Cellular phone docking station
First Claim
1. A docking station for a cellular phone, the docking station comprising:
- a housing having a slot, a housing top, a front face, a ledge, a cradle having cradle mouth and a cradle bottom, where the ledge extends away from the front face and generally is parallel to the housing top, where the front face is positioned between the housing top and the ledge at a front face angle relative to the ledge, where the front face angle is between zero and ninety degrees;
charger pins exposed in the cradle bottom;
keys positioned at a top of the front face;
a red LED positioned underneath the keys on a lower left side of the front face;
a green LED positioned underneath the keys on a lower right side of the front face;
an upload button positioned on the ledge beneath the green LED;
a docking station memory configured to be in communication with the charger pins;
a signal emitter configured to transmit a disable signal to a lost cellular phone; and
a set of templates configured to be inserted into and removed from the slot.
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Abstract
This patent discloses a docking station for a cellular phone. The docking station may include a housing, charger pins, keys, a red LED, a green LED, an upload button, a docking station memory, a signal emitter and a set of templates. The housing may have a slot, a cradle, an angled front face supporting the keys and LEDs, and a ledge supporting the upload button. A template may fit into the slot to adjust the cradle size to receive various cellular phones. The docking station may have electronics to receive and store phone contact information from a first cellular phone and upload that stored phone contact information into a second cellular phone. The signal emitter may send a disable signal to the first cellular phone.
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18 Claims
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1. A docking station for a cellular phone, the docking station comprising:
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a housing having a slot, a housing top, a front face, a ledge, a cradle having cradle mouth and a cradle bottom, where the ledge extends away from the front face and generally is parallel to the housing top, where the front face is positioned between the housing top and the ledge at a front face angle relative to the ledge, where the front face angle is between zero and ninety degrees; charger pins exposed in the cradle bottom; keys positioned at a top of the front face; a red LED positioned underneath the keys on a lower left side of the front face; a green LED positioned underneath the keys on a lower right side of the front face; an upload button positioned on the ledge beneath the green LED; a docking station memory configured to be in communication with the charger pins; a signal emitter configured to transmit a disable signal to a lost cellular phone; and a set of templates configured to be inserted into and removed from the slot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method to charge and automatically backup data in a first cellular phone, the method comprising:
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presenting a docking station having a housing having a slot, a housing top, a front face, a ledge, a cradle having cradle mouth and a cradle bottom, where the ledge extends away from the front face and generally is parallel to the housing top, where the front face is positioned between the housing top and the ledge at a front face angle relative to the ledge, where the front face angle is between zero and ninety degrees, where the docking station further includes charger pins exposed in the cradle bottom, keys positioned at a top of the front face, a red LED positioned underneath the keys on a lower left side of the front face, a green LED positioned underneath the keys on a lower right side of the front face, an upload button positioned on the ledge beneath the green LED, a docking station memory configured to be in communication with the charger pins, a signal emitter configured to transmit a disable signal to a lost cellular phone, and a set of templates configured to be inserted into and removed from the slot; receiving a first template in the slot; and receiving a first cellular phone in the cradle through the template and automatically receiving current phone contact information from the first cellular phone in the docking station memory, where the current phone contact information from the first cellular phone overwrites all the information stored in the docking station memory. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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