Integrated handheld computing and telephony device

• US 8,855,722 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2009
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Hawkins, Jeffrey C., Haitani, Robert Y.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Lana N
• Application Number:
  US12/567,533
• Publication Number:
  US 20100015965A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,838 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/412.1, 455/413, 455/567, 455/566
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0254 comprising one or a plurality of mechanically detachable modules
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2748 by matching character strings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72433 for voice messaging, e.g. dictaphones for answering incoming calls H04M1/64
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4288 Notifying a called subscriber of an incoming call during an ongoing call, e.g. Call Waiting
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53333 Message receiving aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method and apparatus for an organizer that may receive a cellular portion to form a cellular telephone is provided. An organizer comprises an organizer component, including a microphone. The organizer further includes an area for receiving an additional component. The area is designed to receive a cellular component, and a connection element is designed to mate the microphone in the organizer component with the cellular component, to use the organizer as a part of a cellular telephone.

Claims

1. A method of receiving incoming telephone calls in a mobile computing device, comprising:

receiving a first incoming call from a first caller;

identifying a telephone number associated with the first incoming call;

determining whether the telephone number matches an entry of an address book stored on the mobile computing device;

displaying, on a display device of the mobile computing device an incoming call alert screen that includes (i) information of the first caller retrieved from the address book in response to determining that the telephone number matches an entry of the address book, the information of the first caller including at least the telephone number associated with the first incoming call and an identity of the first caller, and (ii) a first option to answer the first incoming call and a second option to ignore the first incoming call;

in response to receiving a user input selecting the second option of the incoming call alert screen, ignoring the first incoming call by automatically transferring the first incoming call to a voicemail system; and

in response to receiving the user input selecting the second option of the incoming call user alert screen to ignore the first incoming call and not receiving a voicemail from the first caller, generating a view on the display device indicating that the user did not receive the first incoming call.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to receiving the voicemail, displaying, on the display device, information that indicated that the voicemail has been received.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

generating a view on the display device including a graphical representation for retrieving voicemail.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the view further comprises graphical representations for playing the voicemail, pausing the voicemail, returning to a beginning of the voicemail, and deleting the voicemail.

5. A mobile computing device with telephonic functionality, comprising:

a display device;

a telephone component configured to receive a first incoming call from a first caller;

a processor coupled to the telephone component; and

a computer readable storage medium storing instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

identify a telephone number associated with the first incoming call;

determine whether the telephone number matches an entry of an address book stored on the mobile computing device;

display, on a display device, an incoming call alert screen that includes (i) information of the first caller retrieved from the address book in response to determining that the telephone number matches an entry of the address book, the information of the first caller including at least the telephone number associated with the first incoming call and an identity of the first caller, and (ii) a first option to answer the first incoming call and a second option to ignore the first incoming call;

in response to receiving a user input selecting the second option of the incoming call alert screen, ignoring the first incoming call by automatically transferring the first incoming call to a voicemail system; and

in response to receiving the user input selecting the second option of the incoming call alert screen to ignore the first incoming call and not receiving a voicemail from the first caller, generate a view on the screen indicating that the user did not receive the first incoming call.

6. The mobile computing device of claim 5, wherein the computer readable storage medium further stores instructions that cause the processor to:

in response to receiving a voicemail display, on the display device, information that indicates that the voicemail has been received.

7. The mobile computing device of claim 6, wherein the computer readable storage medium further stores instructions that cause the processor to:

generate a view on the screen including a graphical representation for retrieving the voicemail.

8. The mobile computing device of claim 7, wherein the view further comprises graphical representations for playing the voicemail, pausing the voicemail, returning to a beginning of the voicemail, and deleting the voicemail.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium in a mobile computing device with telephone functionality, the computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor in the computing device, cause the processor to:

determine a telephone number associated with the first incoming call in response to receiving the first incoming call from a first caller;

display, on a display device, of the mobile computing device, an incoming call alert screen that includes (i) information of the first caller retrieved from the address book in response to determining that the telephone number matches the entry of the address book, the information of the first caller including at least the telephone number associated with the first incoming call and an identity of the first caller, and (ii) a first option to answer the first incoming call and a second option to ignore the first incoming call;

in response to receiving a user input selecting the second option, ignoring the first incoming call by automatically transferring the first incoming call to a voicemail system; and

in response to receiving the user input selecting the second option to ignore the first incoming call and not receiving a voicemail from the first caller, generate a view on the display device indicating that the user did not receive the first incoming call.

10. The computer readable storage medium of claim 9, further storing instructions to:

in response to receiving the voicemail, display, on the display device, information that indicates that the voicemail has been received.

11. The computer readable storage medium of claim 10, further storing instructions that cause the processor to:

generate a view on the display device including a graphical representation for retrieving the voicemail.

12. The computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the view further comprises graphical representations for playing the voicemail, pausing the voicemail, returning to a beginning of the voicemail, and deleting the voicemail.