Wireless communications device docking system and method
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1. A system for communicating with a wireless communications network, the system comprising:
- a cellular phone for sending signals to and receiving signals from the wireless communications network;
a docking station for communicating with the wireless communications network through the cellular phone only when the cellular phone is engaged in the docking station, the docking station comprising;
a controller for controlling operation of the docking station;
a docking port comprising;
a recess for accepting the cellular phone such that a display of the cellular phone remains visible for operating the docking station, anda connector connected to the controller, the connector for engaging the cellular phone;
inside surfaces that are adapted to cover at least a keypad of the cellular phone;
a telephone handset situated on a front surface of the docking station, the telephone handset utilized in substitution of a speaker and a microphone of the engaged cellular phone; and
a telephone keypad situated on the front surface, the telephone keypad used in substitution for the keypad of the engaged cellular phone.
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Abstract
A system and a method for docking a wireless communications device are provided. The system includes a docking station on which a wireless communications device is docked. A display on the docked wireless communications device provides the display for the docking system.
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19 Claims
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1. A system for communicating with a wireless communications network, the system comprising:
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a cellular phone for sending signals to and receiving signals from the wireless communications network; a docking station for communicating with the wireless communications network through the cellular phone only when the cellular phone is engaged in the docking station, the docking station comprising; a controller for controlling operation of the docking station; a docking port comprising; a recess for accepting the cellular phone such that a display of the cellular phone remains visible for operating the docking station, and a connector connected to the controller, the connector for engaging the cellular phone; inside surfaces that are adapted to cover at least a keypad of the cellular phone; a telephone handset situated on a front surface of the docking station, the telephone handset utilized in substitution of a speaker and a microphone of the engaged cellular phone; and a telephone keypad situated on the front surface, the telephone keypad used in substitution for the keypad of the engaged cellular phone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for communicating with a wireless communications network, the method comprising the steps of:
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engaging a wireless communications device into a docking station, the wireless communications device comprising a display, the docking station comprising a handset, a keypad and a controller; establishing communication between the engaged wireless communications device and the controller of the docking station; utilizing at least one of the handset and the keypad in conjunction with the controller to establish a communications link between the wireless communications network and the docking station via the wireless communications device; recharging the wireless communications device via the docking station while the wireless communications system is engaged in the docking station; establishing a two-way communications link between the wireless communications device and a computer system via data ports of the docking station; disabling the handset and the keypad of the docking station while the wireless communications device and the computer system are established in the two-way communications link; and using the wireless communications device as a wireless modem for the computer system to communicate with the wireless communications network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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