External phone book memory card and method of use

• US 20060293083A1
• Filed: 06/01/2005
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Wireless Corporation (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: Bowen, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US11/142,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20060293083A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/558
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2745 using static electronic memories, e.g. chips
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/275 implemented by means of portable electronic directories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/14 including a card reading device

Abstract

A method of using an external phone book memory card with a portable electronic device including an electronic address book with personal contact information, a memory card receiving slot, a memory card reader, and a display includes the steps of receiving an external phone book memory card in the memory card receiving slot, the external phone book memory card including phone book information stored thereon; reading the phone book information from the external phone book memory card with the memory card reader; and displaying the phone book information on the display.

Claims

1. A method of using an external phone book memory card with a portable electronic device including an electronic address book with personal contact information, a memory card receiving slot, a memory card reader, and a display, comprising:

receiving an external phone book memory card in the memory card receiving slot, the external phone book memory card including phone book information stored thereon;

reading the phone book information from the external phone book memory card with the memory card reader; and

displaying the phone book information on the display.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the external phone book memory card is a memory card from the group consisting of a MultiMedia Card, a Secure Digital Card, a FlashCard.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is a wireless communication device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device includes internal memory with the personal contact information stored therein, and the method further includes reading the personal contact information from the internal memory.

5. The method of claim 4, further including displaying phone book information with personal contact information with the display.

6. The method of claim 1, further including displaying a personal contact menu item along with one or more phone book information menu items with the display.

7. The method of claim 6, further including detecting selection of the personal contact menu item or one or more phone book information menu items, reading the personal contact information from the internal memory if the personal contact menu item is selected, and reading phone book information from the external phone book memory card if the one or more phone book information menu items is selected.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the phone book information is information from the group consisting of Yellow Pages information, White Pages information, industry contact information, group contact information, service industry contact information, company contact information, and government contact information.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device includes a dialer, and the method further includes detecting selection of displayed phone book information, and dialing a corresponding phone number with the dialer.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device includes a geographical mapping application, and method further includes detecting selection of displayed phone book information, mapping location data with the geographical mapping application, and displaying at least one of directions and geographical location with the display.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the external phone book memory card is writable, and the method further includes at least one of updating and adding phone book information to the writable external phone book memory card.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device includes internal memory, and the method further includes downloading phone book information from the external phone book memory card to the internal memory of the portable electronic device.

13. A wireless communication device including an electronic address book with personal contact information, comprising:

a memory card receiving slot configured to receive an external phone book memory card including phone book information stored thereon;

a memory card reader configured to read the phone book information from the external phone book memory card; and

a display configured to display the phone book information.

14. The wireless communication device of claim 13, wherein the external phone book memory card is a memory card from the group consisting of a MultiMedia Card, a Secure Digital Card, a FlashCard.

15. The wireless communication device of claim 13, wherein the wireless communication device includes internal memory with the personal contact information stored therein

16. The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to display phone book information with personal contact information on the display.

17. The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to display a personal contact menu item along with one or more phone book information menu items on the display.

18. The wireless communication device of claim 17, wherein the wireless communication device is configured to detect selection of the personal contact menu item or one or more phone book information menu items, read the personal contact information from the internal memory if the personal contact menu item is selected, and read the phone book information from the external phone book memory card if the one or more phone book information menu items is selected.

19. The wireless communication device of claim 13, wherein the phone book information is information from the group consisting of Yellow Pages information, White Pages information, industry contact information, group contact information, service industry contact information, company contact information, and government contact information.

20. The wireless communication device of claim 13, wherein the external phone book memory card is writable so that phone book information may be at least one of updated and added to the writable external phone book memory card.