Portable wireless device

• US 6,236,867 B1
• Filed: 10/29/1998
• Issued: 05/22/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ironworks Patents LLC
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Todo, Akira, Usui, Hiroya
• Primary Examiner(s): Hunter, Daniel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Corsaro, Nick
• Application Number:
  US09/181,546
• Time in Patent Office: 936 Days
• Field of Search: 455/563, 455/564, 455/565, 455/566, 455/460, 455/414, 379/88.16, 379/67.1
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set

Abstract

In a portable telephone device, a desired telephone number selected by an user from all or a part of telephone directory list is converted into audio data by an audio data converting circuit to transmit it to a communication partner, so that the telephone number corresponding to the audio data can be uttered as a voice at the partner side who receives the audio data. Thereby, a portable telephone device with improved user ability can be realized.

Claims

1. A portable wireless device comprising:

storage means for storing a telephone directory list including a plurality of telephone numbers;

display means for displaying at least a part of said telephone directory list read from said storage means;

selecting means for selecting a desired telephone number from said plurality of telephone numbers included in said telephone directory list displayed on said display means;

data converting means for converting data stored in said storage means corresponding to said desired telephone number selected by said selecting means into numerical audio data for allowing voicing of said desired telephone number; and

transmitting means for transmitting said numerical audio data converted by said data converting means to a distinct communication apparatus.

2. The portable wireless device according to claim 1, wherein said telephone directory list, further includes names corresponding to said plurality of telephone numbers, and said telephone numbers and said corresponding names are displayed on said display means.

3. The portable wireless device according to claim 1, wherein said selecting means includes an operation key which can be rotated and actuated, and said operation key is rotated to select said desired telephone number from said part of said telephone directory list displayed on said display means and acuated to finalize the selection of said desired telephone number.

4. The portable wireless device according to claim 3, wherein said operation key includes a disk member partially projecting to an outside of a body of said portable wireless device.

5. The portable wireless device of claim 1, wherein said transmitting means transmits said numerical audio data converted by said data converting means to both a distinct communication apparatus and a speaker of the portable wireless device so that the voiced telephone number is heard by a user of the device.

6. The portable wireless device of claim 1, wherein the numerical audio data includes audio data representing names of numerals from 0 to 9.