Universal mobile phone adapter method and system for vehicles
First Claim
1. A vehicular hands-free mobile phone system, the system comprising:
- a vehicle appliance integrated into the vehicle, the vehicle appliance being operable for enabling a user to talk hands-free on a mobile phone during a phone call between the mobile phone and a telephone of another party when the mobile phone is electronically connected to the vehicle appliance, the vehicle appliance having a universal vehicle adapter base integrated in the interior of the vehicle for access by the user, the adapter base having an adapter sleeve receiving area; and
first and second adapter sleeves each being removably received within the adapter sleeve receiving area of the adapter base one at a time, the first adapter sleeve having a first mobile phone receiving area for removably receiving a first mobile phone having a first configuration, the second adapter sleeve having a second mobile phone receiving area different than the first mobile phone receiving area for removably receiving a second mobile phone having a second configuration different than the first configuration;
wherein the first adapter sleeve and the adapter base electronically connect the first mobile phone to the vehicle appliance when the first adapter sleeve receives the first mobile phone and the adapter base receives the first adapter sleeve;
wherein the second adapter sleeve and the adapter base electronically connect the second mobile phone to the vehicle appliance when the second adapter sleeve receives the second mobile phone and the adapter base receives the second adapter sleeve.
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Abstract
A universal mobile phone adapter device for a vehicle appliance operable for enabling a user to talk hands-free on a mobile phone during a phone call between the mobile phone and a telephone of another party when the mobile phone is electronically connected to the vehicle appliance. The adapter device includes a universal vehicle adapter base integrated in the interior of the vehicle. The adapter base is electronically connected to the vehicle appliance. The adapter device includes first and second adapter sleeves which are removably receivable one at a time within the adapter base. The adapter sleeves include respective first and second mobile phone receiving areas for removably receiving first and second mobile phones having different configurations. The adapter sleeves and the adapter base electronically connect the mobile phones to the vehicle appliance when the adapter sleeves receive the respective mobile phones and the adapter base receives the adapter sleeves.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicular hands-free mobile phone system, the system comprising:
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a vehicle appliance integrated into the vehicle, the vehicle appliance being operable for enabling a user to talk hands-free on a mobile phone during a phone call between the mobile phone and a telephone of another party when the mobile phone is electronically connected to the vehicle appliance, the vehicle appliance having a universal vehicle adapter base integrated in the interior of the vehicle for access by the user, the adapter base having an adapter sleeve receiving area; and first and second adapter sleeves each being removably received within the adapter sleeve receiving area of the adapter base one at a time, the first adapter sleeve having a first mobile phone receiving area for removably receiving a first mobile phone having a first configuration, the second adapter sleeve having a second mobile phone receiving area different than the first mobile phone receiving area for removably receiving a second mobile phone having a second configuration different than the first configuration; wherein the first adapter sleeve and the adapter base electronically connect the first mobile phone to the vehicle appliance when the first adapter sleeve receives the first mobile phone and the adapter base receives the first adapter sleeve; wherein the second adapter sleeve and the adapter base electronically connect the second mobile phone to the vehicle appliance when the second adapter sleeve receives the second mobile phone and the adapter base receives the second adapter sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A universal mobile phone adapter device for a vehicular hands-free mobile phone system, the system having a vehicle appliance integrated into a vehicle, the vehicle appliance being operable for enabling a user to talk hands-free on a mobile phone during a phone call between the mobile phone and a telephone of another party when the mobile phone is electronically connected to the vehicle appliance, the device comprising:
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a universal vehicle adapter base integrated in the interior of the vehicle for access by the user, the adapter base being electronically connected to the vehicle appliance and having an adapter sleeve receiving area sized to receive at a time one adapter sleeve having a uniform base configuration; a first adapter sleeve having the uniform base configuration in order to be removably receivable within the adapter sleeve receiving area of the adapter base, the first adapter sleeve having a first mobile phone receiving area for removably receiving a first mobile phone having a first physical body configuration and a first electrical interface configuration; wherein the first adapter sleeve and the adapter base electronically connect the first mobile phone to the vehicle appliance when the first adapter sleeve receives the first mobile phone and the adapter base receives the first adapter sleeve; a second adapter sleeve having the uniform base configuration in order to be removably receivable within the adapter sleeve receiving area of the adapter base, the second adapter sleeve having a second mobile phone receiving area different than the first mobile phone receiving area for removably receiving a second mobile phone having a second physical body configuration and a second electrical interface configuration different than the first physical body configuration and the first electrical interface configuration; wherein the second adapter sleeve and the adapter base electronically connect the second mobile phone to the vehicle appliance when the second adapter sleeve receives the second mobile phone and the adapter base receives the second adapter sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for using a vehicle appliance operable for enabling a user to talk hands-free on a mobile phone during a phone call between the mobile phone and a telephone of another party when the mobile phone is electronically connected to the vehicle appliance, the vehicle appliance having a universal mobile phone adapter base in the interior of the vehicle for access by a user, the adapter base having an adapter sleeve receiving area for receiving an adapter sleeve at a time, the method comprising:
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inserting a first adapter sleeve having a first mobile phone receiving area into the adapter sleeve receiving area of the adapter base in order to electronically connect the first adapter sleeve to the vehicle appliance; inserting a first mobile phone having a first configuration into the first mobile phone receiving area of the first adapter sleeve in order to electronically connect the first mobile phone to the first adapter sleeve such that the first mobile phone is electronically connected to the vehicle appliance when the first mobile phone is inserted into the first adapter sleeve and the first adapter sleeve is inserted into the adapter base; removing the first adapter sleeve from the adapter base; inserting a second adapter sleeve having a second mobile phone receiving area different than the first mobile phone receiving area into the adapter base in order to electronically connect the second adapter sleeve to the vehicle appliance; inserting a second mobile phone having a second configuration different than the first configuration into the second mobile phone receiving area of the second adapter sleeve in order to electronically connect the second mobile phone to the second adapter sleeve such that the second mobile phone is electronically connected to the vehicle appliance when the second mobile phone is inserted into the second adapter sleeve and the second adapter sleeve is inserted into the adapter base. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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