Portable device for communicating with a remotely located entity
First Claim
1. A portable device for allowing a user operating the portable device to communicate with a remotely located entity, wherein an object or a device connected to an object emits a signal containing an electronic address of the remotely located entity the portable device comprising:
- (a) a button which facilitates communication between the portable device and the remotely located entity, and(b) a wireless receiver that receives and automatically captures the signal emitted by the object or the device connected to the object without selection of any buttons on the portable device, wherein the portable device automatically establishes communication with the remotely located entity upon selection by the user of the button, and wherein selection of the button causes the portable device to automatically contact the electronic address contained within the emitted signal.
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Abstract
A portable device is provided for allowing a user operating the portable device to communicate with a remotely located entity. An object or a device connected to an object emits a signal containing an electronic address of the remotely located entity. The portable device includes a button and a wireless receiver. The button facilitates communication between the portable device and the remotely located entity. The wireless receiver receives and automatically captures the signal emitted by the object or the device connected to the object without selection of any buttons on the portable device. The portable device automatically establishes communication with the remotely located entity upon selection by the user of the button. Selection of the button causes the portable device to automatically contact the electronic address contained within the emitted signal.
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16 Claims
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1. A portable device for allowing a user operating the portable device to communicate with a remotely located entity, wherein an object or a device connected to an object emits a signal containing an electronic address of the remotely located entity the portable device comprising:
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(a) a button which facilitates communication between the portable device and the remotely located entity, and (b) a wireless receiver that receives and automatically captures the signal emitted by the object or the device connected to the object without selection of any buttons on the portable device, wherein the portable device automatically establishes communication with the remotely located entity upon selection by the user of the button, and wherein selection of the button causes the portable device to automatically contact the electronic address contained within the emitted signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for allowing a user to communicate with a remotely located entity, the system comprising:
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(a) one or more television stations; (b) a wireless telephone device operated by the user, the wireless telephone device including a button which facilitates communication between the telephone device and the remotely located entity; and (c) a set-top box of a TV system including a base station of the wireless telephone device, the set-top box being in communication with a telephone system and being connected to a television, the set-top box storing a telephone number and causing telephone number information to be displayed on the television, the set-top box also prestoring a listing of telephone numbers corresponding to specified television stations, wherein upon selection by the user of the button, the telephone device sends a signal to the set-top box to dial the telephone number that is stored in the set-top box, thereby establishing two-way communication between the telephone device and the remotely located entity via the base station and the telephone system, and wherein the dialed telephone number is the prestored telephone number of the currently active television channel, and wherein the television station automatically forwards any received telephone calls to a telephone number of the remotely located entity. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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