Wireless telecommunication device and uses thereof
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsDov Moran, Itzhak Pomerantz
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Abstract
A wireless telecommunication device including a foreground unit, and a background unit that is physically separated from the foreground unit and in local communication with the foreground unit. The foreground unit is provided to support incoming calls independently of the background unit. Furthermore, the foreground unit and the background unit cooperate to support outgoing calls. The scope of the invention also includes a method for doing business by offering the foreground unit for sale in a packaging having a form factor selected from the group consisting of a pen, a pen cap, a wristwatch, and a necklace.
Claims13
1-16. (canceled)
A cellular telecommunication device operative to receiving incoming calls and having the form factor of a pen, comprising:
- an elongated pen body comprising:
- a battery for supplying power to the device;
- a central processing unit (CPU);
- a subscriber identification module (SIM) in communication with said CPU;
- audio circuitry in communication with said CPU;
- a speaker coupled with said audio circuitry;
- and
- a microphone coupled with said audio circuitry;
- a pen button at the top of said pen body, comprising a control key for causing the device to accept an incoming call arriving from a remote phone;
- and
- a pen clip comprising a cellular antenna coupled with said audio circuitry, for transmitting signals to the remote phone and receiving signals from the remote phone, while the incoming call is occurring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.