IC card-type radio communication device

• US 6,336,039 B1
• Filed: 09/15/2000
• Issued: 01/01/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Arai, Yasuhiro, Usui, Yuzo
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Lester G.
• Application Number:
  US09/662,894
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556, 455/557, 455/558, 455/573, 455/575, 455/565, 455/566, 455/550, 455/90, 455/66, 455/74, 455/348, 455/349, 455/351, 455/FOR.121, 455/102, 379/433, 379/434, 375/216, 375/222, 710/14, 710/64, 710/69, 710/72
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3827 Portable transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/068 using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

An IC card-type radio communication device includes a main body of equipment, a storage unit, a sound input unit, a sound output unit and a modulation-demodulation unit. The main body of equipment has an interface which is in accordance with a predetermined standard and forms a physical shape which is in accordance with the standard. The main body of equipment is inserted into an entry installed on an external terminal unit. The storage unit is installed on the main body of equipment and stores an attribute information and an information necessary for data communication with the terminal unit. The sound input unit inputs a sound signal when a conversation is executed and the sound output unit outputs the sound signal. The modulation-demodulation unit modulates and demodulates data of the terminal unit on the basis of the information stored in the storage unit when the main body of equipment is inserted into the entry installed on the terminal unit, and modulates and demodulates the sound signal when the conversation is executed.

Claims

1. An IC card-type radio communication device, comprising:

a body of equipment which has an interface means which is in accordance with a predetermined standard and forms a physical shape which is in accordance with the standard, and is inserted into an entry installed on an external terminal unit;

a storage device which is installed on the body of equipment comprising a ROM and RAM, the ROM storing an attribute information of the body of equipment, the RAM storing an information necessary for data communication to data of the terminal;

a sound input device inputting a sound signal when a conversation is executed and a sound output device outputting a sound signal; and

a modulation-demodulation device modulating and demodulating the data of the terminal unit on the basis of the informations stored in said storage device, when the body of equipment is inserted into the entry installed on the terminal unit, and modulating and demodulating the sound signal when the conversation is executed,

wherein after the attribute information of the body of equipment is identified, the RAM stores the information necessary for data communication to the terminal which is received from the terminal.

2. A radio communication device, comprising:

a body of equipment insertable into an external terminal unit, wherein the body of equipment comprises a first region inserted into a body of the external terminal unit and a second region which remains outside the body of external terminal unit when the body of equipment is inserted;

a connector provided on said first region to be connected with the external terminal unit, wherein said connector conforms to a predetermined standard;

a microphone provided on said body of equipment for inputting a sound signal;

a speaker provided on said body of equipment for outputting a sound signal;

a modulation-demodulation section provided in the body of equipment to modulate and demodulate data relating to the external terminal unit and a sound signal;

at least a switch provided on said first region for inputting a dialed information, wherein said switch is covered by a body of said external terminal unit so as to be in an unaccessible state, when said first region is inserted into the external terminal unit; and

a display disposed in the second region for displaying information, wherein said display displays the information at outside of the external terminal unit, when said first region is inserted into the external terminal unit.

3. A radio communication device according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined standard is a standard of Personal Computer Memory Card International Association (PCMCIA).

4. A radio communication device according to claim 2, further comprising:

an antenna provided on said second region to transfer a radio signal.