Emergency personal device with base station
View Patent ↗A communication system is disclosed having a wireless telephone and a base station. The wireless telephone has a transceiver, a microphone, a speaker and a keyboard. The base station is connectable to the wireless telephone by a radio link and is connected to a switched network. The keyboard of the wireless telephone includes an emergency key which dials a pre-stored number and activates the microphone and speaker for hands-free operation of the wireless telephone.
1. A communication system comprising:
a personal device having a transceiver, a microphone, a speaker and a keyboard;
a base station connectable to said personal device by a radio link, said base station being connected to a switched network;
said keyboard including an emergency key which dials a pre-stored number and activates said microphone and said speaker for hands-free operation of said personal device; wherein said base station includes a base speaker which is activated by said emergency key.
2. A method of communicating comprising:
depressing an emergency key of a personal device having a transceiver, a microphone, a speaker and a keyboard;
dialing a pre-stored number in response to the depressing step;
activating said microphone and said speaker in response to the depressing step for hands-free operation of said personal device; and
activating a base speaker of a base station in response to the depressing step.