Systems and methods for providing remote incoming call notification for cellular phones
First Claim
1. A system for use with a cellular phone that provides notification of an incoming call, said system comprising:
- a sensing device that provides communication signals indicative of an incoming call, wherein said sensing device is an autonomous sensing device that senses a vibrational signal, operable to be directly perceived by a user, from said cellular phone; and
a remote communication device configured to receive said communication signals, wherein said communication device is configured to provide notification signals dependent upon said received communication signals.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a remote notification to a user of a cellular, or mobile, phone as the result of a particular activity or any activity at all (e.g., an incoming call from a particular person, group, or just an incoming call). In one embodiment, a sensing device is provided on the cellular phone that communicates/routes an alert to a remote notification device. In one economical embodiment, the notification device may have a short wire-based communication channel (e.g., roughly 1 foot to 5 feet) and only have a single output device (e.g., a light-emitting device). Thus, a woman may be able to quietly receive notifications of a cell phone event when her cell phone is stored in her purse.
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39 Claims
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1. A system for use with a cellular phone that provides notification of an incoming call, said system comprising:
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a sensing device that provides communication signals indicative of an incoming call, wherein said sensing device is an autonomous sensing device that senses a vibrational signal, operable to be directly perceived by a user, from said cellular phone; and a remote communication device configured to receive said communication signals, wherein said communication device is configured to provide notification signals dependent upon said received communication signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system for use with a device that provides notification of an incoming call, said system comprising:
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a sensing device that is operable to be attached to said device that provides communication signals indicative of an incoming call, wherein said sensing device is an autonomous sensing device that senses a vibrational signal, operable to be directly perceived by a user, from said device; and a remote communication device configured to receive said communication signals, wherein said communication device is configured to provide notification signals and said notification signals are dependent upon said received communication signals. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27)
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28. A system comprising:
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an autonomous sensing device for sensing a vibrational signal, operable to be directly perceived by a user, from a telephonic device, wherein said autonomous sensing device provides a communication signal indicative of said signal; and a remote communication device for receiving said communication signal from said autonomous sensing device, wherein said remote communication device is operable to provide a notification, dependent on said communication signal. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A method comprising:
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physically sensing, by a first device, that a portable electronic device is vibrating; communicating, from said first device, a first communications signal indicative of said sensed vibrating; receiving, at a second device, said first communications signal; and providing a notification to a user indicative of said first communication signal. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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