System and method for assigning contact information to an external device for communication purposes using a mobile device

A mobile terminal enabling communication with an external device, comprising:

• a) a cellular network transceiver capable of communication within a cellular communications network;
• b) a short-range transceiver capable of communicating with external devices in a short-range network wherein the external devices provide audio, video and/or visual display outputs;
• c) a storage device;
• d) a processor, and
• e) software means operative on the processor for:
• 1) maintaining in the storage device a database identifying a contact party for stored contact information and at least one external device linked to at least one contact party;
• 2) scanning communications communicated via the cellular network transceiver for detecting communications relating to said identified contact party or parties;
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• 3) transmitting information relating to the communications with the identified contact party to the at least one external device via the short range transceiver for interpretation of the information for selecting among available outputs when detecting communication relating to said identified contact party.

A system enabling a mobile terminal to assign a personal phone number to an external device for communication purposes, comprising:

• a) a mobile terminal including a network transceiver;
• a short-range transceiver;
• a processor and a database for storing information;
• b) an external device including a short-range transceiver, a processor for processing information received from the mobile device, and an output interface, wherein the external device provides audio, video and/or visual display outputs;
• c) means for storing a list of IDs identifying external devices;
• d) means for scanning the network and collecting information related to the IDs when within the range of an external device;
• e) means storing the collected information by ID and assigned phone number;
• and an external device associated with at least one ID having stored collected information for interpretation and display of the collected information as an output.

A medium, executable in a computer, for communicating between a mobile device and an external device, comprising:

• program instructions storing information of contact sources on a network in a mobile device (MD);
• program instructions creating an association between the contact sources and the Ids of external devices stored in the mobile device wherein the external devices provide audio and/or visual display outputs;
• program instructions assigning and storing in the MD a phonebook containing phone numbers or Internet addresses of the contact sources;
• program instructions scanning the network for messages from contact sources associated with Ids when within the coverage area of the MD;
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• program instructions storing the messages in a table with the associated Id;
• and
• program instructions transmitting the messages of the identified contact party to at least one external device via the short range transceiver for interpretation of the messages and selecting among available outputs.