Control device for forwarding incoming call from mobile phone to phone set coupled to public telecom network

• US 6,625,423 B1
• Filed: 09/29/2000
• Issued: 09/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steven Wang
• Original Assignee: Steven Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Steven
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, TUAN A
• Application Number:
  US09/676,010
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 455/414, 455/417, 455/435, 455/445, 455/560-561, 455/403, 455/550-551, 455/557, 455/564, 455/573, 455/575, 455/462, 455/465, 455/552, 455/444, 455/74.1, 379/201.01, 379/210-3-2, 379/419, 379/358-359
• US Class Current: 455/74.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/006 Call diverting means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A switch device for forwarding an incoming call from a mobile phone to a phone set coupled to a public telecom network, allowing the user to answer the incoming call of the mobile phone by a phone set, is disclosed. The switch device includes a central processing unit, a communication loop switching circuit for establishing a communication loop for the phone set, a relay controllable by the central processing unit, an incoming call detecting circuit for detecting the incoming call of the mobile phone and correspondingly generating an output signal to the central processing unit, an audio signal converting circuit for converting the audio signal carried on the earphone connecting lines and the microphone connecting lines of the mobile phone into an audio signal form adapted to be coupled to the phone set, and a power supplying circuit for supplying a power source to the audio signal converting circuit. The switch device further includes a ring generation circuit for generating a simulating ring signal when the incoming call is detected by the incoming call detecting circuit.

Claims

1. A control device for answering an incoming call of a mobile phone by a phone set coupled to a pair of subscriber lines of a public telecom network, the mobile phone being provided with two earphone connecting lines and two microphone connecting lines for outputting an audio signal of the mobile phone, comprising:

a central processing unit;

a communication loop switching circuit having a pair of output lines coupled to the subscriber lines and a pair of phone set connecting lines coupled to the phone set, capable of establishing a communication loop for the phone set;

a relay provided with two contact switches arranged in the communication loop switching circuit, controllable by the central processing unit;

an incoming call detecting circuit having an input line connected to one of the earphone connecting lines and an output line coupled to the central processing unit, capable of generating an output signal to the central processing unit via the output line when detecting an incoming call;

an audio signal converting circuit having four input lines connected to the earphone connecting lines and the microphone connecting lines of the mobile phone and two output lines, for converting the audio signal carried on the earphone connecting lines and the microphone connecting lines into an audio signal form adapted to be coupled to the phone set via the output lines; and

a power supplying circuit connected between the communication loop switching circuit and the output lines of the audio signal converting circuit for supplying a power source to the audio signal converting circuit.

2. The control device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a ring generation circuit controllable by the central processing unit, capable of generating a simulating ring signal when the incoming call is detected by the incoming call detecting circuit.

3. The control device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a DTMF decoding circuit coupled to the communication loop switching circuit for receiving and decoding a set of DTMF signal sent from the phone set and then sending a decoded DTMF signal to the central processing unit.

4. A mobile phone battery charger with a switch device for answering an incoming call of a mobile phone by a phone set coupled to a pair of subscriber lines of a public telecom network, the mobile phone being provided with two earphone connecting lines and two microphone connecting lines, the battery charger being provided with a plurality of contacts adapted to be contacted with the earphone connecting lines and the microphone connecting lines of the mobile phone when the mobile phone is mounted on the battery charger, the switch device comprising:

a central processing unit;

a communication loop switching circuit having a pair of output lines coupled to the subscriber lines and a pair of phone set connecting lines coupled to the phone set, capable of establishing a communication loop for the phone set;

a relay provided with two contact switches arranged in the communication loop switching circuit, controllable by the central processing unit;

an incoming call detecting circuit having an input line connected to one of the earphone connecting lines and an output line coupled to the central processing unit, capable of generating an output signal to the central processing unit via the output line when detecting an incoming call;

an audio signal converting circuit having four input lines connected to the earphone connecting lines and the microphone connecting lines of the mobile phone and two output lines, for converting the audio signal carried on the earphone connecting lines and the microphone connecting lines into an audio signal form adapted to be coupled to the phone set via the output lines; and

a power supplying circuit connected between the communication loop switching circuit and the output lines of the audio signal converting circuit for supplying a power source to the audio signal converting circuit.

5. The mobile phone battery charger as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a ring generation circuit controllable by the central processing unit, capable of generating a simulating ring signal when the incoming call is detected by the incoming call detecting circuit.

6. The mobile phone battery charger as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a DTMF decoding circuit coupled to the communication loop switching circuit for receiving and decoding a set of DTMF signal sent from the phone set and then sending a decoded DTMF signal to the central processing unit.

7. The mobile phone battery charger as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a battery charging circuit therein.