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 cellular telephone device for connecting to a remote voice-activated dialing system, the device comprising:
a housing, the housing comprising a mouthpiece portion and an earpiece portion, the housing not containing a keypad;
a transceiver and a processor contained within the housing; and
a memory contained within the housing, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
powering up the cellular telephone device, wherein powering up the cellular telephone device is in response to a cover of the cellular telephone device being shifted from a first position to a second position, and
when the cellular telephone device is powered up, communicating with the voice-activated dialing system via a telephone number for the voice-activated dialing system stored on the memory.
2. The cellular telephone device of claim 1 , further comprising a lighted display.
3. The cellular telephone device of claim 2 , wherein the lighted display indicates a telephone number being called.
4. The cellular telephone device of claim 2 , wherein the lighted display indicates one of an on status and an off status of the cellular telephone device.
5. The cellular telephone device of claim 2 , wherein the lighted display indicates one of a roam status and a home status.
6. The cellular telephone device of claim 1 , further comprising a turbo dial button.
7. The cellular telephone device of claim 6 , wherein the turbo dial button is programmable.
8. The cellular telephone device of claim 6 , wherein the turbo dial button is a manual push button.
9. The cellular telephone device of claim 6 , wherein the turbo dial button is a magnetically activated switch.
10. The cellular telephone device of claim 1 , wherein the cover is a shifting cover that is reciprocable between the first position and the second position, and wherein when the shifting cover is in the first position, the cellular telephone device powers down and when the shifting cover is in the second position, the cellular telephone device powers up.
11. The cellular telephone device of claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a base portion, and wherein the earpiece portion is on the cover and the mouthpiece portion is on the base portion.
12. The cellular telephone device of claim 11 , wherein the cellular telephone device is powered up when the cover and the base portion are in an open position, and wherein the second position is the open position.
13. The cellular telephone device of claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a base portion, and wherein the cover is a flip cover that is rotatable about a hinge connected to the base portion.
14. A method of connecting to a remote voice-activated dialing system, the method comprising:
powering up, by a processor, a cellular telephone device, wherein powering up the cellular telephone device is in response to a cover of the cellular telephone device being shifted from a first position to a second position;
reading, by the processor automatically upon powering up the cellular telephone device, a telephone number associated with the remote voice-activated dialing system from a memory of the cellular telephone device; and
using, by the processor, the telephone number to connect to the remote voice-activated dialing system for initiating an outgoing call.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising receiving an activation of a turbo dial button.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the activation of the turbo dial button causes the cellular telephone device to dial a further telephone number stored in the memory.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the turbo dial button is activated to answer an incoming call.