Multi-access solid state memory devices and a telephone utilizing such

• US 7,899,443 B2
• Filed: 07/30/2009
• Issued: 03/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Modu Limited (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Moran, Dov, Teicher, Mordechai
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao; Minh D
• Application Number:
  US12/512,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20090298520A1
• Time in Patent Office: 579 Days
• Field of Search: 4554121-415, 455/557, 455/446, 455/556, 709/200, 709/204, 709/206, 705/3, 705/51
• US Class Current: 455/413
• 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. 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;

detaching said telephone; and

automatically sending said e-mail message after said detaching.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein said saving is transparent to a user of said computer, as compared to a regular e-mail transmission process.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein said automatically sending is carried out at a delay after said detaching.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said telephone emulates an e-mail server to said computer.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein an RF circuit of said telephone is powered off during said saving.

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

attaching a telephone to a computer, the telephone including a hard-disk emulator on which a mailbox file accessed by an e-mail application of the computer, is stored;

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

activating the telephone; and

automatically sending the e-mail message after said activating.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein said saving is transparent to a user of the computer, as compared to a regular e-mail transmission process.

8. A method according to claim 6, wherein said activating comprises detaching the telephone.

9. A method according to claim 8, wherein said automatically sending is carried out at a delay after said detaching.

10. A method according to claim 6, wherein said activating comprises turning on an RF subsystem of the telephone.

11. A method according to claim 6, wherein said activating comprises entering a coverage area of a base station for the telephone.

12. A method according to claim 6, wherein the telephone emulates an e-mail server to the computer.

13. A method according to claim 6, wherein an RF circuit of the telephone is powered off during said saving.