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US 6,208,733 B1Granted
Programmable hands free telephone system
AssigneeQUALCOM Incorporated
InventorWay-Shing Lee
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AssigneeQUALCOM Incorporated
InventorWay-Shing Lee
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A hands free telephone system includes a telephone having audio circuits for processing an audio signal and a telephone audio connector for transmitting the audio signal between the audio circuits and the telephone audio connector. A telephone holder has a holder program for instructing the telephone holder to perform telephone functions in accordance with the stored program. The telephone holder has a holder audio connector for mechanically mating with the telephone audio connector and transmitting the audio signal between the telephone audio connector and the programmable holder. A programming device includes circuitry for storing and transmitting the holder program and the programming device has a programming connector for mechanically mating with the holder audio connector and transmitting the holder program between the programming device and the telephone holder by way of the mated programming connector and the holder audio connector, whereby the holder audio connector is adapted to transmit both the audio signal and the holder stored program. The telephone audio connector can be disposed upon the telephone holder.
A hands free telephone system, comprising:
In a hands free telephone system including a telephone having audio circuits, a telephone audio connector, a telephone holder having a holder program for instructing said telephone holder as well as a holder audio connector, and a programming device having a programming connector, a method of managing the transmission of programming information between said programming device and the telephone holder and the transmission of audio signals between the telephone and the telephone holder, comprising steps of:
In a hands free telephone system having a telephone, a telephone holder for performing telephone operations in accordance with a program in a holder memory within said telephone holder, and a programming device for transmitting said program to said telephone holder, a method of programming said telephone holder, comprising said steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.