Portable telecommunications assembly having user hand-hold, and associated method
First Claim
1. A portable telecommunications assembly hand-supportable by a user thereof and operable to communicate communication media with a remote station, said portable telecommunications assembly comprising:
- a communication device having communication-device circuitry for operating upon the communication media and a supportive housing for supportively housing the communication-device circuitry thereat, the supportive housing having an inwardly-extending port formed to extend inwardly from an edge-side face surface of the supportive housing; and
a portable radio telephone insertable into the inwardly-extending port of the supportive housing of said communication device to be docked in a docking position thereat, said portable radio telephone having radio telephonic circuitry for transceiving radio frequency communication signals representative of the communication media and a radio telephone housing for supportively housing the radio telephonic circuitry therein, the radio telephonic housing having a proximal end-side portion insertable into the inwardly-extending port and a distal end-side portion extending beyond the supportive housing of said communication device, the distal end-side portion of the radio telephonic housing forming a user hand-hold permitting the user to hand support, said portable radio telephone together with said communication device, said portable radio telephone and said communication device together positionable by the user to be hand-supported at any desired orientation by the user, thereafter to permit the user to effectuate operation of the communication device while the communication device and the radio telephone are positioned in the desired orientation.
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Abstract
A communication device combined with a portable radio telephone operates upon communication media and transceives signals representative of the communication media between the communication device and a remote station. The communication device includes a docking port into which a proximal end-side portion of the portable radio telephone is insertable to be positioned at a docking position. Once positioned at the docking position, the portable radio telephone is used as a hand-hold to support the communication device engaged together with the radio telephone.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable telecommunications assembly hand-supportable by a user thereof and operable to communicate communication media with a remote station, said portable telecommunications assembly comprising:
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a communication device having communication-device circuitry for operating upon the communication media and a supportive housing for supportively housing the communication-device circuitry thereat, the supportive housing having an inwardly-extending port formed to extend inwardly from an edge-side face surface of the supportive housing; and
a portable radio telephone insertable into the inwardly-extending port of the supportive housing of said communication device to be docked in a docking position thereat, said portable radio telephone having radio telephonic circuitry for transceiving radio frequency communication signals representative of the communication media and a radio telephone housing for supportively housing the radio telephonic circuitry therein, the radio telephonic housing having a proximal end-side portion insertable into the inwardly-extending port and a distal end-side portion extending beyond the supportive housing of said communication device, the distal end-side portion of the radio telephonic housing forming a user hand-hold permitting the user to hand support, said portable radio telephone together with said communication device, said portable radio telephone and said communication device together positionable by the user to be hand-supported at any desired orientation by the user, thereafter to permit the user to effectuate operation of the communication device while the communication device and the radio telephone are positioned in the desired orientation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. In a radio communication system in which a portable radio telephone is operable to transceive radio communication signals with network infrastructure, a combination with the portable radio telephone of a communication device for communicating communication media with a remote station coupled to the network infrastructure, said communication device comprising:
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communication device circuitry for operating upon the communication media;
a supportive housing positioned about said communication device circuitry, said supportive housing for supporting said communication device circuitry thereat; and
an inwardly-extending port formed at an edge-side surface of said supportive housing to extend inwardly within said supportive housing, said inwardly-extending port for receiving a proximal end-side portion of the portable radio telephone therein at a docking position, such that, when positioned thereat, a distal end-side portion of the radio telephone forms a user hand-hold permitting a user to hand-support, maneuver and effectuate operation of the radio telephone together with said communication device, said portable radio telephone and said communication device together positionable by the user to be hand-supported at any desired orientation by the user, thereafter to permit the user to effectuate operation of the communication device while the communication device and the radio telephone are positioned in the desired orientation. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. In a method for communicating communication media with a remote station, an improvement of a method for a user to operatively support a portable telecommunications assembly, said method comprising:
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inserting a proximal end-side portion of a portable radio telephone into an inwardly-extending port formed to extend within a edge-side face surface of a supportive housing of a communication device to be positioned at a docking position to be affixed thereat; and
holding a distal end-side portion of the portable radio telephone, thereby to support, maneuver and effectuate operation of the portable radio telephone together with the communication device affixed therewith, said portable radio telephone and said communication device together positionable by the user to be hand-supported at any desired orientation by the user, thereafter to permit the user to effectuate operation of the communication device while the communication device and the radio telephone are positioned in the desired orientation.
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Specification