Method and apparatus for improved personal communication devices and systems
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1. A wireless portable communication device comprising:
- a CPU;
a portable receiver operably coupled to receive a message from a message center over a wireless connection, the message including a non-facsimile picture supplied by the message originator and a caller ID automatically provided by a communications network that identifies the telephone number of the message originator, the message originator sending the caller ID with the picture to the message center, the portable receiver coupled to the CPU;
a memory that stores (1) Caller ID data received and (2) data associated with actual or potential communicants in a database, wherein the data represents at least one of;
a) telephone number;
b) name;
c) address; and
,d) picture information;
a small display coupled to and operable by the CPU that allows viewing data stored in memory that is associated with actual or potential communicants or received Caller ID data;
a connector; and
a detachable input interface that is releasably connected to the connector that is utilized to add or modify the stored data associated with actual or potential communicants.
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Abstract
A system for adding or updating contact data in a wireless communication device, cellular telephone, pager or personal digital assistant (PDA) is shown. Contact data associated with actual or potential communicants may be entered into a database in the wireless communication device using a detachable input interface, a touch display, a personal computer or a wireless receiver. The contact data may include name, telephone number, fax number, address, email, image or sound data associated with actual or potential communicants. In one embodiment, data may be entered or modified from a detachable keyboard while viewing a cursor location that is presented within a small touch display in the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device may include a cellular or paging link and can receive Caller ID data originating from the public switched telephone network over a wireless communication system.
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44 Claims
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1. A wireless portable communication device comprising:
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a CPU; a portable receiver operably coupled to receive a message from a message center over a wireless connection, the message including a non-facsimile picture supplied by the message originator and a caller ID automatically provided by a communications network that identifies the telephone number of the message originator, the message originator sending the caller ID with the picture to the message center, the portable receiver coupled to the CPU; a memory that stores (1) Caller ID data received and (2) data associated with actual or potential communicants in a database, wherein the data represents at least one of; a) telephone number; b) name; c) address; and
,d) picture information; a small display coupled to and operable by the CPU that allows viewing data stored in memory that is associated with actual or potential communicants or received Caller ID data; a connector; and a detachable input interface that is releasably connected to the connector that is utilized to add or modify the stored data associated with actual or potential communicants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of periodically updating a database in a two-way wireless personal communication device, comprising:
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initiating a message from a message originator to a message recipient under the control of the message originator; receiving at a message center coupled to a communications network both message originator information provided automatically by the communications network as the caller ID identifying the telephone number of the message originator, and a non-facsimile picture obtained from the message originator prior to transmitting the caller ID to a wireless portable communication device; causing the communications network to wirelessly transmit the caller ID and the picture from the message center to the wireless portable communication device; creating, maintaining and storing in memory of a computing device updated and/or new database information including at least one of name, telephone number, address and calendar data associated with potential communicants; transmitting from the computing device to a two-way wireless personal communication device the updated and/or new database information using a two-way wireless communication system; and receiving and storing in memory of the two-way wireless personal communication device the updated and/or new database information.
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43. A wireless portable communication device for use by a message recipient for receiving a picture from a message originator having a telephone number, comprising:
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a receiver operably coupled to receive a message from a message center over a wireless connection, the message including a non-facsimile picture supplied by the message originator with a caller ID automatically provided by a communications network that identifies the telephone number of the message originator; a memory that stores caller ID data received and a received picture; a display for displaying the received picture and the received caller ID; and a controller operably coupled to display data that is stored in memory. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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