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1. OBJECTS AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 0012 In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known methods now present in the prior art the present invention provides a dialer device that receives a telephone number from a wireless mobile computing device such as a PDA and automatically dials the telephone number over a wire landline telephone system A preferred embodiment of the present invention includes wireless transceiver circuitry that is capable of communicating data with the wireless mobile computing device for receiving and storing tele phone dialing data from the wireless mobile computing device Off hook circuitry is connected to the landline telephone system and is responsive to an off hook command signal to generate an off hook signal to the landline tele phone system Time delay circuitry can be used to generate a dial tone detected signal following a timed interval after generation of the off hook signal In the alternative dial tone detection circuitry can be connected to the landline tele phone system and generates a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system DTMF or pulse generating circuitry is connected to the landline telephone system so that it can receive a telephone number signal and generate and send landline telephone number dialing tones representative of the tele phone number on the landline telephone system Processing circuitry operating under a cont2. number from the wireless mobile computing device and dialing the telephone number over the wire landline telephone system said dialer apparatus comprising Wireless transceiver circuitry capable of communicating data with the wireless mobile computing device for receiving telephone dialing data from the wireless mobile computing device representative of a telephone number to be dialed over the landline telephone system and Processing circuitry connected to the landline telephone system that upon receiving telephone dialing data from said wireless transceiver circuitry generates an off hook command signal and a telephone number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device to the landline telephone system 14 A dialer apparatus as in claim 13 further comprising Dial tone detection circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for generating a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system said processing circuitry generating said off hook command signal upon receiving said dial tone detected signal 15 A dialer apparatus as in claim 13 wherein said processing circuitry further comprises DTMF generating circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing tones representative thereof on the landline telephon
3. number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from the wireless mobile computing device 0073 Generating an off hook signal to the landline tele phone system in response to an off hook command signal 0074 Monitoring the landline telephone system and generating a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system and 0075 Receiving a telephone number signal and generat ing and sending landline telephone number dialing tones representative thereof on the landline telephone system 0076 The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention Further since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to falling within the scope of the invention What is claimed is 1 A dialer apparatus for use with a telephone handset connected to a wire landline telephone system and a wire less mobile computing device having telephone numbers stored as data therein and capable of communicating data with outside devices using a wireless medium said dialer apparatus useful for receiving data representative of a tele phone number from the wireless mobile computing device and dialing the telephone number over the wire landline tele
4. sending said landline telephone number dialing tones on the landline telephone system 30 A dialer apparatus as in claim 26 wherein said processing circuitry further comprises pulse generating circuitry connected to the landline tele phone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing pulse signals representative thereof on the land line telephone system 31 A dialer apparatus as in claim 30 wherein said pulse generating circuitry further generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing pulse signals on the landline telephone system 32 A dialer apparatus as in claim 29 further comprising Line monitoring circuitry responsive to said end of dial ing signal to alert a user that dialing is complete and to pick up the handset 33 A dialer apparatus as in claim 26 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry stores said telephone dialing data received from the wireless mobile computing device for later retrieval 34 A dialer apparatus as in claim 26 wherein said Infra red transceiver circuitry further generating a wake up signal whenever the telephone dialing data is received and said processing circuitry operating in response to said wake up signal goes into a power up mode and after generating said off hook command signal and said telephone number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data receiv
5. signal whenever a user lifts the handset and Processing circuitry operating under a control program that in response to said wake up signal goes into a power up mode and determines if said telephone dial ing data received from said wireless mobile computing device has the format of a valid telephone number and if so generates an off hook command signal upon receiving said dial tone detected signal generates a telephone number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device and upon receiving said handset off hook signal goes into a power saving power down mode of operation until receiving said wake up signal 2 Adialer apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further comprises an optical transceiver 3 A dialer apparatus as in claim 2 wherein said optical transceiver comprises an Infrared transceiver 4 A dialer apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further comprises a radio frequency transceiver 5 A dialer apparatus for use with a telephone handset connected to a wire landline telephone system and a wire less mobile computing device having telephone numbers stored as data therein and capable of communicating data using a known protocol with outside devices using an Infra Red transceiver said dialer apparatus useful for receiv ing data representative of a telephone number from the wireless mobile com
