Arrangement for using a number of modifiable settings

• US 6,944,282 B1
• Filed: 08/31/2000
• Issued: 09/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (Vivo Communication Technology Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones UK Limited (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Pietruszka, Jorg
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Sinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Swerdlow, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US09/652,067
• Time in Patent Office: 1,839 Days
• Field of Search: 455/420, 455/557, 379/365, 235/384, 340/439
• US Class Current: 379/355.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6083 by interfacing with the vehicle audio system
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

The invention concerns arrangements whereby a number of modifiable settings can be used, where at least some of these settings are stored as individual values in a memory and are or become available to a user as preset values. To that end it is proposed to store the individual values in an arrangement for mobile communications and make them available to the respective arrangement when both arrangements are connected. A modification of the arrangement for mobile communication is not required if the individual values are stored as telephone numbers.

Claims

1. A system for communicating modifiable settings comprising:

a mobile telephone (12), and

at least one device (10;

20, 22);

wherein the mobile telephone (12) has;

a memory (15) for storing telephone numbers and associated names, wherein at least some of said memory can store individual values that represent modifiable settings for use in said at least one device and associated function names;

a keyboard (13) for addressing said memory; and

an interface (16, 23) for receipt of said at least some of said individual values that represent modifiable settings and associated function names so as to transfer at least some of said individual values that represent modifiable settings to said at least one device; and

wherein the at least one device has a memory (100) for storage of a number of modifiable settings;

and wherein said at least one device (10;

20, 22) is connectable with said mobile telephone (12) via said interface (16, 23) for addressing the memory (15) in the mobile telephone to transfer, based upon the associated function names the individual values of the modifiable settings from the memory (15) in the mobile telephone to the memory (100) of the at least one device via said interface.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that determined areas of the memory of the mobile telephone are reserved for individual values.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a unit is provided which differentiates between stored telephone numbers and stored individual values, and brings up the respective settings after individual values have been determined.

4. A system as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the unit is an evaluation device which ascertains the difference by means of reserved concepts.

5. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one device is an electrically adjustable driver seat (20) and wherein one modifiable setting is a seat adjustment to which the electrically adjustable driver seat is responsive.

6. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one device is a radio in a motor vehicle and wherein modifiable settings of the radio include volume and frequency.

7. A system for communicating modifiable settings comprising:

a mobile telephone (12), and

at least one device (10;

20, 22);

wherein the mobile telephone (12) has;

a memory (15) for storing telephone numbers, wherein at least some of said memory can store individual values that represent modifiable settings for use in said at least one device;

a keyboard (13) for addressing said memory; and

an interface (16, 23) for communicating said at least some of said individual values that represent modifiable settings to said at least one device; and

wherein the at least one device has a memory (100) for storage of a number of modifiable settings;

wherein said at least one device (10;

20, 22) is connectable with said mobile telephone (12) via said interface (16, 23) for addressing the memory (15) in the mobile telephone to transfer the individual values of the modifiable settings from the memory (15) in the mobile telephone to the memory (100) of the at least one device as claimed in claim 1; and

wherein the at least one device is a car hands-free unit and wherein one modifiable setting is the switch-off-time that the hands-free unit is operational after the car is turned off;

whereby the mobile telephone is operational for the amount of time determined by the switch-off-time.

8. A mobile telephone for storing modifiable settings for use in at least one device having a memory for the storage of modifiable settings, the mobile telephone comprising:

a memory for storing telephone numbers and associated names, wherein at least some of said memory can store individual values that represent modifiable settings for use in said at least one device and associated function names;

a keyboard for addressing said memory; and

means for interfacing said individual values that represent modifiable settings to said at least one device, wherein each modifiable settings is transferred to the memory of said at least one device based upon the associated function name corresponding to the modifiable setting.

9. A mobile telephone as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the at least one device is a hands-free unit, and

wherein a modifiable setting stored in the memory of the mobile telephone is the switch-off-time that the hands-free unit is operational.

10. A mobile telephone as claimed in claim 9,

wherein the hands-free unit is for use in a car, and

wherein the switch-off-time represents the time that said hands-free units is operational after the car is turned off.

11. A method for communicating modifiable settings from a mobile telephone to at least one device as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the at least one device is an electrically adjustable driver'"'"'s seat, and

wherein one modifiable setting is a seat adjustment to which the electrically adjustable driver'"'"'s seat is responsive.

12. A method for communicating modifiable settings from a mobile telephone to at least one device as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the at least one device is a radio in a motor vehicle, and

wherein modifiable settings of the radio include volume and frequency.

13. A method for communicating modifiable settings from a mobile telephone to at least one device, wherein the mobile telephone has a memory for storing telephone numbers and associated names and a keyboard for addressing said memory, and wherein the at least one device has a memory for storing modifiable settings, comprising the steps of:

storing, by means of the keyboard, the individual values that represent modifiable settings and function names associated therewith in a portion of the memory of the mobile telephone otherwise used for storing telephone numbers and associated names, and

interfacing the mobile telephone to the at least one device so that individual values representing modifiable settings are transferred to the memory of the at least one device based upon the associated function name associated with the modifiable setting as stored in the memory of the mobile telephone.

14. A method for communicating modifiable settings from a mobile telephone to at least one device as claimed in claim 13,

wherein the at least one device is a car hands-free unit, and

wherein one modifiable setting is the switch-off-time that the hands-free unit is operational after the car is turned off.

15. A method for communicating modifiable settings from a mobile telephone to at least one device as claimed in claim 13,

wherein the at least one device is an electrically adjustable driver'"'"'s seat, and

wherein one modifiable setting is a seat adjustment to which the electrically adjustable driver'"'"'s seat is responsive.

16. A method for communicating modifiable settings from a mobile telephone to at least one device as claimed in claim 13,

wherein the at least one device is a radio in a motor vehicle, and

wherein modifiable settings of the radio include volume and frequency.