Portable wireless device

Details Portable wireless device Portable wireless device

1998-10-29

2001-05-22

Hunter, Daniel (Department: 2684)

Telecommunications

Transmitter and receiver at same station

Radiotelephone equipment detail

C379S088160

Reexamination Certificate

active

06236867

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a portable wireless device, and more particularly, is applicable to a portable telephone device.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, the function of telephone directory is set in a portable telephone device. A user previously registers the names and corresponding telephone numbers of a plurality of communication partners in an internal memory as telephone directory list, so that the user can look up a desired name and corresponding telephone number from the telephone directory list if necessary, and can display it on a predetermined display screen.
By the way, when a communication partner inquires telephone numbers from a user during communication, the user must have read the inquired telephone numbers from the telephone directory list which has been registered in the own portable telephone device by a predetemined operation, display them on the display screen, and than read out the displayed telephone numbers, while looking them, so as to inform the communication partner.
However, since the telephone number is an array of numerals having ten figures, it is difficult to remember the telephone number displayed on the display screen only one look. Thereby, the user has to repeatedly look the display screen of the portable telephone device from the state that the device is on user's ear, and divide the number into three or four figures while checking so as to inform the partner. The user has a lot of trouble and may inform the partner of wrong telephone number.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing, an object of this invention is to provide a portable wireless device in which the registered telephone numbers can be informed to a partner without the inconvenient operation for an user.
The foregoing object and other objects of the invention have been achieved by the provision of a portable wireless device comprising: storage means for storing telephone directory list including a plurality of telephone numbers; display means for displaying all or a part of the telephone directory list read from the storage means; selecting means for selecting a desired telephone number among from the telephone directory list displayed on the display means; data converting means for converting data stored in the storage means, the data representing the desired telephone number selected and fixed by said selecting means, into audio data; and transmitting means for transmitting the audio data converted by the data converting means.
As a result, the audio data corresponding to the desired telephone number is transmitted to a communication partner, and the telephone number on the basis of the audio data is uttered as a vocal sound at the communication partner's side. Thus, the trouble such that an user repeatedly looks at the display screen from the state that the portable telephone device is on user's ear can be avoided.
The nature, principle and utility of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which like parts are designated by like reference numerals or characters.


REFERENCES:
patent: 5095503 (1992-03-01), Kowalski
patent: 5875405 (1999-02-01), Honda
patent: 6014555 (2000-01-01), Tendler

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