6. such those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception upon which this disclosure is based may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention It is important therefore that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention 0016 It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a landline telephone dialing device that interfaces in a wireless manner with a mobile computing device for automatically receiving and dialing a telephone number selected from those stored in the mobile computing device 0017 It is another object of the present invention to provide a landline telephone dialing device that interfaces in a wireless manner with a mobile computing device for automatically receiving and dialing a telephone number selected from those stored in the mobile computing device that may be easily and efficiently manufactured and mar keted 0018 It is a further object of the present invention to provide a landline telephone dialing device that interfaces in a wireless manner with a mobile computing device for automatically receiving and dialing a telephone number selected from those stored in the mobile computing device that is of a durable and reliable operation 0019 An even further object of the present inve
7. system comprising the steps of Receiving and storing telephone dialing data from the wireless mobile computing device representative of a telephone number to be dialed over the landline tele phone system using wireless transceiver circuitry capable of communicating data with the wireless mobile computing device Determining if said telephone dialing data received has the format of a valid telephone number and if so generating an off hook command signal and then upon receiving said dial tone detected signal generating a telephone number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device US 2003 0017854 Al Generating an off hook signal to the landline telephone system in response to an off hook command signal Monitoring the landline telephone system and generating a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system and Receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing tones rep resentative thereof on the landline telephone system 13 A dialer apparatus for use with a telephone handset connected to a wire landline telephone system and a wire less mobile computing device having telephone numbers stored as data therein and capable of communicating data with outside devices using a wireless medium said dialer apparatus useful for receiving data representative of a tele phone
8. telephone dialing data is received for power consumption purposes as is better described below in controlling the processing circuitry of the dialer 0036 Off hook circuitry 108 is connected to the landline telephone system 102 as by a standard RJ 11 jack and acts in response to an off hook command signal to generate an off hook signal to the landline telephone system 102 Gen erally this off hook signal is used by landline telephone systems to indicate that a user has picked up a handset and is ready to use the landline system to either receive or dial a telephone call 0037 Dial tone detection circuitry 110 is connected to the landline telephone system 102 and generates a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system 102 Landline telephone systems generally place a dial tone signal on the telephone lines in response to receiving an off hook signal to assure the user that the landline telephone lines are active and ready to receive dialing information 0038 DTMF generating circuitry 112 is connected to landline telephone system 102 for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline tele phone number dialing tones that are representative of the telephone number received from PDA 104 on the landline telephone system 102 0039 DTMF generating circuitry 112 also generates an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending the land line telephone number dial
9. to the large number of dialing card access and area codes that have to be entered for many business calls made from a public telephone while on the road Also attempting to juggle the PDA in one hand to read the displayed numbers hold a telephone handset in one Jan 23 2003 hand and dial using the other hand becomes quite difficult for those having only two hands 0009 Itis difficult for a user of such modem time savers such as these mobile computing devices to understand that all of the convenience and timesavings is lost as well as errors introduced by requiring that telephone numbers be manually entered and dialed whenever a call is to be made 0010 There is no known current solution to this bottle neck problem 0011 Therefore it can be appreciated that in the modern world where efficiency and ease of use are becoming of paramount importance for the mobile businessman and even private individual on the go there exists a continuing need for a new and improved apparatus and method for providing an automatic means to dial accurately telephone numbers stored in PDAs over landline telephone systems without having to have the user manually dial the desired numbers Such a device must be easy to use adaptable to the wide range of potential telephone numbers durable and over come the limitations of the prior art as to the deficiencies noted above as well as to other aspects of the prior art as is better described below
10. 02 Cordless Phone Fig 5 IR 504 phone 00 IR 506 Transceiver handset 510 gs 508 502 5 2 Telephone jack US 2003 0017854 Al WIRELESS MOBILE COMPUTING TELEPHONE DIALER FOR USE WITH LANDLINE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 0001 1 Field of the Invention 0002 The present invention is in the field of wireless telephony and mobile computing devices and generally relates to peripherals interfacing with wireless mobile com puting devices and with landline telephony systems More particularly it pertains to a device capable of receiving a telephone number stored in a mobile computing device and dialing the number over a landline telephone system for benefits and reasons being explained and expanded upon below 0003 2 Description of the Prior Art 0004 Computing devices have evolved from the large multi room tube filed behemoths of fifty years ago through small transistorized console size computers to desk top personal computers to laptops to current hand held wireless computing devices known as personal digital assistants that are capable of fitting into the palm of your hand 0005 These Personal Digital Assistants PDAs act not only as hand held computing devices for computational purposes but also are used to contain information for calendaring appointments business and personal contact information and even most recently shopping m Com merce Many busy professionals co
11. 23 A dialer apparatus as in claim 13 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further comprises a radio frequency transceiver 24 A dialer apparatus as in claim 13 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry stores said telephone dialing data received from the wireless mobile computing device for later retrieval 25 Adialer apparatus as in claim 13 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further generating a wake up signal whenever the telephone dialing data is received and said processing circuitry operating in response to said wake up signal goes into a power up mode and after generating said off hook command signal and said telephone number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device to the landline telephone system goes into a power saving power down mode of operation until once again receiving said wake up signal 26 A dialer apparatus for use with a telephone handset connected to a wire landline telephone system and a wire less mobile computing device having telephone numbers stored as data therein and capable of communicating data using a known protocol with outside devices using an Infra Red transceiver said dialer apparatus useful for receiv ing data representative of a telephone number from the wireless mobile computing device and dialing the telephone number over the wire landline telephone system said dialer apparatus comprising Infra Red trans
12. Infrared transceiver combination 506 located in both handset 500 and PDA 504 Once the dialing information is received it is transmitted to the base station 502 via a standard radio frequency link 508 Base station 502 is connected to landline telephone system 510 using a standard modular RJ 11 wire connection 512 Dialer cir cuitry can be placed in either handset portion 500 or base station portion 502 of the cordless telephone as may be deemed convenient for the operating environment of the device 0069 The present invention is also found embodied in a method of dialing a telephone number stored in a wireless mobile computing device having telephone numbers stored as data therein and capable of communicating data with outside devices using a wireless medium over a wire landline telephone system using a telephone handset con nected to the wire landline telephone system 0070 One preferred method comprises the steps of 0071 Receiving and storing telephone dialing data from the wireless mobile computing device representative of a telephone number to be dialed over the landline telephone system using wireless transceiver circuitry capable of com municating data with the wireless mobile computing device 0072 Determining if said telephone dialing data received has the format of a valid telephone number and if so generating an off hook command signal and then upon receiving the dial tone detected signal generating a tele phone
13. US 20030017854A1 a gt Patent Application Publication ao Pub No US 2003 0017854 A1 a United States Avitan 43 Pub Date Jan 23 2003 54 WIRELESS MOBILE COMPUTING TELEPHONE DIALER FOR USE WITH LANDLINE TELEPHONE SYSTEMS 76 Inventor Asher Avitan Granada Hills CA US Correspondence Address Matthew F Jodziewicz Esq 3447 Mandeville Canyon Road Los Angeles CA 90049 1019 US 21 Appl No 09 814 992 22 Filed Mar 21 2001 Publication Classification GH r Bc eee n ne ene ern H04M 1 00 52 U S Ch Juss aus 455 564 455 557 455 74 1 379 56 3 57 ABSTRACT A dialer apparatus that receives a telephone number from a wireless mobile computing device and dials the telephone number over a wire landline telephone system includes 102 wireless transceiver circuitry capable of communicating data with the wireless mobile computing device for receiv ing and storing telephone dialing data from the wireless mobile computing device representative of a telephone number to be dialed over the landline telephone system Off hook circuitry is connected to the landline telephone system and is responsive to an off hook command signal for generating an off hook signal to the landline telephone system Dial tone detection circuitry is connected to the landline telephone system and generates a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system DTMF gene
14. ceiver circuitry capable of communicating data with the infra red transceiver of the wireless mobile computing device for receiving telephone dial ing data from the wireless mobile computing device representative of a telephone number to be dialed over the landline telephone system and Processing circuitry connected to the landline telephone system that upon receiving telephone dialing data from said wireless transceiver circuitry generates a tele phone number signal corresponding to the stored tele phone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device to the landline telephone system 27 A dialer apparatus as in claim 26 further comprising Dial tone detection circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for generating a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system said processing circuitry generating an off hook command signal upon receiving said dial tone detected signal 28 A dialer apparatus as in claim 26 wherein said processing circuitry further comprises DTMF generating circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for receiving a telephone number US 2003 0017854 Al signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing tones representative thereof on the landline telephone system 29 A dialer apparatus as in claim 28 wherein said DTMF generating circuitry further generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of
15. complish this one preferred method is to have wireless transceiver circuitry 106 further generate a wake up signal whenever the telephone dialing information is received and have processing circuitry 118 further operating under its control program that in response to the wake up signal processing circuit 118 goes into a power up mode of oper ating and upon receiving the handset off hook signal from local off hook detection circuitry 116 goes into a power saving power down mode of operating until once again receiving a wake up signal With this two mode power up and power down operating states dialer 100 is more effi cient in using energy only when a call is being initiated and powering down once the call is made so as to enable it to use both batteries as well as electrical mains for its power US 2003 0017854 Al 0047 Alternate embodiments of the present invention include having the dialer generate an audible signal after the telephone dialing information has been received by the dialer and rely on the user to pick up the handset to generate the off hook signal to commence the dialing procedure over the landline telephone system 0048 In this alternate embodiment the user aims the wireless mobile computing device and has it send the telephone dialing data The dialer device of the present invention captures the data The dialer device then waits until it detects the off hook signal generated by the user picking up the handset
16. control of the dialer as is better described below 0044 Processing circuitry 118 such as a microprocessor or CPU is operatively connected to each of the above circuits for receiving input signals therefrom and for con trolling their actions by generating appropriate control sig nals as better described in the following Processing cir cuitry 118 preferably operates under a stored control program that determines if the telephone dialing data received from wireless mobile computing device 104 has the format of a valid telephone number and if so generates an off hook command signal for use by user off hook circuitry 116 Upon receiving the dial tone detected signal from dial tone detection circuitry 110 processing circuitry 118 gen erates a telephone number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from wireless mobile com puting device 104 for use by DTMF generating circuitry 112 to complete the dialing process on the landline 0045 While this is sufficient to dial automatically the telephone number selected from those stored in the PDA 104 it is preferred that additional circuitry be added to make the process easier and more efficient without limiting the present invention 0046 Alternate embodiments of the present invention would include circuitry designed for controlling the power consumption of dialer 100 so that it may be powered from batteries as well as from a direct power source In order to ac
17. d as data therein and capable of communicating data with outside devices using a wireless medium said dialer apparatus useful for receiving data representative of a tele phone number from the wireless mobile computing device and dialing the telephone number over the wire landline telephone system said dialer apparatus comprising Wireless circuitry for receiving telephone dialing data from the wireless mobile computing device represen tative of a telephone number to be dialed over the landline telephone system and Processing circuitry connected to the landline telephone system that upon receiving telephone dialing data from said wireless circuitry and a telephone number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device to the landline telephone system 38 A dialer apparatus as in claim 37 further comprising Dial tone detection circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for generating a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system said processing circuitry generating said off hook command signal upon receiving said dial tone detected signal 39 A dialer apparatus as in claim 37 wherein said processing circuitry further comprises DTMF generating circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing tones repr
18. e appropriate format for a valid telephone number the communications link is closed 310 and the processing circuitry generates an off hook signal 312 0061 The off hook signal is detected by the off hook detection circuitry of the dialer within a specified time 314 to insure that the dialer is rendered inoperative due to the landline telephone system failing to be active and generate a dial tone 316 0062 Once the landline dial tone is detected the pro cessing circuitry uses the DTMF tone generating circuitry of the dialer to dial the received telephone number by gener ating DTMF dialing tones and placing them on the landline telephone system connection to the dialer 318 0063 Once the telephone number is dialed the dialer generates an audible signal to alert the user that the dialing is concluded and that the handset is available for pick up 320 0064 To conserve energy and avoid lockouts of the dialer the user is given a time interval in which to pick up the handset 322 Once the user s taking the handset off hook is detected 324 the processing circuitry of the dialer releases the off hook status of the landline connection 326 and returns to the power down state 300 to await instructions to dial another call 0065 FIG 4 illustrates in an idealized form how a dialer 400 embodying the present invention is connected to a landline telephone system 402 and a local handset 404 Dialer 400 receives dialing information fro
19. e system 16 A dialer apparatus as in claim 15 wherein said DTMF generating circuitry further generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing tones on the landline telephone system 17 A dialer apparatus as in claim 13 wherein said processing circuitry further comprises pulse generating circuitry connected to the landline tele phone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing pulse signals representative thereof on the land line telephone system 18 A dialer apparatus as in claim 17 wherein said pulse generating circuitry further generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing pulse signals on the landline telephone system Jan 23 2003 19 A dialer apparatus as in claim 16 further comprising Line monitoring circuitry responsive to said end of dial ing signal to alert a user that dialing is complete and to pick up the handset 20 A dialer apparatus as in claim 18 further comprising Line monitoring circuitry responsive to said end of dial ing signal to alert a user that dialing is complete and to pick up the handset 21 A dialer apparatus as in claim 13 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further comprises an optical transceiver 22 A dialer apparatus as in claim 21 wherein said optical transceiver comprises an Infrared transceiver
20. ed from said wireless mobile computing device to the landline telephone system goes into a power saving power down mode of operation until once again receiving said wake up signal 35 A method of dialing a telephone number stored in a wireless mobile computing device having telephone num bers stored as data therein and capable of communicating data with outside devices using a wireless medium over a wire landline telephone system using a telephone handset connected to the wire landline telephone system comprising the steps of Receiving optically telephone dialing data from the wire less mobile computing device representative of a tele phone number to be dialed over the landline telephone system using wireless transceiver circuitry capable of communicating data with the wireless mobile comput ing device Generating an off hook command signal on the landline telephone system and Generating a telephone number signal corresponding to the telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device on the landline telephone system 36 The method of claim 35 further comprising the step of Determining if said telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device has the format of a valid telephone number Jan 23 2003 37 A dialer apparatus for use with a telephone handset connected to a wire landline telephone system and a wire less mobile computing device having telephone numbers store
21. ence to the annexed drawings wherein 0023 FIG 1 is an idealized block schematic of circuitry illustrating a dialer embodying the present invention 0024 FIG 2 is a flowchart illustrating the logic and operational procedures of how a user would use a dialer embodying the present invention 0025 FIG 3 is a flowchart illustrating the logic and operational procedures of how a dialer embodying the present invention would work to process a telephone call 0026 FIG 4 illustrates in idealized form how a dialer embodying the present invention would be connected to a landline telephone system and FIG 5 illustrates in ideal ized form how a dialer embodying the present invention could be connected to a landline telephone system using a cordless handset 0027 Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 0028 With reference now being made to structure and method appearing in the drawings in the Figures a dialer device that receives a telephone number from a wireless mobile computing device such as a PDA and automatically dials the telephone number over a wire landline telephone system that embodies the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral 100 in FIG 1 will now be described 0029 A dialer apparatus 100 is preferably used with a telephone handset that is connected
22. esentative thereof on the landline telephone system 40 A dialer apparatus as in claim 39 wherein said DTMF generating circuitry further generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing tones on the landline telephone system 41 A dialer apparatus as in claim 37 wherein said processing circuitry further comprises pulse generating circuitry connected to the landline tele phone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing pulse signals representative thereof on the land line telephone system 42 A dialer apparatus as in claim 41 wherein said pulse generating circuitry further generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing pulse signals on the landline telephone system 43 A dialer apparatus as in claim 40 further comprising Line monitoring circuitry responsive to said end of dial ing signal to alert a user that dialing is complete and to pick up the handset 44 A dialer apparatus as in claim 37 wherein said processing circuitry only generates said off hook signal if said telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device has the format of a valid landline telephone number 45 A dialer apparatus as in claim 37 wherein said wireless circuitry further comprises an optical receiver US 2003 0017854 Al 46 A dialer apparatus as in c
23. ever the telephone dialing data is received and said processing circuitry operating in response to said wake up signal goes into a power up mode and after generating said telephone number signal corresponding to the stored tele phone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device to the landline telephone system goes into a power saving power down mode of operation until once again receiving said wake up signal
24. g device tries to initiate the Discovery process part of IrLap layer from Zo ef IRDA protocol The discovery process includes the phone The user aims the wireless mobile computing device at the receiver portion of the invention Discovery handshake timeout Y N x 2 10 The user hears dial tone and dial DTMF coming from the invention _ N Y 2IL The user picks up the phone or initiates hands free to start the conversation w Fig 2 Patent Application Publication Jan 23 2003 Sheet 3 of 5 US 2003 0017854 A1 Se e lt e to CPU sleep mode 3o00 ee 302 Receive IR Wakeup CPU s IRDA Discovery layer N Y M D 5 _ ao 30 N Device name received consist valid phone Y Bye Close IR communications link 312 CPU generates OFF HOOK signal Dial Tone timeout Y IN Ble Detect Dial Tone 318 CPU dials the received phone by generating DTMF ge 320 _ Y User hears the dial tone and dialing progress via audible device OFF HOOK Timeout Detect user s phone Off Hook user picks up the phone CPU releases Off Hook 2 2 Patent Application Publication Jan 23 2003 Sheet 4 of 5 US 2003 0017854 A1 Regular Phone Fig 4 Telephone jack Patent Application Publication Jan 23 2003 Sheet 5 of 5 US 2003 0017854 A1 603
25. he units 208 0055 Once the dialer of the present invention success fully receives the data and the call is placed on the landline telephone system the dialer circuitry alerts the user as to the completion of the call by audibly generating a dial tone and DTMF signals 210 0056 Once the user hears the completion of the dial tone and DTMF signals he is free to pick up the landline handset and wait for the dialed party to answer the call 212 0057 FIG 3 shows in detail the internal operational processes of a dialer that embodies the present invention 0058 In order to conserve power so as to allow the dialer to utilize battery power the dialer preferably begins its operation in a sleep mode that conserves power 300 0059 The PDA transmits its information using the com mon data transmission protocol such as IrDA for Infrared data transmissions This transmitted signal is received by the corresponding transceiver circuitry in the dialer 302 and a wake up signal is generated 304 to power up the processing circuitry of the dialer The PDA and dialer then continue to Jan 23 2003 process through the various protocol layers necessary to achieve a successful data transmission in accord with the chosen protocol structure 306 0060 The processing circuitry of the dialer then validates the received data 308 to determine if it is a valid telephone number before proceeding further Once the data is validated as having th
26. ice 104 that is representative of a telephone number selected by a user to be dialed over the landline telephone system 102 0033 One of the most common current communications methods is the use of optical transceivers using infrared frequencies to communication between PDAs and the out side world under the IrDA data transfer protocol Accord ingly it is preferred that transceiver circuitry 106 would be an IR transceiver circuit that uses such light sensitive elements such as a pair of light sensitive and light emitting diodes Other circuitry would include transceivers operating at radio frequency or any other data transceiver that is compatible to that utilized by the PDA for its data transmis sion with outside peripherals 0034 Another alternative embodiment of the present invention would be to utilize wireless receiver circuitry as opposed to transceiver circuitry for additional simplicity in design and use As such the dialer would be similar to a remote control device as is used for controlling televisions and videocassette recorders In this embodiment of the invention there is no need for complicated handshake protocols between the dialer and the wireless mobile com puting device The wireless mobile computing device need only transmit the telephone dialing information blindly for any and all capable of receiving the information 0035 It is preferred that transceiver circuitry 106 also generate a wake up signal whenever the
27. ignal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing pulse signals representative thereof on the land line telephone system 55 A dialer apparatus as in claim 54 wherein said pulse generating circuitry further generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing pulse signals on the landline telephone system 56 A dialer apparatus as in claim 53 further comprising Line monitoring circuitry responsive to said end of dial ing signal to alert a user that dialing is complete and to pick up the handset 57 A dialer apparatus as in claim 50 wherein said processing circuitry only generates said off hook signal if said telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device has the format of a valid landline telephone number 58 A dialer apparatus as in claim 50 wherein said wireless circuitry further comprises an optical receiver 59 A dialer apparatus as in claim 58 wherein said optical receiver comprises an Infrared receiver 60 A dialer apparatus as in claim 50 wherein said wireless circuitry further comprises a radio frequency receiver 61 Adialer apparatus as in claim 50 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry stores said telephone dialing data received from the wireless mobile computing device for later retrieval 62 Adialer apparatus as in claim 50 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further generating a wake up signal when
28. ing tones on landline telephone system 102 0040 DTMF generating circuitry 112 can also be incor porated directly in the circuitry of processing circuitry 118 as many currently available processing chipsets include such capability for DTMF tone generation Jan 23 2003 0041 Likewise the invention also includes having pulse generating circuitry used to generate landline telephone system signals as some older landline telephone systems still rely on the pulse signal method of transmitting tele phone dialing information and not the newer DTMF tone method Both methods of transmitting telephone dialing data are included in the invention 0042 It is also preferred that dialer 110 include an alarm or line monitor circuit 114 that is responsive to the end of dialing signal generated by DTMF circuitry 112 to alert a user that dialing of the telephone number is complete and that they can now pick up the handset This notification function can be performed by a visual or an audio means such as a buzzer that sounds upon dialing completion or a speaker that allows the user to hear the various dial tones and ringing signals on the landline telephone system so that he knows when to pick up the headset 0043 User or local off hook detection circuitry 116 is connected to landline telephone system 102 for generating a handset off hook signal whenever a user lifts the local handset This is useful among other things for power conservation
29. ising alarm circuitry responsive to said end of dialing signal to alert a user that dialing is complete and to pick up the handset 8 A dialer apparatus as in claim 6 further comprising User off hook detection circuitry connected to the land line telephone system for generating a handset off hook signal whenever a user lifts the handset wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further gener ates a wake up signal whenever the telephone dialing information is received and said processing circuitry further operates under said control program that in response to said wake up signal goes into a power up mode of operating and upon receiving said handset off hook signal goes into a power saving power down mode of operating until receiving said wake up signal 9 Adialer apparatus as in claim 6 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further comprises an optical transceiver 10 A dialer apparatus as in claim 9 wherein said optical transceiver comprises an Infrared transceiver 11 A dialer apparatus as in claim 6 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further comprises a radio frequency transceiver 12 A method of dialing a telephone number stored in a wireless mobile computing device having telephone num bers stored as data therein and capable of communicating data with outside devices using a wireless medium over a wire landline telephone system using a telephone handset connected to the wire landline telephone
30. laim 45 wherein said optical receiver comprises an Infrared receiver 47 A dialer apparatus as in claim 37 wherein said wireless circuitry further comprises a radio frequency receiver 48 A dialer apparatus as in claim 37 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry stores said telephone dialing data received from the wireless mobile computing device for later retrieval 49 A dialer apparatus as in claim 37 wherein said wireless transceiver circuitry further generating a wake up signal whenever the telephone dialing data is received and said processing circuitry operating in response to said wake up signal goes into a power up mode and after generating said telephone number signal corresponding to the stored tele phone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device to the landline telephone system goes into a power saving power down mode of operation until once again receiving said wake up signal 50 A dialer apparatus for use with a telephone handset connected to a wire landline telephone system and a wire less mobile computing device having telephone numbers stored as data therein and capable of communicating data with outside devices using a wireless medium said dialer apparatus useful for receiving data representative of a tele phone number from the wireless mobile computing device and dialing the telephone number over the wire landline telephone system said dialer apparatus comprising Wireless circuitry fo
31. m a PDA or mobile computing device 406 via a wireless data commu nication connection such as an Infrared transceiver combi nation located in both dialer 400 and PDA 406 0066 For ease of connection to the landline telephone system 402 dialer 400 may utilize a pair of RJ 11 or similar telephone jacks commonly found in landline telephone system to connect to both handset 404 and landline tele phone system 402 With this arrangement a user can merely disconnect a handset from the telephone wall socket con nector and connect the handset directly to the dialer Simi larly a telephone wire can be connected between the now empty telephone wall socket and the dialer s remaining telephone jack port to provide a connection allowing the dialing circuitry to operate to dial the desired number and allow the user to merely pick up the handset once the number has been dialed 0067 Finally FIG 5 illustrates that dialer circuitry described above as embodying the present invention can be incorporated into a cordless handset either in the handset portion itself or in the base portion of the handset not illustrated 0068 Specifically with reference to FIG 5 dialer cir cuitry is shown incorporated into the handset portion 500 of a cordless telephone having a base member 502 Dialer circuitry receives dialing information from a PDA or mobile computing device 504 via a wireless data communication US 2003 0017854 Al connection such as an
32. nsider PDAs essential because of their tremendous versatility PDAs in helping to organize their information and keep track of their busy schedules while on the go 0006 Nevertheless while these palm sized personal digi tal assistants have more computing and processing power than most computing systems of as recent as 5 years ago they are still limited in their applicability and usefulness if they remain isolated and cannot communicate and interact with the outside world 0007 Most recently these palm sized computing devices have been connected with the outside world using wireless technology that enables them with access to not only an entire host of peripherals but to such systems as the Internet or World Wide Web and landline telephony However this wireless connection is still in its infancy and many of the data resources held in the PDAs remain unavailable for use without the user s manual intervention 0008 One such problem area is that while PDAs are touted as being useful for holding contact information and for busy business executives on the road such as telephone contact numbers there is no easy way to retrieve such information directly and use it to automatically dial a landline telephone without having the user retrieve the desired telephone number from the PDA and then manually dial it on the landline telephone system This becomes not merely an annoyance but an extremely difficult proposition fraught with error due
33. ntion to provide a landline telephone dialing device that interfaces in a wireless manner with a mobile computing device for automatically receiving and dialing a telephone number selected from those stored in the mobile computing device whose design method and structure are simplified for the users while security and accuracy of dialing is increased 0020 Lastly it is an object of the present invention to provide a landline telephone dialing device that interfaces in a wireless manner with a mobile computing device for automatically receiving and dialing a telephone number selected from those stored in the mobile computing device that is transparent and easy to use for users 0021 These together with other objects of the invention along with the various features of novelty which character ize the invention are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure For a better understanding of the invention its operating advan tages and the specific objects attained by its uses reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is an illustrated preferred embodi ments of the invention Jan 23 2003 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 0022 The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof Such description makes refer
34. of the landline telephone system Once the off hook signal is detected the dialer device continues as above to generate the dialing signals on the landline telephone system and complete the call for the user 0049 Operation of the dialer 100 in connection with the PDA 104 is illustrated in FIGS 2 and 3 in flowchart format 0050 With reference being made to FIG 2 a user first selects 200 a contact stored in his mobile computing device 0051 While user display interfaces differ among the various types of mobile computing devices currently avail able most will display the stored contact information and allow a user to select and click 202 on the desired telephone number from a displayed telephone listing home work pager facsimile etc for each contact 0052 The mobile computing device will then utilize its data transfer protocol and transceiver circuitry to transmit the selected telephone number 204 0053 Since mobile computing devices use a wireless transfer method such as an IR transceiver the user then need only aim or direct the mobile computing device in the general direction of the transceiver circuitry of the dialer device embodying the present invention to start the data transfer process from the mobile computing device to the dialer 206 0054 Both the mobile computing device and dialer then engage in the data protocol conventions necessary to trans fer receive and confirm receipt of the data between t
35. off hook detection circuitry connected to the land line telephone system for generating a handset off hook signal whenever a user lifts the handset and Processing circuitry operating under a control program that in response to said wake up signal goes into a power up mode and determines if said telephone dial ing data received from said wireless mobile computing device has the format of a valid telephone number and if so generates an off hook command signal upon receiving said dial tone detected signal generates a telephone number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device and upon receiving said handset off hook signal goes into a power saving power down mode of operation until receiving said wake up signal 6 A dialer apparatus for use with a telephone handset connected to a wire landline telephone system and a wire less mobile computing device having telephone numbers stored as data therein and capable of communicating data with outside devices using a wireless medium said dialer apparatus useful for receiving data representative of a tele phone number from the wireless mobile computing device and dialing the telephone number over the wire landline telephone system said dialer apparatus comprising Wireless transceiver circuitry capable of communicating data with the wireless mobile computing device for receiving and storing telephone dialing data fr
36. om the wireless mobile computing device representative of a telephone number to be dialed over the landline tele phone system Off hook circuitry connected to the landline telephone system responsive to an off hook command signal for generating an off hook signal to the landline telephone system Dial tone detection circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for generating a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system Jan 23 2003 DTMF generating circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing tones representative thereof on the landline telephone system and Processing circuitry operating under a control program that determines if said telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device has the format of a valid telephone number and if so generates an off hook command signal upon receiving said dial tone detected signal generates a telephone number signal for said DTMF generating circuitry correspond ing to the stored telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device 7 A dialer apparatus as in claim 6 wherein said DTMF generating circuitry further generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing tones on said landline telephone system and further compr
37. phone system said dialer apparatus comprising Wireless transceiver circuitry capable of communicating data with the wireless mobile computing device for receiving and storing telephone dialing data from the wireless mobile computing device representative of a Jan 23 2003 telephone number to be dialed over the landline tele phone system and for generating a wake up signal whenever the telephone dialing data is received Off hook circuitry connected to the landline telephone system responsive to an off hook command signal for generating an off hook signal to the landline telephone system Dial tone detection circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for generating a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system DTMF generating circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing tones representative thereof on the landline telephone system said DTMF generating cir cuitry also generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing tones on said landline telephone system Line monitor circuitry responsive to said end of dialing signal to alert a user that dialing is complete and to pick up the handset User off hook detection circuitry connected to the land line telephone system for generating a handset off hook
38. puting device and dialing the telephone number over the wire landline telephone system said dialer apparatus comprising Infra Red transceiver circuitry capable of communicating data with the infra red transceiver of the wireless mobile computing device for receiving and storing telephone dialing data from the wireless mobile com puting device representative of a telephone number to US 2003 0017854 Al be dialed over the landline telephone system and for generating a wake up signal whenever the telephone dialing data is received Off hook circuitry connected to the landline telephone system responsive to an off hook command signal for generating an off hook signal to the landline telephone system Dial tone detection circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for generating a dial tone detected signal whenever a dial tone is detected on the landline telephone system DTMF generating circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing tones representative thereof on the landline telephone system said DTMF generating cir cuitry also generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing tones on said landline telephone system Line monitor circuitry responsive to said end of dialing signal to alert a user that dialing is complete and to pick up the handset User
39. r receiving telephone dialing data from the wireless mobile computing device represen tative of a telephone number to be dialed over the landline telephone system and Processing circuitry connected to the landline telephone system that upon receiving telephone dialing data from said wireless circuitry generates a telephone number signal corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device to the landline telephone system 51 A dialer apparatus as in claim 50 wherein said processing circuitry further comprises means for audibly signaling a user that the telephone dialing data from said wireless circuitry has been received 52 A dialer apparatus as in claim 50 wherein said processing circuitry further comprises DTMF generating circuitry connected to the landline telephone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline telephone number dialing tones representative thereof on the landline telephone system Jan 23 2003 53 A dialer apparatus as in claim 52 wherein said DTMF generating circuitry further generating an end of dialing signal upon completion of sending said landline telephone number dialing tones on the landline telephone system 54 A dialer apparatus as in claim 50 wherein said processing circuitry further comprises pulse generating circuitry connected to the landline tele phone system for receiving a telephone number s
40. rating circuitry is connected to the landline telephone system for receiving a telephone number signal and generating and sending landline tele phone number dialing tones representative thereof on the landline telephone system Processing circuitry operating under a control program that determines if said telephone dialing data received from said wireless mobile computing device has the format of a valid telephone number and if so generates an off hook command signal upon receiving said dial tone detected signal generates a telephone number signal for the DTMF generating circuitry corresponding to the stored telephone dialing data received from the wireless mobile computing device OH Detect Abort Telephone Set Micro Processing wrt Circuit 4 118 HIH Electrical Diagram Fig 1 100 US 2003 0017854 A1 IH Jan 23 2003 Sheet 1 of 5 Patent Application Publication OOL 1 Big Wesbeig eoa Bit 90 EN vol INDND 1 ul yOeYD peg Buiss ooiq v g a T Joso cobb Jeppe AWLG 2020 yoqy sani yesey uoud l l peed aul 121a JANG CS Ionuoo HO 80L ZOL Patent Application Publication Jan 23 2003 Sheet 2 of 5 US 2003 0017854 A1 Select a Contact to call J t Select and click on the desired phone 202 from a phone list displayed Home nee Work Pager etc I The wireless mobile computin
41. rol program determines if the received telephone dialing information has the format of a valid telephone number and if so generates an off hook command signal once it receives the dial tone detected signal The processing circuitry also generates a telephone number signal for the DTMF generating circuitry that cor responds to the stored telephone dialing data received from the wireless mobile computing device 0013 There has thus been defined rather broadly the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated There are of course addi US 2003 0017854 Al tional features of the invention that will be described here inafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto 0014 In this respect before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components or steps set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways Also it is to be understood that the phrase ology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting 0015 As
42. to a wire landline telephone system 102 and a wireless mobile computing device 104 that has telephone numbers stored as data therein and that is capable of communicating such stored data with outside devices using a wireless medium 0030 Most PDAs and other mobile computing devices incorporate Infra red transceivers utilizing a known standard of data communications or data transfer such as that of the Infra Red Data Association s IrDA protocol standard While this is the most prevalent protocol standard in use today it is also envisioned that the present invention will work with any such data protocol as is methods and processes are not limited to any one such data transfer protocol 0031 Dialer apparatus 100 is generally useful for directly receiving stored data from the wireless mobile computing device or PDA using such a data transfer protocol as IrDA that is representative of a telephone number that the user has selected for dialing and automatically dialing the telephone number over the wire landline telephone system 0032 Dialer 100 preferably includes wireless transceiver circuitry 106 that is capable of communicating data using the known protocol system with the wireless mobile com puting device 104 Transceiver circuitry 106 utilizes the known data transfer protocol to establish a data transfer link with device 104 and then receive and store telephone dialing US 2003 0017854 Al data from the wireless mobile computing dev
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