Configuring wireless terminal
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1. A wireless terminal, wherein:
- (a) the wireless terminal includes an interface and a processor connected to the interface; and
(b) the wireless terminal is characterized in that it further includes a switch which is;
(1) connected to the interface and to the processor; and
(2) constructed to configure the processor to invoke an interface algorithm in response to receipt, by the switch through the interface, of a sequence of Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (DTMF) tones.
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Abstract
A switch (212) is included in a wireless terminal (206). Different settings of the switch cause a processor (210) in the wireless terminal to use different device algorithms. The switch itself is set by applying a code signal to the wireless terminal through its RJ-11 interface (208). The code is a sequence of Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (DTMF) tones, which may conveniently be provided by an ordinary telephone (214), or by a computer modem (204). A single wireless terminal may therefore be reconfigured on demand to interface with any of a variety of devices (202), (214).
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9 Claims
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1. A wireless terminal, wherein:
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(a) the wireless terminal includes an interface and a processor connected to the interface; and
(b) the wireless terminal is characterized in that it further includes a switch which is;
(1) connected to the interface and to the processor; and
(2) constructed to configure the processor to invoke an interface algorithm in response to receipt, by the switch through the interface, of a sequence of Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (DTMF) tones. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
(a) the interface algorithm is a first interface algorithm and the DTMF sequence is a first DTMF sequence; - and
(b) the switch is further constructed to configure the processor to invoke a second interface algorithm in response to receipt, by the switch through the interface, of a second DTMF sequence.
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3. The wireless terminal of claim 2, further characterized in that:
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(a) the first interface algorithm is a modem algorithm for a Bell modem; and
(b) the second interface algorithm is a modem algorithm for a V-series modem.
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4. A method of configuring a wireless terminal, wherein:
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(a) the wireless terminal includes a modem interface and a processor connected to the interface; and
(b) the method is characterized in that the method includes the acts of;
(1) applying a Dual Tone Multiple Frequency (DTMF) sequence through the interface to a switch in the wireless terminal; and
(2) configuring the processor, under the control of the switch, to invoke an interface algorithm in response to the act of applying the DTMF sequence to the switch. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
(a) the interface algorithm is a first interface algorithm and the DTMF sequence is a first DTMF sequence; and
(b) the method further includes the acts of;
(1) applying a second DTMF sequence through the interface to the switch; and
(2) configuring the processor, under the control of the switch, to invoke a second interface algorithm in response to the act of applying the second DTMF sequence to the switch.
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6. The method of claim 5, further characterized in that:
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(a) the first interface algorithm is a modem algorithm for a Bell modem; and
(b) the second interface algorithm is a modem algorithm for a V-series modem.
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7. The method of claim 5, further characterized in that the method further comprises the step of generating the DTMF sequence in a computer modem.
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8. The method of claim 5, further characterized in that the method further comprises the step of generating the DTMF sequence in a telephone.
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9. The method of claim 5, further characterized in that the method further comprises the step of generating the DTMP sequence in a fax machine.
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