Mobile telecommunication device having a printer for printing connection history information

• US 7,843,484 B2
• Filed: 05/09/2005
• Issued: 11/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: Silverbrook Research Pty Limited
• Inventors: Silverbrook, Kia
• Primary Examiner(s): Meier; Stephen D
• Assistant Examiner(s): Witkowski; Alexander C
• Application Number:
  US11/124,149
• Publication Number:
  US 20060250476A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,031 Days
• Field of Search: 347/109, 347/14, 347/16
• US Class Current: 347/264
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/02 Framework
• CPC Class Codes: B41J 29/38 Drives, motors, controls or automatic cut-off devices for the entire printing mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/5087 for receiving image data
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/00109 Remote control of apparatus, e.g. by a host

Abstract

A mobile telecommunications device including: a transceiver for sending and receiving signals via a wireless telecommunications network; processing means for processing connection history information relating to communications sent to or from the mobile telecommunications device via the transceiver, to generate dot data representing a visual layout of the connection history information; and a integral printer configured to receive the dot data and print it onto a print medium.

Claims

1. A mobile telecommunications device including:

a transceiver for sending and receiving signals via a wireless telecommunications network;

first processing means for processing connection history information relating to communications sent to or from the mobile telecommunications device via the transceiver, for generating dot data representing a visual layout of the connection history information comprising a human-readable list of previous connections or attempted connections;

an integral printer configured to receive the dot data and print the dot data onto a print medium, the print medium having pre-printed tags printed on a surface of the print medium, each tag encoding that tag'"'"'s two dimensional position on the surface and an identity of the print medium, the print medium further having a linear-encoded data track extending in an intended direction of printing, the linear-encoded data track encoding the identity of the print medium;

a data track sensor in a print media path of the printer for sensing the data track during printing of the dot data;

second processing means for associating items on the list of previous connections or attempted connections with the identity of the print medium and areas on the print medium; and

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an integral optical sensor for selectively sensing one of said tags on a selected area on the print medium, for determining one of the previous connections or attempted connections associated with the selected area from the two dimensional position encoded in sensed tags, and for initiating an action regarding the previous connection or attempted connection associated with the selected area.

2. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1, wherein the connection history information includes an originating address of at least one previous connection or attempted connection with the mobile telecommunications device.

3. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 2, wherein the connection history information includes an identity of a person or other entity associated with the originating address.

4. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 3, wherein the connection history information includes a human-readable indication that a voice-mail has been received from the originating address.

5. A mobile telecommunications device according to claim 1, wherein the connection history information includes one or more connections or connection attempts made via the mobile telecommunications device.

6. A mobile device according to claim 1, the mobile device further including:

a printhead for printing onto the print medium in response to a fire control signal; and

fire control means for generating a fire control signal to the printer based on the sensed data track.

7. A mobile device according to claim 6, further including a light-emitting device for illuminating the data track while the data track sensor is sensing the data track during printing.

8. A mobile device according to claim 7, wherein the data track is printed with infrared ink, the light-emitting device emits light in the infrared spectrum and the data track sensor is sensitive in the infrared spectrum.

9. A mobile device according to claim 6, wherein the data track is a clock track containing a clock code, the fire control means being configured to generate the fire control signal in the form of a clock signal generated from the sensed data track.

10. A mobile device according to claim 6, configured to use the sensed data track to determine an absolute position of the print medium with respect to the printhead, and to print onto the print medium in reliance on the determination.

11. A mobile device according to claim 10, wherein the mobile device is configured to print onto the print medium such that there is a predetermined registration between the dot data and the tags.

12. A mobile device according to claim 11, configured to receive the information indicative of the predetermined registration from a remote computer system via the transceiver.

13. A mobile device according to claim 10, wherein the mobile device is configured to determine a registration between the dot data and the tags.

14. A mobile device according to claim 13, configured to transmit the determined registration to a remote computer system via the transceiver.

15. A mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the data track further encodes of at least one physical characteristic of the print medium, the mobile device being configured to control operation of the printer at least partially on the basis of at least one of the physical characteristics.