Adaptive caller ID storage based on blocked status
    31.
    发明授权
    Adaptive caller ID storage based on blocked status 失效
    基于阻塞状态的自适应来电显示存储

    公开(公告)号:US06766002B1

    公开(公告)日:2004-07-20

    申请号:US09434359

    申请日:1999-11-05

    IPC分类号: H04M156

    摘要: A telephone or adjunct Caller ID device adaptively stores Caller ID data based, for example, on a blocked status of the Caller ID data. In a particular example, a telephone or Caller ID device includes a memory adapted to store Caller ID data associated with an incoming call, and a processor adapted to affect storage of the Caller ID data based on an attribute of the Caller ID data, such as a blocked status of the Caller ID data. In an alternative embodiment, a method of receiving an incoming telephone call includes the steps of receiving Caller ID data associated with the incoming telephone call, evaluating a portion of the Caller ID data, and making a storage decision based on the evaluation. The decision may be based on a blocked status of the Caller ID data. The decision may be made proximate in time to the reception of the incoming telephone call, or in response to a user input to affect Caller ID already stored. For example, the decision may be made in conjunction with other storage decisions regarding other Caller ID data in response to the same user input, such as the activation of a keypad.

    摘要翻译: 电话或附件来电显示设备基于例如呼叫者ID数据的阻塞状态自适应地存储来电显示数据。 在特定示例中,电话或来电显示设备包括适于存储与来电相关联的呼叫者ID数据的存储器,以及适于基于主叫方ID数据的属性来影响来电显示数据存储的处理器,例如 呼叫者ID数据被阻止的状态。 在替代实施例中,接收进入电话呼叫的方法包括以下步骤:接收与进入的电话呼叫相关联的呼叫者ID数据,评估呼叫者ID数据的一部分,以及基于评估进行存储决定。 该决定可以基于呼叫者ID数据的阻塞状态。 该决定可以在时间上接近接收到的电话呼叫,或响应于用户输入影响已经存储的呼叫者ID。 例如,可以响应于相同的用户输入(例如键盘的激活),结合关于其他来电显示数据的其他存储决定进行决定。

    Cordless RF range extension for wireless piconets
    32.
    发明授权
    Cordless RF range extension for wireless piconets 有权
    无线微微网的无线射频范围扩展

    公开(公告)号:US06650871B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-11-18

    申请号:US09418996

    申请日:1999-10-14

    IPC分类号: H04B715

    摘要: Cordless telephone technology provides a long range and highly sophisticated wireless extension between a plurality of wireless piconet networks. In one embodiment, base units of separate cordless telephones include respective piconet front ends (e.g., Bluetooth protocol bearing RF front ends) in addition to the otherwise conventional RF front end. The piconet-capable base units are placed and made members of separate piconet networks, but within conventional cordless telephone range of one another, e.g., within one mile of one another. To allow communications between piconet devices on the separate wireless piconet networks, the cordless telephone base units pass piconet content information (i.e., the messages passed by a piconet device on a first piconet network including a first cordless telephone base unit intended for receipt by another piconet device on a second piconet network serviced by the other cordless telephone base unit. In another embodiment, a base unit of a cordless telephone is made a member of a first wireless piconet network while its remote handset is made a member of a second wireless base unit, and piconet content information is passed from a device on one wireless piconet network to another device on the other wireless piconet network over the wireless cordless telephone (e.g., 900 MHz or 2.4 GHz range) channel established between the cordless telephone base unit and its remote handset.

    摘要翻译: 无线电话技术在多个无线微微网络之间提供长距离和高度复杂的无线扩展。 在一个实施例中,除了常规的RF前端之外,单独的无绳电话的基本单元包括各自的微微网前端(例如,支持RF前端的蓝牙协议)。 具有微微网的基本单元被放置并制成单独的微微网络的成员,但是在彼此的传统的无绳电话范围内,例如彼此在一英里内。 为了允许分离的无线微微网上的微微网设备之间的通信,无绳电话基站单元传递微微网内容信息(即,由微微网设备在第一微微网络网络上传递的消息,包括第一无线电话基站单元,用于由另一微微网接收 在另一个实施例中,无绳电话的基本单元被制成第一无线微微网络的成员,而其远程手机被制成第二无线基站单元的成员 并且微微网内容信息从一个无线微微网络上的设备通过在无绳电话基座单元和其远端之间建立的无线无绳电话(例如,900MHz或2.4GHz范围)信道在另一无线微微网络上传送到另一设备 手机

    Voice messaging system storage of emergency alert system warnings
    33.
    发明授权
    Voice messaging system storage of emergency alert system warnings 失效
    语音信息系统存储紧急警报系统警告

