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Wrist-watch wireless telephone

Assignee: Uniloc 2017 LLC
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Filing: 1996-10-31
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Granted: 1999-09-28
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Expires: 2016-10-31
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Abstract

Abstract Known is a wrist-watch telephone with an LCD display, and further a portable wireless data collection terminal. Such devices do not take into account all human factors that are to be considered for getting a true multimedia miniature and portable wireless two-way telephone. A wrist-watch wireless telephone is proposed having an interactive display screen as a graphical interface, preferably pen-activated. For still more multimedia like operation, screen functions of the wrist-watch wireless telephone are controlled by further actuators such as a watch button.

Inventors

  • 👤 Arne L. Duwaer

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 21:22
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/02; G; G04; G04G; G04G21/00; G04G21/04; G04B; G04B47/00; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/38; H04B1/3827; H04B1/385; H04B7/00; H04B7/24; H04B7/26; H04M1/26; H04M1/27; H04M1/271; H04M1/274; H04M1/2745; H04M1/27467; H04M1/27475; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/7243; H04M1/56; H04M1/57

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim 109 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone comprising: two-way wireless telephone circuitry, a microphone, a loudspeaker, a microcontroller, and an interactive display screen, the microphone, the loudspeaker, and the microcontroller being coupled to the two-way wireless telephone circuitry, the interactive display screen being coupled to the microcontroller and at least in part forming a graphical user-interface, and the microcontroller being arranged to cooperate with the two-way telephone circuitry so as to allow an interactive message coming from a far-end user to be displayed on the interactive display screen, and to generate a response to the far-end user upon activation of a sensitive area of the interactive display screen by a near-end user.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 109 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone comprising: two-way wireless telephone circuitry, a microphone, a loudspeaker, a microcontroller, and an interactive display screen, the microphone, the loudspeaker, and the microcontroller being coupled to the two-way wireless telephone circuitry, the interactive display screen being coupled to the microcontroller and at least in part forming a graphical user-interface, and the microcontroller being arranged to cooperate with the two-way telephone circuitry so as to allow an interactive message coming from a far-end user to be displayed on the interactive display screen, and to generate a response to the far-end user upon activation of a sensitive area of the interactive display screen by a near-end user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 28 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone according to claim 1, wherein the interactive display screen is of a matrix type so as to allow pen sensitive activation of screen coordinates.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone according to claim 1, wherein the interactive display screen is of a type so as to allow finger sensitive activation of screen coordinates.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 47 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone according to claim 1, wherein the loudspeaker is a wireless loudspeaker for attachment to or in an ear of a user of the telephone, the wireless loudspeaker and the wrist-watch wireless telephone comprising a respective transmitter and receiver for exchanging modulated audio signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 23 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone according to claim 4 comprising a loudspeaker-antenna built-in in the antenna strap for wireless communication with the wireless loudspeaker.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 29 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone according to claim 1 comprising voice recognition circuitry for recognising voice commands inputted via the microphone, the voice recognition circuitry being coupled to the microcontroller.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 24 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone according to claim 1, wherein the microcontroller is arranged for recognizing handwritten information or commands on the interactive display screen.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 20 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone according to claim 1 comprising a watch-strap and a telephone-antenna which is built-in in the watch-strap.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 28 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interactive message is a far-end user's caller identification and the response is connecting to the far-end user.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 75 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone as claimed in claim 1, which is operated by the near-end user and which is arranged to cooperate with another wrist-watch telephone with another interactive display screen operated by the far-end user, the interactive display screen of the wrist-watch telephone forming a shared work-space with the other interactive display screen such that the interactive message and the response operate on both the interactive display screen and the other interactive display screen.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 36 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interactive message is a message from the far-end user comprising a telephone number to be dialed, and the response is connecting to the telephone number.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 111 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone comprising: two-way wireless telephone circuitry, a microphone, a loudspeaker, a microcontroller, an interactive display screen with a sensitive area which generate an electrical signal upon activation thereof, a watch button for controlling at least one watch function, and a rotational-to-electrical-converter for converting a rotation of the watch button to an electrical control signal, the microphone, the loudspeaker, and the microcontroller being coupled to the two-way wireless telephone circuitry, the rotational-to-electrical-converter being coupled to the microcontroller, the interactive display screen being coupled to the microcontroller and at least in part forming a graphical user-interface, and the electrical control signal and the electrical signal cooperatively controlling a telephone function.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 111 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone comprising: two-way wireless telephone circuitry, a microphone, a loudspeaker, a microcontroller, an interactive display screen with a sensitive area which generate an electrical signal upon activation thereof, a watch button for controlling at least one watch function, and a rotational-to-electrical-converter for converting a rotation of the watch button to an electrical control signal, the microphone, the loudspeaker, and the microcontroller being coupled to the two-way wireless telephone circuitry, the rotational-to-electrical-converter being coupled to the microcontroller, the interactive display screen being coupled to the microcontroller and at least in part forming a graphical user-interface, and the electrical control signal and the electrical signal cooperatively controlling a telephone function.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 66 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone as claimed in claim 12, wherein the telephone function is name dialing of a far-end user by the near end-user, the electrical control signal controls scrolling of a name list of far-end users, which name list is generated by the microcontroller on the interactive display screen, and the electrical signal causes dialing of a far-end user indicated by the electrical control signal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 68 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone as claimed in claim 12, wherein the telephone function is sending a standard message from the near-end user to the far-end user, the electrical control signal controls scrolling of a list of standard messages which is generated by the microcontroller on the interactive display screen, and indicates a standard message to be sent, and the electrical signal causes sending of the indicated standard message.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 29 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone as claimed in claim 12, wherein the interactive display screen is of a matrix type so as to allow pen sensitive activation of screen coordinates.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 28 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone as claimed in claim 17, wherein the interactive display screen is of a type so as to allow finger sensitive activation of screen coordinates.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 48 words
A wrist-watch wireless telephone as claimed in claim 12, wherein the loudspeaker is a wireless loudspeaker for attachment to or in an ear of a user of the telephone, the wireless loudspeaker and the wrist-watch wireless telephone comprising a respective transmitter and receiver for exchanging modulated audio signals.

USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 2002-09-27 2003-03-29 2003-09-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 2006-09-27 2007-03-29 2007-09-28 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2010-09-27 2011-03-29 2011-09-28 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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