Automobile dashboard display interface for facilitating the interactive operator input/output for a standard wireless telephone detachably mounted in the automobile
First Claim
1. In an automobile with a computer controlled operator interactive dashboard display, a system for facilitating input/output from the automobile in wireless telephone communications comprising:
- a housing for detachably receiving a separable wireless telephone with a display smaller than said dashboard display; and
switching apparatus for bypassing the wireless telephone display with said dashboard display when said wireless telephone is received in said housing whereby the dashboard display functions as the wireless telephone display.
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Abstract
An arrangement whereby the standard wireless telephone can still retain all of its desirable light weight and size features while detached from and out of the automobile while still providing user interfaces with a minimum of distraction from driving while the wireless telephone is functionally attached within the automobile. There is a housing adjacent the dashboard for detachably receiving a separable wireless telephone with a display smaller than said dashboard display in combination with switching apparatus for bypassing the wireless telephone display with said dashboard display when said wireless telephone is received in said housing whereby the dashboard display functions as the wireless telephone display. The system may be set so that the switching apparatus automatically bypasses said wireless telephone display when said wireless telephone is inserted into said housing. The standard transceiver in the wireless cellular telephone continues to function normally in receiving and transmitting communications even when the telephone display is bypassed by the dashboard display. This arrangement gives the operator the benefit of having the numerals, text and other elements presented on the dashboard display enlarged from their normal size on the wireless telephone display.
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20 Claims
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1. In an automobile with a computer controlled operator interactive dashboard display, a system for facilitating input/output from the automobile in wireless telephone communications comprising:
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a housing for detachably receiving a separable wireless telephone with a display smaller than said dashboard display; and
switching apparatus for bypassing the wireless telephone display with said dashboard display when said wireless telephone is received in said housing whereby the dashboard display functions as the wireless telephone display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 20)
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8. In an automobile with a computer controlled operator interactive dashboard display, a method for facilitating input/output from the automobile in wireless telephone communications comprising:
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detachably receiving with said automobile a separable wireless telephone with a display smaller than said dashboard display; and
bypassing the wireless telephone display with said dashboard display when said wireless telephone is received whereby the dashboard display functions as the wireless telephone display. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program having code recorded on a computer readable medium for facilitating input/output wireless telephone communications from the automobile with a dashboard display comprising:
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means in said automobile for detachably receiving a separable wireless telephone with a display smaller than said dashboard display; and
means for bypassing the wireless telephone display with said dashboard display when said wireless telephone is received in said receiving means whereby the dashboard display functions as the wireless telephone display. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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