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Smart phones that include a digital camera, a touch sensitive screen, support for voice activated commands, and support to at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11 standards

  • US 9,092,177 B2
  • Filed: 12/07/2012
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A Smart Phone supporting both touch sensitive screen and voice activated command interfaces for interacting with a user, the Smart Phone being an Internet-Phone operable for accessing the Internet and having one or more applications with access to digital content, the Smart Phone further being a mobile and wireless information apparatus, the Smart Phone including each of the following applications installed or pre-installed:

  • a voice communication application,an e-mail application,a messaging application,a digital imaging application,an audio application,a video application,a document creation application,an Internet browsing application, andoperating system software in the Smart Phone supporting an object model or an application programming interface (API) to facilitate at least one of said messaging application, said e-mail application, said audio application, said video application, said digital imaging application, said document creation application, and said Internet browsing application, individually or in any combination, interfacing with device management applications in the Smart Phone, andwherein, the Smart Phone is operable to allow the user to install additional applications associated for running on said operating system software to further expand the functionalities of the Smart Phone;

    the Smart Phone further comprising;

    a digital camera for taking pictures,a touch sensitive screen interface for interacting with the user,a graphical user interface over the touch sensitive screen,a microphone interface,a speaker interface for outputting sound to the user,a voice activated command function for receiving voice commands from the user over the microphone interface,a processing unit,a memory or storage unit for storing at least part of the digital content, anda wireless communication unit that includes a radio frequency controller and an antenna for establishing radio frequency wireless communication with the Smart Phone, the wireless communication unit being compatible, at least partly, with at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11 standards; and

    wherein, the Smart Phone is further operable to;

    receive, via the voice activated command function from the user, a request to transmit or output at least part of the digital content from the Smart Phone, the digital content including one or more of an e-mail, audio content, video content, a receipt, a confirmation, a map, a photo, graphics, a web page, and a document, individually or in any combination, andpass at least part of the digital content from at least one of said audio application, said digital imaging application, said document creation application, said e-mail application, said Internet browsing application, and said video application, individually or in any combination, for transmission or output of at least part of the digital content from the Smart Phone, the passing of at least part of the digital content being facilitated, at least in part, by the object model or the application programming interface (API) supported by the Smart Phone operating system software, andtransmit or output, over the wireless communication unit of the Smart Phone, at least part of the digital content from the Smart Phone;

    whereby, the mobile and wireless Smart Phone is operable to receive voice activated commands from the user to transmit or output at least part of the digital content from the Smart Phone; and

    wherein, the Smart Phone is further operable to;

    take a picture that includes an image with the digital camera included in the Smart Phone,establish, via the wireless communication unit that is compatible, at least partly, with at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11 standards, a radio frequency wireless connection from the Smart Phone to a wireless output device for transfer of at least part of an image associated with the picture taken with the digital camera, andtransfer, via the wireless communication unit included in the Smart Phone, at least part of an image associated with the picture taken with the digital camera over the established radio frequency wireless connection from the Smart Phone to the wireless output device; and

    wherein, the mobile and wireless Smart Phone is further operable to receive, via the touch sensitive screen interface of the Smart Phone, a wireless output device from the user for transfer or output of at least part of an image associated with the picture taken with the digital camera of the Smart Phone to the wireless output device over the established radio frequency wireless connection between the Smart Phone and the wireless output device.

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