Communication link termination indication signal method and apparatus
OwnerBrockett Muir, IIIinventor
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Abstract
Upon detecting at a two-way communication device that a communication link has been terminated, the two-way communication device can provide a unique corresponding signal (such as a unique audible signal) to indicate such termination. Pursuant to one approach, a plurality of such unique signals are available and a specific one of the available signals is selected for use in a given circumstance using a selection criteria of choice.
Claims21
A cellular telephone, comprising:
- signal processing structure configured to communicate telephone signals and data signals over one or more wireless communications links;
- memory structure configured to store (i) a first audio signal corresponding to an incoming telephone call, and (ii) a second audio signal corresponding to a telephone call termination, wherein the first audio signal is different from the second audio signal, said second audio signal not exceeding three seconds in duration, said second audio signal being factory preset;
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- an audio signal output device;
- wherein said signal processing structure configured to (i) cause the first audio signal to be supplied to the audio signal output device upon detection of an incoming call, and (ii) cause the second audio signal to be supplied to the audio signal output device upon detection of a termination of an active communication link.
(Allowed in related Ser. No. 11/437,754) A method of facilitating an audible notice as to when a wireless communication link is connected, comprising:
- storing at a two-way wireless communication device at least one audible signal to be used in the future to identify connection of the wireless communication link but which is not to be used to identify other events, conditions, and states;
- detecting at the two-way wireless communication device that a given wireless communication link as initiated by the two-way wireless communication device has been connected;
- in response to detecting connection of the given wireless communication link, rendering the at least one audible signal audible to provide a unique audible signal to a user of the two-way wireless communication device that the given wireless communication link has been connected.
A method of signaling termination of a wireless communication link of a cellular telephone, the communication link communicating telephone signals and data signals, comprising:
- storing in at least one memory memory a first audio signal corresponding to an incoming telephone call;
- storing in said at least one memory a second audio signal corresponding to a telephone call termination, wherein the first audio signal is different from the second audio signal, said second audio signal not exceeding three seconds in duration, said second audio signal being factory preset;
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- using a signal processing structure to (i) cause the first audio signal to be supplied to an audio signal output device upon detection of an incoming call, and (ii) cause the second audio signal to be supplied to the audio signal output device upon detection of a termination of an active communication link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.