Mobile computing device to provide virtual office usage model

• US 7,315,521 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2004
• Issued: 01/01/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Elgebaly, Hani, Fleming, Kristoffer D., Gadamsetty, Uma M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gary; Erika A.
• Application Number:
  US10/881,114
• Publication Number:
  US 20050286453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,281 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/311
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0261 managing power supply demand, e.g. depending on battery level
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

In one embodiment, a mobile computing device that includes an interface to communicate VOIP calls in a non-main CPU/OS state. In one embodiment, the mobile computing device includes a secondary display located on an external area of the mobile computing device, to display information related to a VOIP call. In one embodiment, the mobile computing device further includes an interface to communicate the VOIP call wirelessly with a headset.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device comprising;

a central processing unit (CPU);

a first interface to communicate, via a wireless connection, a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone call when the CPU is in a non CPU/operating system (OS) power mode that disables the CPU from executing software based on the OS; and

a second interface to communicate the VoIP call with a user of the mobile computing device.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein the second interface is to provide a wireless connection to a headset.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 2 wherein the wireless connection is via a Bluetooth™

connection.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 1, further comprising a screen on an exterior surface of the mobile computing device to display information of a VoIP call.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 2, further comprising controls on the headset to process the VoIP call.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 4, further comprising controls on an exterior surface of the mobile computing device to process the VoIP call.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein the mobile computing device is to communicate the VoIP call, including at least one of to receive the VoIP call, to initiate VoIP call, to store a message of the VoIP call, and to play a message of the VoIP call.

8. A method comprising:

receiving a wireless Internet Protocol telephony call at a mobile computing device in a non central processing unit (CPU)/non operating system (OS) power mode that disables the CPU from executing software based on the OS; and

communicating with a second device while the mobile computing device remains in the non CPU/(OS) power mode.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising an interface providing a wireless connection to a headset.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the wireless connection is via a Bluetooth™

connection.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving controls signals from headset to process the Internet Protocol telephony call.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising displaying on a screen of an exterior surface of the mobile computing device, information of the Internet Protocol telephony call.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising receiving control signals from controls on an exterior surface of the mobile computing device to process the Internet Protocol telephony call.

14. A mobile computing device comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU);

an operating system (OS) to operate on the CPU; and

a soft phone client application to wirelessly receive and send an Internet Protocol telephony call, when the CPU is in a non CPU/OS power mode that disables the CPU from executing software based on the OS.

15. The mobile computing device of claim 14, further comprising a unit to wirelessly communicate the call to a headset.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 14, further comprising a primary display located on an inside of a lid of the mobile computing device, and a secondary display, located on an exterior of the lid, the secondary display to display information related to the Internet Protocol telephony call.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 14, wherein the mobile computing device is to receive control signals via at least one of a headset and controls on an exterior of the mobile computing device.

18. A machine readable medium encoded with instructions capable of being executed by a computer, which when executed, perform a method comprising:

receiving a wireless Internet Protocol telephony call at a mobile computing device in a non central processing unit (CPU)/non operating system (OS) power mode that disables the CPU from executing software based on the OS; and

communicating with a second device while the mobile computing device remains in the non CPU/(OS) power mode.

19. The machine readable medium of claim 18, further comprising an interface providing a wireless connection to a headset.

20. The machine readable medium of claim 19, wherein the wireless connection is via a Bluetooth™

connection.

21. The machine readable medium of claim 19, further comprising receiving controls signals from the headset to process the Internet Protocol telephony call.

22. The machine readable medium of claim 19, further comprising receiving control signals from controls on an exterior surface of the mobile computing device to process the Internet Protocol telephony call.

23. The machine readable medium of claim 18, further comprising displaying on a screen of an exterior surface of the mobile computing device, information of the VoIP call.