MULTI-ACCESS SOLID STATE MEMORY DEVICES AND A TELEPHONE UTILIZING SUCH

• US 20090298520A1
• Filed: 07/30/2009
• Published: 12/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Modu Limited (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Teicher, Mordechai, Moran, Dov
• Granted Patent: US 7,899,443 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/15 Protecting or guiding telephone cords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72409 by interfacing with external accessories hands-free H04M1/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

A method of sending e-mail from a computer, including attaching a telephone to a computer, saving at least one e-mail message from the computer on the telephone, activating the telephone, and automatically sending the e-mail message after the activating.

Claims

1-51. -51. (canceled)

52. A method of sending e-mail from a computer, comprising:

attaching a telephone to a computer;

saving at least one e-mail message from said computer on said telephone;

activating said telephone; and

automatically sending said e-mail message after said activating.

53. A method according to claim 52, wherein said saving is transparent to a user of said computer, as compared to a regular e-mail transmission process.

54. A method according to claim 52, wherein said activating comprises detaching said telephone.

55. A method according to claim 54, wherein said automatically sending is carried out at a delay after said detaching.

56. A method according to claim 52, wherein said activating comprises turning on an RF subsystem of said telephone.

57. A method according to claim 52, wherein said activating comprises entering a coverage area of a base station for said telephone.

58. A method according to claim 52, wherein said telephone includes a hard-disk emulator on which a mailbox file accessed by an e-mail application of said computer, is stored.

59. A method according to claim 52, wherein said telephone emulates an e-mail server to said computer.

60. A method according to claim 52, wherein an RF circuit of said telephone is powered off during said saving.

61-79. -79. (canceled)