    公开(公告)号:US06510207B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-01-21

    申请号:US09340667

    申请日:1999-06-29

    IPC分类号: H04M164

    CPC分类号: H04M1/6505

    摘要: Apparatus and method to receive and record an Emergency Alert System warning message on a voice messaging system. A voice messaging system such as a telephone answering device includes an Emergency Alert System radio receiver and detector module to receive and record an Emergency Alert System warning message. The emergency message can be reviewed either locally or remotely. In another embodiment, an Emergency Alert System warning message is received by a telephone system, and played in the earpiece or speaker on a substantially real-time basis. In yet another embodiment, an Emergency Alert System warning message may be recorded and then forwarded to another location based on address information (e.g., telephone number, e-mail address, pager number, etc.) which would not otherwise be within the broadcast area of the original Emergency Alert System warning message.

    摘要翻译: 在语音消息系统上接收和记录紧急警报系统警告消息的装置和方法。 诸如电话应答设备的语音消息系统包括紧急警报系统无线电接收器和用于接收和记录紧急警报系统警告消息的检测器模块。 紧急信息可以在本地或远程审查。 在另一个实施例中,紧急警报系统警告消息由电话系统接收,并且基本上实时地在耳机或扬声器中播放。 在另一个实施例中,可以记录紧急警报系统警告消息,然后基于否则不在广播区域内的地址信息(例如,电话号码,电子邮件地址,寻呼机号码等)将其转发到另一个位置 的原始紧急警报系统警告信息。

    Enhanced wireless network security using GPS
    34.
    发明授权
    Enhanced wireless network security using GPS 有权
    使用GPS增强无线网络安全

    公开(公告)号:US07783257B2

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-24

    申请号:US11446166

    申请日:2006-06-05

    IPC分类号: H04B7/00

    摘要: A wireless piconet network device includes a GPS receiver to determine and provide earth coordinates to a gatekeeper of a wireless network so as to provide a level of security to wireless networks which requires accessing wireless devices to be within predefined boundary coordinates. The automatic restriction of access to a wireless network (e.g., a wireless local area network (LAN) such as a piconet network) by requiring a wireless network device to provide earth coordinates (e.g., GPS location information) as part of an establishment or maintenance of a connection to a wireless network, independent of a range of communication of any device in the wireless network. A wireless piconet network device outside of predetermined earth coordinates of a secured area (e.g., a building, a room in a building, a desk in a room in a building, etc.) may be denied access to resources on the wireless network, and/or required to provide additional authorization information so as to confirm authorized secured status of the entering wireless device.

    摘要翻译: 无线微微网络设备包括GPS接收机,用于确定无线网络的守门员并向其提供地球坐标,以便向需要接入无线设备的预定边界坐标内的无线网络提供一定程度的安全性。 通过要求无线网络设备提供地球坐标(例如,GPS位置信息)作为建立或维护的一部分,自动限制对诸如微微网的无线网络(例如,无线局域网(LAN))的接入 与无线网络的连接无关,与无线网络中的任何设备的通信范围无关。 在安全区域(例如,建筑物,建筑物中的房间,建筑物中的房间中的桌子等)的预定地球坐标之外的无线微微网络设备可能被拒绝访问无线网络上的资源,以及 /或需要提供额外的授权信息,以确认进入的无线设备的授权安全状态。

    Enhanced wireless network security using GPS
    36.
    发明申请
    Enhanced wireless network security using GPS 有权
    使用GPS增强无线网络安全

    公开(公告)号:US20070281615A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-12-06

    申请号:US11446166

    申请日:2006-06-05

    IPC分类号: H04B7/00 H04M1/66

    摘要: A wireless piconet network device includes a GPS receiver to determine and provide earth coordinates to a gatekeeper of a wireless network so as to provide a level of security to wireless networks which requires accessing wireless devices to be within predefined boundary coordinates. The automatic restriction of access to a wireless network (e.g., a wireless local area network (LAN) such as a piconet network) by requiring a wireless network device to provide earth coordinates (e.g., GPS location information) as part of an establishment or maintenance of a connection to a wireless network, independent of a range of communication of any device in the wireless network. A wireless piconet network device outside of predetermined earth coordinates of a secured area (e.g., a building, a room in a building, a desk in a room in a building, etc.) may be denied access to resources on the wireless network, and/or required to provide additional authorization information so as to confirm authorized secured status of the entering wireless device.

