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Driver information system

  • US 6,707,421 B1
  • Filed: 02/18/1999
  • Issued: 03/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A modular mobile driver information system comprising:

  • a handset module, including a display, a keyboard, an audio device for receiving acoustic signals and for playing acoustic signals;

    a communication module, including a wireless communication interface for accepting data signals from a server, wherein the handset module is configured to be connected to the communication module and the communication module is configured to be connected to the handset module to provide mobile telephone functions to a user of the handset module; and

    a computer module coupled between the handset module and to the communication module, wherein the computer module is programmed to perform the functions of (a) coupling the handset module to the communication module to provide voice telephone communication services to a user of the handset module, including accepting telephone dialing commands entered by the user on the keyboard and coupling the audio device to a telephone communication channel through the communication module, (b) accepting driver information commands entered by the user through the handset module, (c) retrieving information through the wireless communication interface from the server in response to the driver information commands, and (d) presenting the retrieved information to the user.

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