11) or an electronic interface (12).