    摘要翻译: 无线微微网络设备包括GPS接收机,用于确定无线网络的守门员并向其提供地球坐标,以便向需要接入无线设备的预定边界坐标内的无线网络提供一定程度的安全性。 通过要求无线网络设备提供地球坐标(例如,GPS位置信息)作为建立或维护的一部分,自动限制对诸如微微网的无线网络(例如,无线局域网(LAN))的接入 与无线网络的连接无关,与无线网络中的任何设备的通信范围无关。 在安全区域(例如,建筑物,建筑物中的房间,建筑物中的房间中的桌子等)的预定地球坐标之外的无线微微网络设备可能被拒绝访问无线网络上的资源,以及 /或需要提供额外的授权信息,以确认进入的无线设备的授权安全状态。

    Extended power savings for electronic devices

    公开(公告)号:US07007177B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-02-28

    申请号:US10263726

    申请日:2002-10-04

    IPC分类号: G06F1/26 G06F1/32 H04B1/38

    CPC分类号: H04W52/0229 Y02D70/00

    摘要: Apparatus and method to minimize power usage by electronic devices. In a particular disclosed example, the battery power of a remote handset is reduced by extending the sniff period of a cordless telephone when the remote handset is remote from its base unit and the user is not likely to use the cordless telephone (e.g., when away from the house or when asleep). A low power mode module causes the electronic device, e.g., the remote handset of a cordless telephone, to remain in an extended low power STANDBY mode, or to extends the period of the periodic transition to a receive only STANDBY mode to check status registers at the base unit, at appropriate times. In one embodiment, a low power mode table contains entries defining periods of time during which the remote handset may transition between the low power STANDBY mode and the receive only STANDBY mode. The remote handset transitions to a fully powered transmit/receive (TDD) ON mode, e.g., in response to an appropriate status condition, or in response to the activation of a particular button or sequence of buttons at the remote handset. The extended STANDBY mode may alternatively be activated in response to input from an external device such as a home security system indicating that the user of the cordless telephone is not willing or able to answering any incoming telephone calls. The extended STANDBY mode may also be entered upon determination by the cordless telephone that the telephone line is already in use by another extension (thereby rendering unlikely any receipt of a ring signal condition from the base unit).

    Handset proximity muting
    38.
    发明授权
    Handset proximity muting 有权
    手机接近静音

    公开(公告)号:US06952471B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-10-04

    申请号:US09590684

    申请日:2000-06-09

    IPC分类号: H04M1/72 H04M1/725

    CPC分类号: H04M1/72502 H04M2250/10

    摘要: Apparatus and methods for automatically (i.e., without requiring manual user adjustment) reducing gain in one or both acoustic feedback paths of a cordless telephone when the handset and its base unit are operating in close proximity to one another, preventing uncontrolled feedback and audible howling even before it begins. A proximity detection module determines a distance between the handset and its base unit using an appropriate technique, e.g., using RSSI, round trip delay times, and/or GPS measurements. If the distance indicates that the handset is within close proximity to the base unit, appropriate attenuation of the microphone gain and/or speaker volume of the base unit and/or the handset will be implemented. One or more fixed levels of attenuation may be implemented based on a corresponding one or more measured close proximity distances between the handset and its base unit. Thus, the attenuation may result in a muting, a fixed amount of attenuation (e.g., 6 decibels (dB), 12 dB, or other appropriate fixed amount), or may be a variable amount dependent upon a relationship to the distance between the handset and the base unit.

    摘要翻译: 当手机及其基座单元彼此靠近操作时,自动(即,不需要手动用户调整)减少无绳电话的一个或两个声反馈路径中的增益的装置和方法,防止不受控制的反馈和可听见的啸叫甚至 在它开始之前。 接近检测模块使用适当的技术(例如使用RSSI,往返延迟时间和/或GPS测量)来确定手机与其基本单元之间的距离。 如果该距离表示手机位于基本单元附近,则将实现基本单元和/或手机的麦克风增益和/或扬声器音量的适当衰减。 可以基于手机与其基本单元之间的对应的一个或多个测量的近距离距离来实现一个或多个固定的衰减水平。 因此,衰减可能导致静音,固定量的衰减(例如,6分贝(dB),12dB或其他适当的固定量),或者可以是取决于与手机之间的距离的关系的可变量 和基本单位。

    Adjustment of period of real-time slow drift correction of alignment of handset's local oscillator for a cordless telephone
    39.
    发明授权
    Adjustment of period of real-time slow drift correction of alignment of handset's local oscillator for a cordless telephone 失效
    手机本地振荡器对于无绳电话的实时慢漂移校正周期的调整

