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EP0695071A2
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Selective reconfiguration method and apparatus in a multiple application personal communications device
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1995-07-25
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2015-07-25
Abstract
Abstract An option attach connector has a first indicator bit combination that alerts the device that a public switched telephone network connection has been made to it. The presence of the first indicator bit combination is a signal to the device that telephone, FAX, and E-MAIL communications applications are to be conducted over a PSTN link. The presence of the first indicator bit combination invokes a stored computer program to provide appropriate connections between the PSTN link and the telephone, FAX, and modem hardware in the device. The connections are made by an audio multiplexer that receives control signals from the system CPU, while executing the stored computer program. The program determines the communications application selected by the user and selectively configures the PSTN link to be connected to the either the ear piece and microphone for voice communications, or to the FAX/modem for FAX communications, or to the modem alone for E-MAIL communications. The absence of the option attach connector invokes a default indicator bit combination that alerts the device that a cellular telephone network connection is desired by the user. The presence of the default indicator bit combination is a signal to the device that telephone, FAX, and E-mail communications applications are to be conducted over a cellular network.
Inventors
- 👤 Byron Kevin Tiller
- 👤 David Joseph Allard
- 👤 Connie Yudip Au
- 👤 Francis James Canova, Jr.
- 👤 Daniel Ming-Te Hsieh
- 👤 Julie Francis Goodwin
- 👤 Debra Ann Gawne Johnson
- 👤 Charles Sterling Lanier
- 👤 Jean Luter Stout
- 👤 William Villafana
- 👤 Raymond Lee Yee
- 👤 Russell Stephen Padgett
- 👤 Robert Bedford Ferrier
- 👤 Anthony Ferguson Corkell
- 👤 Thomas Tomomi Murakami
- 👤 Bradley James Debauche
- 👤 Wayne Phillip Whitley
- 👤 Brent Allen Beatty
- 👤 Roger Lawrence Cox
- 👤 James Christian Wulf
- 👤 Jose Louis Rivero
- 👤 James Robert Lewis
- 👤 Neal Allen Osborn
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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2026-11-07 01:00
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/72409; G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; G06F1/1613; G06F1/1633; G06F1/1656; H04M1/24; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04W88/06
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
216 words
A system for providing selective reconfiguration in a multiple application personal communications device that includes a data storage and a data processor, comprising: a multiplexer means coupled to the data processor, for selectively interconnecting signal lines connected thereto, in response to control signals from the data processor; an audio transducer means coupled to said multiplexer means; a program means stored in the data storage, having a first portion for managing communications using a public switched telephone network, and having a second portion for managing communications using a mobile radio telephone network; a decoding means coupled to the data processor and to the data storage, for selectively causing either said first portion or said second portion of said program means to be executed by the data processor; a first option attach connector having a terminal coupled to said public switched telephone network and coupled to said multiplexer means, for selective connection to said decoding means; a first connector identification means included with said first option attach connector, for identifying said first option attach connector to said decoding means, and in response thereto, said decoding means causing the execution of said first portion of said program means and causing said data processor to signal said multiplexer to couple said public switched telephone network to said audio transducer means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
100 words
A system according to claim 1, which further comprises: an input means coupled to the data processor, for receiving a facsimile application selection; a facsimile/modem means coupled to said multiplexer means; said first connector identification means included with said first option attach connector, being adapted to identify said first option attach connector to said decoding means when said first connector is connected to said decoding means, and in response to said identification and to said facsimile application selection, said decoding means causing said data processor to signal said multiplexer to couple said public switched telephone network to said facsimile/modem means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
A system according to claim 2, including a mobile radio telephone means coupled to said multiplexer means; said decoding means being responsive to not identifying said first option attach connector, to cause said data processor to signal said multiplexer to couple said mobile radio telephone means to said facsimile/modem means when a facsimile application selection has been made.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
104 words
A system according to any one of the preceding claims, which further comprises: an input means coupled to the data processor, for receiving an E-MAIL application selection; a modem means coupled to said multiplexer means; said first connector identification means included with said first option attach connector being adapted to identify said first option attach connector to said decoding means when said first connector is connected to said decoding means, and in response to said identification and to said E-Mail application selection, said decoding means causing said data processor to signal said multiplexer to couple said public switched telephone network to said modem means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
58 words
A system according to claim 4, including a mobile radio telephone means coupled to said multiplexer means; said decoding means being responsive to not identifying said first option attach connector, to cause said data processor to signal said multiplexer to couple said mobile radio telephone means to said modem means when an E-MAIL application selection has been made.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
76 words
A system according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein said audio transducer is a voice transducer means coupled to said multiplexer means; the system further comprising a mobile radio telephone means coupled to said multiplexer means; and wherein, in response to said decoding means not identifying said first option attach connector, said decoding means causes said data processor to signal said multiplexer to couple said mobile radio telephone means to said voice transducer means.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
113 words
A method for providing selective reconfiguration in a multiple application personal communications device, comprising: identifying whether a first option attach connector is connected to a receptacle of the device; in response to a positive identification, causing an execution of a first portion of a program means stored in the device, and coupling a public switched telephone network to a voice transducer means with said first portion of said program means; in response to identifying an absence of the first option attach connector, causing a second portion of the program means to be executed, and coupling a mobile radio telephone means to a voice transducer means with said second portion of said program means.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
111 words
A method for providing selective reconfiguration in a multiple application personal communications device, comprising: identifying whether a first option attach connector is connected to a receptacle of the device; in response to a positive identification, causing an execution of a first portion of a program means stored in the device, and coupling a public switched telephone network to a FAX means with said first portion of said program means; in response to identifying an absence of the first option attach connector, causing a second portion of the program means to be executed, and coupling a mobile radio telephone means to a FAX means with said second portion of said program means.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
111 words
A method for providing selective reconfiguration in a multiple application personal communications device, comprising: identifying whether a first option attach connector is connected to a receptacle of the device; in response to a positive identification causing an execution of a first portion of a program means stored in the device, and coupling a public switched telephone network to an E-MAIL means with said first portion of said program means; in response to identifying an absence of the first option attach connector, causing a second portion of the program means to be executed, and coupling a mobile radio telephone means to an E-MAIL means with said second portion of said program means.
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