Wireless communication device and method of use

• US 7,502,609 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2005
• Issued: 03/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corporation (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: Dolgas, Janine, Baar, Kenneth W., Kayzar, Brett A., Zeran, Tom J., Miller, Amy Tresa
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban; Edward
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dean; Raymond S
• Application Number:
  US11/111,246
• Publication Number:
  US 20060211385A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,420 Days
• Field of Search: 455 901- 903, 455418-419, 455/550.1
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0202 Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6775 by providing access to preprogrammed keys
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/745 Customizing according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. friends or family
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/0108 Customization according to wishes of subscriber, e.g. customer preferences, friends and family, selecting services or billing options, Personal Communication Systems [PCS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/2093 Push to talk
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42161 via computer interface

Abstract

A method of assigning contact phone numbers of a select number of contact phone numbers in a wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device includes accessing a website on a global computer network to assign contact phone numbers to respective lights and call buttons for the contacts; receiving a prompt to enter data identifying the device; inputting data identifying the device; receiving a prompt to enter a phone number for each contact in a data field for the respective light and call button; entering a phone number for each contact in the data field for the respective light and call button; and transmitting the entered data to the device so that the contact phone numbers are assigned to the respective call buttons and the respective lights.

Claims

1. A method of assigning contact phone numbers of a select number of contact phone numbers in a wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device, the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device including icons of contacts, respective lights for the contacts, respective call buttons corresponding to the icons and lights for the contacts, one or more windows that the icons are disposed behind, and one or more access openings for the one or more windows that the icons may be inserted through for providing the icons behind the one or more windows, the method comprising:

accessing a website on a global computer network to assign contact phone numbers to respective lights and call buttons for the contacts;

receiving a prompt to enter data identifying the wireless, displayless, keypad-less communication device;

inputting data identifying the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device;

receiving a prompt to enter a phone number for each contact in a data field for the respective light and call button;

entering a phone number for each contact in the data field for the respective light and call button;

transmitting the entered data to the wireless, display-less, keypadless communication device so that the contact phone numbers are assigned to the respective call buttons and the respective lights so that when a user presses the call button for a contact, a call is made to the respective contact, and when the contact calls the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device, the light and icon corresponding to contact illuminates to indicate to the user who the call is from; and

inserting icons of the respective contacts through the one or more access openings and behind the one or more windows.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device is a PTT communication device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device is a voice communication device.

4. A method of assigning contact phone numbers of a select number of contact phone numbers in a wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device, the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device including icons of contacts, respective lights for the contacts, respective call buttons corresponding to the icons and lights for the contacts, one or more windows that the icons are disposed behind, and one or more access openings for the one or more windows that the icons may be inserted through for providing the icons behind the one or more windows, the method comprising:

receiving the contact phone numbers as over-the-air messages by the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device;

parsing the incoming messages to obtain the contact phone numbers and information identifying the respective call buttons and the lights that the contact phone numbers are to be associated with;

identifying the respective call buttons and the lights that the contact phone numbers are to be associated with;

associating the contact phone numbers with the respective call buttons and the respective lights so that when a user presses the call button for a contact, a call is made to the respective contact, and when the contact calls the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device, the light and icon corresponding to contact illuminates to indicate to the user who the call is from.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device is a PIT communication device.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device is a voice communication device.