Telecommunications – Transmitter and receiver at same station – Having particular housing or support of a transceiver
Patent
1997-06-30
2000-07-25
Bost, Dwayne D.
Telecommunications
Transmitter and receiver at same station
Having particular housing or support of a transceiver
455566, 455567, 455575, 455425, 379433, 379428, H04B 138
Patent
active
060945656
ABSTRACT:
A closeable communication device (102), such as a cellular telephone, has a housing (105), an input device, such as a button (208), carried on the housing (105), and a controller (304) disposed in the housing (105) and coupled to the button (208). The housing (105) is movable between a closed position (200) and an opened position (114). The button (208) is accessible in the closed position (200). The controller (304) is configured to employ one or more features that increase the usability of the device (102) in the closed position (200). For example, the controller (304) answers an incoming call to the device (102) upon opening of the housing (105) and, alternatively, disables answering of the incoming call upon opening of the housing (105) during actuation of the button (208) so as to allow, for example, opening of the device (102) to view caller identification information without answering the call.
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Alberth William P.
Ozaki Patricia
Steele Scott A.
Bost Dwayne D.
Craver Charles R
Motorola Inc.
Patrick Mark D.
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