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Notifying stations for portable electronic devices and methods

  • US 7,751,852 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2007
  • Issued: 07/06/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A station for use with a Portable Electronic Device (PED) distinct from the station, the PED including an antenna operable to receive a wireless signal from a remote transmitter at least 500 feet away from the PED, the PED further including a PED mechanism to operate for generating a human-perceptible first call signal to notify a user about the received wireless signal, the station comprising:

  • a body for supporting the PED;

    a sensor;

    a circuit for outputting a notifier signal responsive to the sensor sensing the human-perceptible first call signal while the PED is supported by the body;

    a station notifier for generating a human-perceptible indication responsive to the notifier signal; and

    a station notifier testing actuator for causing the station notifier to generate the human-perceptible indication when the human-perceptible first call signal is not being generated.

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