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US 7,400,917 B2Granted
Protective devices for a mobile terminal
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsJoseph Wood, Valtteri Eroma, Jamie Yung, Dicky Wong
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Abstract
This invention describes a protective device and associated method for protecting (including the protection from water and dust) a mobile terminal whether or not the terminal is in use, and for providing a hands-free operation of the mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminal can be a mobile phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a pager, a MP3 player, or any similar portable communication device or a mobile electronic device.
Claims6
A protective device for use with a mobile phone, comprising:
- a housing for a mobile phone within which the mobile phone is insertable and protected against water splash and dust when said housing is in a closed position;
- and a microphone and a speaker built-in to said housing to enable hands-free operation of the mobile phone when inserted in said housing, wherein the protective device is configured to switch said mobile phone inserted into said protective device between a hands-free operation utilizing said speaker of the protective device and a privacy mode with a reduced auto gain of the speaker.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.