Mobile communication device with audio recorder

• US 7,136,670 B1
• Filed: 03/07/2002
• Issued: 11/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chanyu Holdings LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Ruckart, John P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Vuong, Quochien B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HUANG, WEN WU
• Application Number:
  US10/092,452
• Time in Patent Office: 1,713 Days
• Field of Search: 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/463, 455/464, 455/412.1, 379/67.1, 379/387.01, 379/419
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64

Abstract

A mobile communication device that has self-contained audio recorder and playback circuitry therein.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a housing;

a mobile telephone operably supported by said housing; and

a self-contained audio recorder operably supported by said housing,

wherein said mobile telephone comprises;

a first microprocessor supported by said housing;

microprocessor support circuitry configured to communicate with said first microprocessor;

an interface controller operably connected to said microprocessor support circuitry;

a display screen configured to communicate with said interface controller;

a keypad operably connected to said interface controller;

a first speaker coupled to the mobile telephone;

transmitter receiver circuitry operably connected to said audio processing and operably connected to said microprocessor support circuitry; and

an antenna communicating with said transmitter receiver circuitry,

wherein said self-contained audio recorder comprises;

a second microprocessor supported by said housing;

an input device configured to communicate with said second microprocessor;

record and playback circuitry coupled to said second microprocessor for recording a signal on a recording medium;

a first microphone configured to communicate with said second microprocessor through said record and playback circuitry; and

a second speaker configured to communicate with said second microprocessor through said record and playback circuitry,

wherein the first speaker is different than the second speaker.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1, further comprising an LED communicating with said second microprocessor.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 1, further comprising a program memory.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 1, further comprising a working memory.

5. The mobile communication device of claim 4, further comprising a program memory, wherein the program memory is different than the working memory.

6. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the self-contained audio recorder further comprises analog to digital circuitry.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the self-contained audio recorder further comprises compression/decompression circuitry.

8. A mobile communication device, comprising:

a housing;

a mobile telephone operably supported by said housing; and

a self-contained audio recorder operably supported by said housing,

wherein said mobile telephone comprises;

a first microprocessor supported by said housing;

microprocessor support circuitry configured to communicate with said first microprocessor;

an interface controller operably connected to said microprocessor support circuitry;

a display screen configured to communicate with said interface controller;

a keypad operably connected to said interface controller;

a first microphone coupled to the mobile telephone;

transmitter receiver circuitry operably connected to said audio processing and operably connected to said microprocessor support circuitry; and

an antenna communicating with said transmitter receiver circuitry,

wherein said self-contained audio recorder comprises;

a second microprocessor supported by said housing;

an input device configured to communicate with said second microprocessor;

record and playback circuitry coupled to said second microprocessor for recording a signal on a recording medium;

a second microphone configured to communicate with said second microprocessor through said record and playback circuitry; and

a first speaker configured to communicate with said second microprocessor through said record and playback circuitry,

wherein the first microphone is different than the second microphone.

9. The mobile communication device of claim 8, further comprising an LED communicating with said second microprocessor.

10. The mobile communication device of claim 8, further comprising a program memory.

11. The mobile communication device of claim 8, further comprising a working memory.

12. The mobile communication device of claim 11, further comprising a program memory, wherein the program memory is different than the working memory.

13. The mobile communication device of claim 8, wherein the self-contained audio recorder further comprises analog to digital circuitry.

14. The mobile communication device of claim 8, wherein the self-contained audio recorder further comprises compression/decompression circuitry.

15. A mobile device, comprising:

a microprocessor operably supported by a housing;

a mobile communications device operably supported by said housing, the mobile communications device comprising;

microprocessor support circuitry configured to communicate with said microprocessor;

an interface controller operably connected to said microprocessor support circuitry; and

a first microphone operably connected to said microprocessor, said first microphone configured to facilitate audio communication; and

a self-contained audio recorder operably supported by said housing, comprising;

an input device configured to communicate with said microprocessor;

record and playback circuitry coupled to said microprocessor for recording a signal on a recording medium;

a second microphone configured to communicate with said microprocessor via said record and playback circuitry, wherein said second microphone is different than said first microphone; and

a first speaker configured to communicate with said microprocessor through said record and playback circuitry,

wherein said mobile communications device further comprises a second speaker coupled to said mobile communications device, said second speaker being configured to communicate with said microprocessor, wherein said second speaker is different than said first speaker.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein said mobile communications device includes at least one of the following:

a mobile telephone, a mobile pager, and a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA).