EP0577296A1
Expired / Lapsed
EP
⏱️ 0.0 years remaining
Cordless headset telephone for use with a business telephone
Assignee: AT&T Inc
•
Filing: 1993-06-17
•
Granted: —
•
Expires: 2013-06-17
Abstract
Abstract a wireless headset telephone whose base station interconnects to a standard electronic telephone station set via the speaker phone port of the standard electronic station set. The user of the wireless headset telephone is able to answer incoming telephone calls having been alerted by an audible signal and can originate calls by utilizing the dialing pad associated with the headset. The wireless headset telephone comprises a headset with a microphone and a mobile unit with an associated key pad. The mobile unit is designed so that it may be worn by the user of the headset in a manner similar to the well known Walkman radio sets. The mobile unit includes all of the communication circuits required to maintain a radio frequency link with a base station which is connected to the electronic telephone set.
Inventors
- 👤 Gary Len Griffith
- 👤 Norman Wesley Petty
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 08:57
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/72; H04M1/725; H04M1/72502; H04M1/02; H04M1/04; H04M1/05; H04M1/60; H04M1/6033; H04M1/6041; H04M1/6058; H04M1/6066
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
133 words
Apparatus for providing wireless telecommunication service via a telephone station set (101) connected to a telephone switching system (113), comprising: said telephone station set having an auxiliary port (112) for allowing the interconnection of a device which can then control operations of said telephone station set including the establishment of an audio path to said device; a base station (102) as said device for interconnecting to said auxiliary port; a wireless telephone headset (200) for communicating control and audio call information with said base station via a wireless communication link; said base station responsive to said control and audio call information for communicating said information with said telephone station set via said auxiliary port to allow a user of said wireless telephone headset to receive and place calls through said telephone station set.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
148 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said wireless telephone headset comprises a headset (106) having earphones and microphone for communicating said audio information; a mobile unit (108) for interconnecting to said headset and for establishing said wireless communication link with said base station; said mobile unit comprises a plurality of switches (107) for generating a portion of said control information to place a call through said telephone station set and said portion of said control information being transmitted to said base station via said wireless communication link; and said base station further responsive to said generated portion of said control information for controlling the operation of said telephone station set to place said call through said telephone station set to said telephone switching system and for establishing said audio path between said mobile unit and said telephone station set through said base station and said wireless communication link.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said telephone station set responsive to an incoming call from said telephone switching system for transmitting an alerting signal to said base station; said base station further responsive to said alerting signal from said telephone station set for transmitting an alerting signal of said control information to said mobile unit via said wireless communication link; and said mobile unit responsive to said alerting signal of said control information for alerting said user via said headset.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
113 words
The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the user of said wireless telephone headset accepts said incoming call by actuation of one of said plurality of said switches; said mobile unit further responsive to said actuation of one of said plurality of said switches for transmitting a state signal of said control information to said base station whereby said state signal indicates acceptance of said incoming call by the user of said wireless telephone headset; and said base station further responsive to said state signal of said control information to transmit a call accept message to said telephone station set whereby said telephone station set accepts the incoming call from said telephone switching system.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
223 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said wireless telephone headset comprises a headset (106) having earphones and microphone for communicating said audio information and built-in circuitry for establishing said wireless communication link with said base station; said headset further comprises a switch (402) for indicating the state of said wireless telephone headset; said telephone station set responsive to an incoming call from said telephone switching system for transmitting an alerting signal to said base station; said base station responsive to said alerting signal from said telephone station set for transmitting an alerting signal of said control information to said built-in circuitry via said wireless communication link; and said built-in circuitry responsive to said alerting signal of said control information for alerting said user via said headset; and said user of said wireless telephone headset accepts said incoming call by actuation of said switch; said built-circuitry further responsive to said actuation of said switch for transmitting a state signal of said control information to said base station whereby said state signal indicates acceptances of said incoming call by said user of said wireless telephone headset; and said base station further responsive to said state signal of said control information to transmit a call accept message to said telephone station set whereby said telephone station set accepts the incoming call from said telephone switching system.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a conventional wireless handset is used in place of said wireless telephone headset.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
Maintenance schedule is calculated for granted US utility patents.