Smartphone with integrated pager
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorJeffrey L. Box
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Abstract
A smartphone case includes an integrated pager processor and pager antenna. The pager processor interfaces with the smartphone via physical connection such as USB or a wireless connection such as Bluetooth. A battery embedded in the smartphone case powers the pager processor and may be shared with the smartphone via a physical connection. The pager processor may display messages via the smartphone or independently via a speaker embedded in the smartphone case. The smartphone may communicate with a paging source via a cellular network to confirm receipt of one or both of a pager signal or a cellular network signal so that the paging source may produce maps of where various communication methods are useable.
Claims15
A smartphone case comprising:
- a case body configured to surround a smartphone and retain the case body on a rear surface of the smartphone;
- a battery embedded in the case body;
- a pager antenna embedded in the case body;
- a pager processing element embedded in the case body, the pager processing element connected to the battery and the pager antenna, and configured to interface with a pager network via the pager antenna;
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- a smartphone interface element connected to the pager processing element and configured to provide data and electrical connectivity to the smartphone.
A system comprising:
- a paging source comprising:
- a pager transmitter;
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- a cellular network interface element;
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- a pager enabled smartphone comprising:
- a smartphone;
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- a smartphone case comprising:
- a case body surrounding the smartphone and retaining the case body on a rear surface of the smartphone;
- a battery embedded in the case body;
- a pager antenna embedded in the case body;
- a pager processing element embedded in the case body, the pager processing element connected to the battery and the pager antenna, and configured to interface with a pager network via the pager antenna;
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- a smartphone interface element connected to the pager processing element and configured to provide data and electrical connectivity to the smartphone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.