Wireless telephony system enabling access to PC based functionalities

• US 6,308,062 B1
• Filed: 03/06/1997
• Issued: 10/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Ericsson Business Networks AB (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Original Assignee: Ericsson Business Networks AB (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson)
• Inventors: Wang, James, Chien, Andrew Ying-Tsai
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsang, Fan S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SOBUTKA, PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US08/812,855
• Time in Patent Office: 1,692 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/550, 455/556, 455/557, 455/558, 455/559, 455/66, 455/575, 455/563, 455/461, 455/462, 455/412, 455/414-7, 455/418, 455/19, 455/20, 395/200.49, 379/225, 379/88.01, 379/88.04
• US Class Current: 455/420
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2473 Telephone terminals interfacing a personal computer, e.g. using an API (Application Programming Interface) details of API H04M7/0021
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/271 controlled by voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/00 Telephonic communication systems specially adapted for combination with other electrical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/08 home cordless telephone systems using the DECT standard
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/2218 Call detail recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/36 Statistical metering, e.g. recording occasions when traffic exceeds capacity of trunks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/432 Arrangements for calling a subscriber at a specific time, e.g. morning call service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/527 Centralised call answering arrangements not requiring operator intervention
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5307 for recording messages comprising any combination of audio and non-audio components
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/12 for working between exchanges having different types of switching equipment, e.g. power-driven and step by step or decimal and non-decimal

Abstract

A system enabling a user wireless access to a variety software functionalities residing within a personal computer is disclosed. The system includes a portable device, bus and fixed radio part enabling a user of the portable device access to a variety of software functionalities within a personal computer. The portable device generates control commands which are wirelessly transmitted to the fixed radio part. The fixed radio part processes the control commands and provides them to the personal computer via a bus capable of transmitting isochronous signals. An interface associated with the computer is responsive to the control commands and provides the portable device access to the variety of software functionalities in response thereto.

Claims

1. A system enabling a user wireless access to a variety of telephony software functionalities residing within a personal computer, comprising:

a portable wireless device enabling selective use of the telephony software functionalities of the computer by the portable device in response to control commands generated by the portable device, the control commands transmitted from the portable device as a wireless signal;

a bus for transmitting control commands to the personal computer;

a sensor controller interfaced with the bus, said controller controlling a remote sensor associated with an electronic device;

a radio-fixed part for transmitting/receiving the wireless signal control command from the portable wireless device and processing the wireless signal for transmission over the bus to the personal computer; and

an interface associated with the personal computer and responsive to the control command received over the bus for providing the portable device use of the variety of telephony software functionalities.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable device comprises a wireless handset.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable device comprises a personal digital assistant.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable device comprises a dual mode wireless handset.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the high speed serial bus comprises a universal serial bus.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the portable device includes means for actuating the interface.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the fixed radio part further includes means for receiving control commands via a public switch telephone network.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the control commands comprise DTMF signals.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the control commands comprise digitally encoded data.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the fixed radio part further provides access to the Internet via an associated PSTN line.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein the control commands comprise voice signals.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the interface includes speech recognition functionalities for recognizing the voice signal control commands.

13. A system enabling a user wireless access to a variety of telephony software functionalities residing within a personal computer, comprising:

a portable wireless device enabling selective use of the telephony software functionalities of the personal computer by the portable wireless device in response to voice commands received by the portable wireless device, the voice commands being transmitted from the portable device as a wireless signal;

a bus for transmitting voice commands to the personal computer, said bus capable of transmitting isochronous signals;

a sensor controller interfaced with the bus, said controller controlling a remote sensor associated with an electronic device;

a fixed radio part for receiving the wireless signal voice command from the portable wireless device and processing the wireless signal for transmission over the bus, the fixed radio part also configured to receive voice commands from a public switched telephone network line for transmission over the bus; and

an interface associated with the personal computer and including voice recognition means responsive to the voice commands for providing the portable device use of the variety of telephony software functionalities, the interface selectively actuable from the portable device.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the portable device comprises a second computer.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the portable device includes means for selectively actuating the interface.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the interface further provides access to the variety of software functionalities in response to DTMF commands.

17. A system enabling wireless access to a plurality of telephony software functionalities, comprising:

a user interface responsive to control commands for providing access to a plurality of telephone software functionalities on a personal computer;

a wireless device for generating control commands for providing access to the plurality of telephony software functionalities, the control commands being transmitted as a wireless signal;

means associated with the wireless device for selectively actuating the user interface;

means for interfacing the wireless signals with the user interface, the means for interfacing including a sensor controller for controlling a remote sensor associated with an electronic device;

a bus for transmitting the control commands to the personal computer; and

a radio-fixed part for transmitting/receiving the wireless signal control command from the wireless device and processing the wireless signal for transmission over the bus to the personal computer.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the control commands comprise digitally encoded data.

19. The system of claim 17 wherein the control commands are transmitted as a wireless signal via a DECT air interface.

20. The system of claim 17 wherein the means for interfacing further includes means for receiving control commands from a public-switched telephone network.

21. The system of claim 17 wherein the control commands comprise DTMF signals.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the control commands comprise voice signals.

23. The system of claim 22 wherein the interface includes speech recognition functionalities for recognizing the voice signal control commands.