Palm PC dockable phone

• US 6,647,103 B2
• Filed: 02/10/2000
• Issued: 11/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Mitel Networks Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitel Corporation (Microchip Technology Incorporated)
• Inventors: Pinard, Debbie, Bijman, Ed, Oddy, Douglas C.
• Primary Examiner(s): WOO, STELLA L
• Application Number:
  US09/502,085
• Publication Number:
  US 20030123627A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,370 Days
• Field of Search: 379/110.01, 379/90.01, 379/93.01, 379/93.09, 379/93.17, 379/93.23, 379/93.05, 455/556, 455/557
• US Class Current: 379/110.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/215 by non-intrusive coupling means, e.g. acoustic couplers
• 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 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16

Abstract

A palm PC dockable phone, comprising a personal computer running a software application for implementing telephony functions, a personal digital assistant (PDA) device providing a user display and input interface, and a telephone set connected to the personal computer and in communication with the PDA device, wherein the telephone set incorporates phone firmware for communicating with the software application and PDA firmware for communicating with the PDA device for controlling the telephony functions via the user display and input interface.

Claims

1. A palm PC dockable phone, comprising:

a personal computer running a software application for implementing telephony functions;

a personal digital assistant (PDA) device providing a user display and input interface; and

a telephone set connected to said personal computer and in communication with said PDA device, said telephone set incorporating phone firmware for communicating with said software application and PDA firmware for communicating with said PDA device for controlling said telephony functions via said user display and input interface.

2. The palm PC dockable phone of claim 1, wherein said telephone set includes a cradle for receiving and connecting to said PDA device.

3. The palm PC dockable phone of claim 1, wherein each of said telephone set and said PDA device includes an infrared port for facilitating infrared communication therebetween.

4. The palm PC dockable phone of claim 1, wherein said telephony functions are implemented locally.

5. The palm PC dockable phone of claim 1, wherein said telephony functions are implemented via a call control server.

6. The palm PC dockable phone of claim 1, wherein said phone firmware in said telephone set communicates with said software application in said personal computer over a TAPI interface.

7. The palm PC dockable phone of claim 6, wherein said TAPI interface is implemented at a device level via USB.