Cellular telephone accessory device for a personal computer system
AssigneeAltec Lansing Technologies, Inc.
InventorTommyca Freadman
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Abstract
A communications device for interfacing a computer to a cellular telephone which includes memory, voicemail, caller identification and a display screen includes a housing accessible to a human operator, a telephone interface attached to the housing to communicatively connect to the cellular telephone, a telephone connection to connect to a telephone line; and means for uploading the voicemail of the cellular telephone via the telephone connection and telephone interface to the memory of the cellular telephone. Attaching the cellular telephone to the telephone interface actuates the uploading of the voicemail of the cellular telephone to the memory of the cellular telephone for display in the display screen of the cellular telephone.
Claims16
A device for interfacing a computer to a cellular telephone, wherein said cellular telephone includes memory, voicemail, caller identification and a display screen, said device comprising:
- a housing accessible, said housing comprising a cellular telephone interface adapted to transfer signals to and from the cellular telephone, and a telephone connection to connect to a land-based telephone line;
- and
- means for uploading the voicemail of said cellular telephone via the telephone connection and telephone interface to the memory of the cellular telephone,
- wherein attaching said cellular telephone to said telephone interface actuates the uploading of the voicemail of said cellular telephone to the memory of the cellular telephone from the computer for display in the display screen of said cellular telephone.
A method for interfacing a cellular telephone to a computer, wherein said cellular telephone includes memory, voicemail, caller identification and a display screen, said method comprising the steps of:
- maintaining on a computer a voicemail list of incoming telephone calls, said list including a name and telephone number for each caller;
- attaching said cellular telephone to a telephone interface;
- actuating an uploading of the voicemail from the computer to the memory of the cellular telephone;
- and
- displaying in the display screen of the cellular telephone the contents of the voicemail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.