    公开(公告)号:US06925314B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-02

    申请号:US10752704

    申请日:2004-01-08

    摘要: A method and apparatus to perform a real-time drift correction of a remote handset's local oscillator in a digital cordless telephone. The remote handset begins in a standby (sniff) mode. The remote handset periodically wakes from a sleep mode and goes into a normal link verification mode. Once in the link verification mode, the remote handset enters a time division duplexing (TDD) mode and attempts to establish a link with a base unit based on the timing of the TDD data frame. After the remote handset establishes a link with the base unit, the remote handset requests a security word from the base unit. Upon receiving the requested security word, the remote handset determines if the requested security word matches a security word of the remote handset. The remote handset implements a software frequency adjustment of its local oscillator. Once per frame, the remote handset enters a timing recovery state where the current state of the frame is compared with a previous state. When the cumulative timing slip is greater than a designated threshold, a frequency adjustment is made. During this exchange of commands between the remote handset and base unit, the remote handset continuously adjusts its local oscillator to achieve frequency alignment within, e.g., 1 part per million (ppm). Alternatively, frequency alignment may be achieved to a specified value. The period of the frequency alignment can be lengthened (or even suspended) during certain power critical modes to reduce power consumption. For example, the period of the link verify operations (and thus the frequency alignment) can be lengthened or suspended when the remote handset is being quick charged. Moreover, the period of the link verify operations can be adjusted based on a voltage level of the battery in the remote handset.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于在数字无绳电话中执行远程手机的本地振荡器的实时漂移校正的方法和装置。 远程手机开始处于待机(嗅探)模式。 远程手机周期性地从休眠模式唤醒并进入正常的链路验证模式。 一旦处于链路验证模式,远程手机进入时分双工(TDD)模式,并尝试基于TDD数据帧的定时建立与基本单元的链路。 在远程手机与基本单元建立链接之后,远程手机从基本单元请求安全字。 在接收到所请求的安全字时,远程手机确定所请求的安全字是否与远程手机的安全字匹配。 远程手机实现其本地振荡器的软件频率调整。 每帧一次,远程手机进入定时恢复状态,其中帧的当前状态与先前状态进行比较。 当累积定时滑差大于指定的阈值时,进行频率调整。 在远程手机和基站单元之间的这种命令交换期间,远程手持机连续地调整其本地振荡器以实现例如百万分之一(ppm)内的频率对准。 或者,可以将频率对准实现为指定值。 在某些功率关键模式下,频率对准的周期可以延长(甚至暂停),以降低功耗。 例如,当远程手机被快速充电时,链接验证操作的周期(和因此的频率对准)可以被延长或暂停。 此外,可以基于远程手机中的电池的电压电平来调整链接验证操作的周期。

    Off-hook visual message waiting indicator
    40.
    发明授权
    Off-hook visual message waiting indicator 有权
    摘机视讯消息等待指示

    公开(公告)号:US06868155B1

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-15

    申请号:US09412178

    申请日:1999-10-05

    摘要: In a first embodiment of the invention, a method of providing a visual message waiting indicator signal to an off-hook telephone includes the step of receiving a voicemail message at a central location, and also includes the step of sending a visual message waiting indicator signal from the central location and destined for the off-hook telephone. In an alternative embodiment, a method of receiving a visual message waiting indicator signal in an off-hook telephone includes the steps of being in an off-hook condition, and receiving a visual message waiting indicator signal. This method may further include the step of displaying a visual message-waiting indicator based on the received visual message waiting indicator signal. This method may also include the step of receiving an alert signal, and the step of transmitting an acknowledgement signal in response to the alert signal. In another alternative embodiment, a telephone includes a visual message waiting indicator, and an interface unit adapted to couple the telephone to a network, such that the telephone is in an off-hook condition when coupled to the network and engaged in a communication activity, and is in an on-hook condition when coupled to the network and not engaged in a communication activity, wherein the interface unit is adapted to receive a visual message waiting indicator signal when in the off-hook condition.

    摘要翻译: 在本发明的第一实施例中,向摘机电话提供视觉消息等待指示符信号的方法包括在中央位置接收语音邮件消息的步骤,还包括发送可视消息等待指示符信号的步骤 从中央位置,并注定为摘机电话。 在替代实施例中,在摘机电话中接收视频消息等待指示符信号的方法包括处于摘机状态并接收视觉消息等待指示符信号的步骤。 该方法还可以包括基于接收到的可视消息等待指示符信号来显示视觉消息等待指示符的步骤。 该方法还可以包括接收警报信号的步骤,以及响应于警报信号发送确认信号的步骤。 在另一替代实施例中,电话包括可视消息等待指示符和适于将电话耦合到网络的接口单元,使得当耦合到网络并进行通信活动时,电话处于摘机状态, 并且当耦合到网络并且不参与通信活动时处于挂机状态,其中所述接口单元适于在处于摘机状态时接收视觉消息等待指示符信号。