Portable universal communication device

• US 8,572,303 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2011
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tal Lavian, Zvi Or-Bach
• Original Assignee: Tal Lavian, Zvi Or-Bach
• Inventors: Lavian, Tal, Or-Bach, Zvi
• Primary Examiner(s): SUN, SCOTT C
• Application Number:
  US13/113,825
• Publication Number:
  US 20110225330A1
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 710/72
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1645 the display being suitable to be used in combination with an external overhead projector
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0383 Remote input, i.e. interface arrangements in which the signals generated by a pointing device are transmitted to a PC at a remote location, e.g. to a PC in a LAN
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0384 Wireless input, i.e. hardware and software details of wireless interface arrangements for pointing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1454 involving copying of the display data of a local workstation or window to a remote workstation or window so that an actual copy of the data is displayed simultaneously on two or more displays, e.g. teledisplay
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/06 Consumer Electronics Control, i.e. control of another device by a display or vice versa
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention provide a portable device comprising at least one processor. The portable device also comprises a memory coupled to the processor comprising data. Further, the portable device comprises a detector configured to detect at least one external device. The at least one external device is configured to connect to the portable device. Further, the portable device comprises an interface to connect to the at least one external device. The interface is configured to transmit or receive one or more control signals excluding the data. Furthermore, the portable device comprises a controller configured to enable controlling of the portable device from the at least one external device; and controlling of the at least one external device from the portable device through the interface.

Claims

1. A portable device comprising connection to digital network, processor, touch sensitive screen and memory, wherein

said memory comprises instructions to transfer information been displayed on said screen to a home appliance, wherein said transfer comprises said digital network, wherein

said home appliance is one of the following:

picture frame, television, home computer, Global Position System (GPS) or projector, wherein

said information is being part of an on-going communication session with an external destination, and wherein

said external destination is an Interactive-Voice-Response destination.

2. A portable device according to claim 1, wherein said communication session comprises a telephone call.

3. A portable device according to claim 1, wherein said memory comprises instructions to fetch from a database a data-file related to said external destination, and wherein said information comprises a portion related to said data-file.

4. A portable device according to claim 1, wherein said memory comprises instructions to search for said home appliance.

5. A portable device according to claim 1, wherein said information comprises visual menu.

6. A non transitory tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions for the execution according to claim 1.

7. A portable device comprising a screen, a connection to a digital network, a processor, and a memory, wherein

said memory comprises instructions to transfer information been displayed on said screen to another device, wherein said transfer utilizes said digital network, wherein

said another device has a larger display than said portable device, and wherein

said information comprises a visual menu and is being part of an on-going communication session with external destination which comprise Interactive Voice Response (IVR).

8. A portable device according to claim 7, wherein said communication session comprises a voice call.

9. A portable device according to claim 7, wherein said memory comprises instructions to fetch from a database a visual menu file.

10. A portable device according to claim 7, wherein said memory comprises instructions to search, in a close proximity for another device with a larger display than said portable device display.

11. A portable device according to claim 7, wherein said another device is one of the following:

a picture frame, a navigation system (GPS), a computer or a projector.

12. A non transitory tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions for the execution according to claim 7.

13. A portable device comprising a screen, a connection to a digital network, a processor, and a memory, wherein

said memory comprises instructions to transfer information been displayed on said screen to another device, wherein said transfer utilizes said digital network, wherein

said information is being part of an on-going communication session with an external destination, wherein

said another device is one of the following:

home appliance, car appliance, or office appliance, and wherein

said external destination is external to said home or said car or said office, wherein said external destination is an Interactive-Voice-Response destination.

14. A portable device according to claim 13, wherein said communication session comprise a telephone call.

15. A portable device according to claim 13, wherein said memory comprises instructions to fetch from a database a visual menu file related to said external destination.

16. A portable device according to claim 13, wherein said memory comprises instructions to detect user selection of an item of said information been displayed and communicate said selection to said external destination.

17. A portable device according to claim 13, wherein said another device is one of the following:

a picture frame, a television, a navigation system (GPS), a computer or a projector.

18. A non transitory tangible computer readable medium comprising instructions for the execution according to claim 13.