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US 8,253,560 B2Granted
Adjunct device and a handheld wireless communication device with location features
AssigneeTHL Holding Company, LLC
InventorsJohn W. Howard, Richard Cutler, Robert M. Kennard
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Abstract
An adjunct device includes a first housing for coupling to a handheld wireless communication device via a communication port of the handheld wireless communication device. A short-range wireless receiver receives a first RF paging signal from a remote wireless device. A user interface emits a first detectable alert signal in response to the first RF paging signal to assist the user in locating the handheld wireless communication device.
Claims16
An adjunct device for locating at least one object including a handheld wireless communication device, the adjunct device comprising:
- a housing for coupling to the handheld wireless communication device via a communication port of the handheld wireless communication device, the housing forming a case that encloses at least a portion of the handheld wireless communication device so that the case can be carried mobilely;
- a communication port, coupled to the housing, for communication with an external device;
- a device interface that couples communications between the communication port of the adjunct device and the communication port of the handheld wireless communication device;
- a short-range wireless receiver, coupled to the housing, receives a first RF paging signal from at least one remote wireless device;
- a user interface, coupled to the housing and the short-range wireless receiver, that emits a first detectable alert signal in response to the first RF paging signal to assist a user in locating the handheld wireless communication device;
- a short-range wireless transmitter, coupled to the user interface, that transmits a second RF paging signal to the at least one remote wireless device in response to a first location request signal;
- wherein adjunct device receives the first location request signal from a location application loaded in and executed by the handheld wireless communication device, via the communication port of the handheld wireless communication device.
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