公开(公告)号：US06184796B2

公开(公告)日：2001-02-06

申请号：US08587717

申请日：1996-01-19

申请人： Jose L. Rivero ,  Brent Beatty ,  Bryon K. Tiller ,  David J. Allard ,  Francis J. Canova, Jr. ,  Neal A. Osborn

发明人： Jose L. Rivero ,  Brent Beatty ,  Bryon K. Tiller ,  David J. Allard ,  Francis J. Canova, Jr. ,  Neal A. Osborn

IPC分类号： H04B700

CPC分类号： H04M1/275

摘要： A personal communication device which includes the ability to generate dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) signals to provide automatic telephone dialing of a numbers received in messages. A message which includes a number is received, decoded, and displayed on a display device. The user may then select to have a number which is included as part of the message encoded into an audible DTMF, series of signals which can be coupled to a conventional “touch-tone” telephone (i.e. a telephone that supports tone dialing) through speaker in the personal communication device and the microphone of the conventional telephone. The user may select all or any part of the message to be encoded into DTMF signals. Accordingly, if the message includes other information in addition to a telephone number, the user can parse the message to indicate which portion of the message includes the number to be dialed. In an alternative embodiment of the present invention, a processor within the personal communication device parses the message to detect numbers from among the information that has been transmitted. The user may then verify that the processor has properly identified numbers which the user wishes to encode in DTMF signals.

摘要翻译： 一种个人通信设备，其包括产生双音多频（DTMF）信号以提供在消息中接收的号码的自动电话拨号的能力。 包括号码的消息被接收，解码并显示在显示设备上。 然后，用户可以选择包括作为编码到可听DTMF中的消息的一部分的号码，一系列信号可以通过扬声器耦合到传统的“触摸音”电话（即，支持音频拨号的电话） 在传统电话的个人通信设备和麦克风中。 用户可以将要编码的消息的全部或任何部分选择为DTMF信号。 因此，如果该消息除了电话号码之外还包括其他信息，则用户可以解析消息以指示该消息的哪个部分包括要拨打的号码。 在本发明的替代实施例中，个人通信设备内的处理器解析消息以从已发送的信息中检测数字。 用户然后可以验证处理器具有用户希望用DTMF信号编码的适当标识的号码。