Advanced voice and data operations in a mobile data communication device

• US 7,295,836 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2002
• Issued: 11/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Yach, David P., Major, Harry R., Mousseau, Gary P., Lazaridis, Mihal, Vander Veen, Raymond P., Asthana, Atul
• Primary Examiner(s): Phu; Sanh D.
• Application Number:
  US10/095,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20020128036A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,073 Days
• Field of Search: 455/413, 455/415, 455/412.2, 455/412.1, 455/552.1, 379/93.17, 379/93.23, 370/351, 370/352, 370/356
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42323 PBX's with CTI arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

A system and method for integrating voice and data operations into a single mobile device capable of simultaneously performing data and voice actions. The mobile device working in a network capable of exchanging both cell phone calls and data items to the mobile device. By wearing an earphone or an ear-bud device the user is capable of dealing with voice conversations while working with data centric information related to the current caller. By providing a data-centric device with voice capabilities there is a new range of features that allow incoming data events to trigger outgoing voice events.

Claims

1. An integrated dual mode mobile device operable by a user and connected to a data packet network, the device comprising:

a data component for storing, retrieving, receiving and displaying data including e-mail messages, calendar appointments, address information, for launching applications associated with the data, and for connecting to the data packet network for sending and receiving data, the data including a phone number string and the data viewable by the user responsive to launching of the applications by the user, the data sent and received by the data component selectably forming a data call with the data packet network; and

a voice component, connected to the data component for receiving call initiation information, the voice component for initiating and receiving a telephone call using the data viewable by the user responsive to the launching of an application by said data component, and caller identification information, and for providing the received caller identification information to the data component for cross reference to the data, the voice component being operable for selectably causing the data component to launch an application and to connect to the data packet network pursuant to the telephone call.

2. The dual mode mobile device of claim 1, wherein the voice component is connected to a telephone network for initiating and receiving telephone calls.

3. The dual mode mobile device of claim 2, wherein the telephone network is a cellular telephone network.

4. The dual mode mobile device of claim 1, wherein the data packet network is a wireless data packet network.

5. The dual mode mobile device of claim 1, wherein the voice component is connected to the data packet network for receiving and initiating telephone calls using Voice over Packet data channels.

6. The dual mode mobile device of claim 1, wherein the data component has a preference table that determines an application to launch upon receiving caller identification information from the voice component.

7. The dual mode mobile device of claim 1, wherein the voice component initiates a telephone call upon receiving call initiation information from the data component.

8. The dual mode mobile device of claim 1, wherein the data component is additionally for establishing data communication channels with a computer over the data network to transfer data.

9. An integrated dual mode mobile device operable by a user and connected to a data packet network, the device comprising:

a data component for storing, retrieving, receiving and displaying data including e-mail messages, calendar appointments, address information, for launching applications associated with the data, and for connecting to the data packet network for sending and receiving data, the data including a phone number string and telephone call instructions, and the data viewable by the user responsive to launching of the applications by the user, the data sent and received by the data component selectably forming a data call with the data packet network; and

a voice component, connected to the data component for receiving call initiation information and telephone call instructions, the voice component for initiating and receiving a telephone call using the data viewable by the user responsive to the launching of an application by said data component, and caller identification information, and for providing the received caller identification information to the data component for cross reference to the data, the voice component being operable for selectably causing the data component to launch an application and to connect to the data packet network pursuant to the telephone call.