System and method for providing an adapter module
AssigneeCingular Wireless II, LLC
InventorsDavid William James Holmes, Edward D. Schmitt, Ibrahim Mohamed, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
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AssigneeCingular Wireless II, LLC
InventorsDavid William James Holmes, Edward D. Schmitt, Ibrahim Mohamed, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
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Disclosed embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile device or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is physically configured so that it can be inserted directly into the cradle in place of the phone. Once inserted into the cradle, the adapter module makes electrical contact with the connector in the cradle with a matching connector on one side of the adapter module. The mated connectors provide power to the adapter module and bi-directional communications between the adapter module and the hands-free car kit. The adapter module includes circuitry for communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit in order to exchange communications signals between the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit.
A system for use with a Bluetooth-enabled wireless device and a hands-free car kit having a cradle, the cradle having a cradle connector, comprising:
A system for use with a hands-free car kit having a cradle for receiving a wireless device and a Bluetooth-enabled wireless device, comprising:
An adapter module for use with a hands-free car kit and a wireless device wherein the wireless device has a primary wireless communications capability for communicating with other wireless devices and secondary wireless communications capability, the adapter module comprising:
A system for adapting a hands-free car kit having a cradle, comprising:
A system for adapting a hands-free car kit for communications with a Bluetooth-enabled wireless device, comprising:
A method of adapting a hands-free car kit for communications with a Bluetooth-enabled wireless device, comprising:
A computer-readable medium whose contents cause control logic in an adapter module to perform a method to adapt a hands-free car kit for communications with a Bluetooth-enabled wireless device, the method comprising:
A system for use with a Bluetooth-enabled wireless device, comprising:
A method for manufacturing an adapter module, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.