Receiver and data transfer method

• US 7,515,938 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Issued: 04/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Suunto Oy (Anta International Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Suunto Oy (Anta International Group Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Storgards, Jan, Ruotsalainen, Sami
• Primary Examiner(s): FERGUSON, KEITH
• Application Number:
  US11/147,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20060009261A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,399 Days
• Field of Search: 455/557, 455/422.1, 455/558, 455/556.1, 455/575.1, 455/403, 455/445, 455/466, 455/414.1, 455/414.3, 455/41.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/11.1, 455/500, 455/517, 455/66.1, 455/90.1, 455/90.2, 455/90.3, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/575.7, 600/301, 600/340, 600/310, 600/309, 600/382
• US Class Current: 455/557
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device

Abstract

The invention relates to a memory card for a mobile telephone, and a data-transfer method. The memory card according to the invention includes a receiver, which is able to receive information from at least one peripheral device of a wristop computer, or from a wristop computer.

Claims

1. A memory card for a mobile telephone, comprising:

a receiver arranged to receive information from a peripheral device of a wristop computer,

wherein the peripheral device is a measuring device, and

wherein the receiver is arranged to receive the information from the peripheral device through the wristop computer.

2. A memory card according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is analog.

3. A memory card according to claim 1, wherein the receiver is digital.

4. A memory card according to claim 1, further comprising:

an antenna for receiving a signal.

5. A memory card according to claim 1, wherein during operation the memory card is protected inside the mobile telephone.

6. A memory card according to claim 1, wherein the memory card is implemented using a multi-layer circuit-board technology, in which integrated circuits are embedded in a circuit-board structure.

7. A memory card according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least one of;

a pressure sensor and a temperature sensor.

8. A data-transfer method, comprising:

receiving at a mobile station a signal with data for processing from a peripheral device of a wristop computer,

wherein the data is received by the mobile station with the aid of a memory-card receiver located in the mobile station,

wherein the peripheral device is a measuring device, and

wherein the data is received by the mobile station from the peripheral device through the wristop computer.

9. A method according to claim 8,

wherein the received signal is digital.

10. A method according to claim 8,

wherein the received signal is analog.

11. A method according to claim 8,

wherein during operation the memory-card receiver is located inside the mobile telephone.

12. A method according to claim 8, wherein an antenna, which is adapted to the data-transmission frequency being used by the peripheral device, is located in the memory card.

13. A method according to claim 8, wherein the memory-card receiver is implemented using a multi-layer circuit-board technology, in which integrated circuits are embedded inside a circuit-board structure.

14. A method according to claim 8, further comprising:

receiving signals with data from peripheral devices of multiple users at the mobile station with the aid of the memory-card receiver.

15. A method according to claim 8, further comprising:

transferring data in both directions between the peripheral device and the memory-card receiver.

16. A method according to claim 8, further comprising:

using the memory-card receiver to measure at least one of;

temperature and pressure.