Portable radiotelephone for automatically dialing a central voice-activated dialing system
View Patent ↗A portable radiotelephone can be shifted between a first condition wherein the radiotelephone does not receive or transmit voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels and a second condition wherein the radiotelephone receives and transmits voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels. The radiotelephone automatically calls a central voice-activated phone dialing system remote from the portable radiotelephone in response to producing the second condition in the radiotelephone. The radiotelephone includes a switch for producing the first and second conditions.
1. A device for initiating a communication, the device comprising:
a transceiver which transmits and receives cellular communications;
a master microprocessor in communication with the transceiver;
a slave microprocessor in communication with the master microprocessor; and
a memory containing a number for a remote central voice-activated dialing system;
wherein an interaction with a turbo dial button sends a first signal to the slave microprocessor and the slave microprocessor sends an interrupt signal to the master microprocessor, the master microprocessor automatically calls the number from the memory, and a user interacts with the remote central voice-activated dialing system, wherein the interaction with the turbo dial button produces one of a first condition and a second condition, wherein when switched from the first condition to the second condition the transceiver automatically transmits and receives the cellular communications to connect to the number from the memory, and when switched from the second condition to the first condition the transceiver automatically ends the cellular communications.
2. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a power controller.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the master microprocessor signals to power controller to power up or power down components in response to the interaction with the turbo dial button.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the transceiver is coupled to a microphone and communications are received by the microphone and transmitted by the transceiver.
5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the transceiver is coupled to a speaker and the cellular communications are received by the transceiver and transmitted to the user via the speaker.
6. The device of claim 1 , further comprising an antenna in communication with the transceiver.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the turbo dial button also functions to answer an incoming call.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the remote central voice-activated dialing system allows the user to recite a desired number and the desired number is dialed by the remote central voice-activated dialing system.
9. The device of claim 1 , further comprising a housing which encloses the transceiver, the slave microprocessor, the master microprocessor, the memory, and the turbo dial button.
10. A method of initiating a communication, the method comprising:
receiving a cellular communication at a remote central voice-activated dialing system, the cellular communication automatically sent when a device is changed from a first condition to a second condition, the changing from the first condition to the second condition automatically dialing a number of the remote central voice-activated dialing system, the number stored on a memory of the device, and the changing from the second condition to the first condition automatically ending the cellular communication;
receiving a desired number from the device through a voice communication from the device; and
connecting the device to the desired number.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the device is changed from the first condition to the second condition using a turbo dial button.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the device includes the turbo dial button, a microprocessor, a transceiver, and a power controller.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the microprocessor instructs the power controller to power up the device and the microprocessor automatically calls the number upon an interaction with the turbo dial button.
14. The method of claim 10 , wherein shifting a cover of the device from a first position to a second position changes the device from the first condition to the second condition.
15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the voice communication is a user of the device reciting the desired number.
16. A system for initiating a communication, the system comprising:
a cellular network;
a device on the cellular network, the device including a transceiver, a microprocessor, and a memory; and
a remote central voice-activated dialing system on the cellular network,
wherein changing the device from a first condition to a second condition automatically calls the remote central voice-activated dialing system, the changing from the first condition to the second condition automatically dialing a number of the remote central voice-activated dialing system, the number stored on a memory of the device, and the changing from the second condition to the first condition automatically ending the cellular communication, a user of the device recites a desired number to the remote central voice-activated dialing system, and the remote central voice-activated dialing system connects the device with the desired number.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein shifting a cover of the device from a first position to a second position changes the device from the first condition to the second condition.
18. The system of claim 16 , wherein interacting with a turbo dial button changes the device from the first condition to the second condition.
19. The system of claim 16 , wherein changing from the first condition to the second condition also answers an incoming call.