Telephonic communications – Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical...
Patent
1996-08-27
1999-12-28
Kuntz, Curtis A.
Telephonic communications
Telephone line or system combined with diverse electrical...
370 9305, 37011001, H04M 1100
Patent
active
060091517
ABSTRACT:
The present invention comprises a PC Card adapted for insertion in a PC Card slot in a computer system. The PC Card includes a housing having a PC Card adapter having a plurality of input and output pins for coupling the housing to the PC Card slot and receiving and transmitting signals in said computer system. A microphone is disposed within said housing, as is audio interface logic coupled to the microphone. The audio interface logic is configured to process audio signals from the microphone across said PC Card adapter. The PC card further includes a modem coupled to a connector defining an external communication path and configured to receive telephony signals, and telephone answering logic operably coupled to the modem and audio interface logic and configured to receive telephony signals from the modem and to store data corresponding to the telephony signals. The PC Card further includes speakerphone logic configured to provide speakerphone functionality to the PC Card. In one embodiment, the PC Card also includes a speaker configured to provide an audio output. The audio interface logic interfaces the microphone and/or speaker to the PC Card and the telephone answering and speakerphone logic. In alternate embodiments, the PC Card provides for external microphone and/or speaker connectivity.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4578537 (1986-03-01), Faggin et al.
patent: 4597077 (1986-06-01), Nelson et al.
patent: 4614144 (1986-09-01), Sagara et al.
patent: 4679191 (1987-07-01), Nelson et al.
patent: 4750171 (1988-06-01), Kedar et al.
patent: 4916607 (1990-04-01), Teraichi et al.
patent: 4972457 (1990-11-01), O'Sullivan
patent: 4979144 (1990-12-01), Mizuta
patent: 5136631 (1992-08-01), Einhorn et al.
patent: 5192999 (1993-03-01), Graczyk et al.
patent: 5274738 (1993-12-01), Daly et al.
patent: 5297231 (1994-03-01), Miller
patent: 5317630 (1994-05-01), Feinberg et al.
patent: 5333266 (1994-07-01), Boaz et al.
patent: 5335276 (1994-08-01), Thompson et al.
patent: 5349640 (1994-09-01), Dunn et al.
patent: 5353334 (1994-10-01), O'Sullivan
patent: 5361061 (1994-11-01), Mays et al.
patent: 5392223 (1995-02-01), Caci
patent: 5408614 (1995-04-01), Thornton et al.
patent: 5411405 (1995-05-01), McDaniels et al.
patent: 5420852 (1995-05-01), Anderson et al.
patent: 5423697 (1995-06-01), MacGregor
patent: 5426564 (1995-06-01), Hsu
patent: 5428663 (1995-06-01), Grimes et al.
patent: 5437019 (1995-07-01), Brockmann
patent: 5440585 (1995-08-01), Patridge, III
patent: 5444768 (1995-08-01), Lemaire et al.
patent: 5444869 (1995-08-01), Stricklin et al.
patent: 5445525 (1995-08-01), Broadbent et al.
patent: 5457782 (1995-10-01), Daly et al.
patent: 5463742 (1995-10-01), Kobayashi
patent: 5471470 (1995-11-01), Sharma et al.
patent: 5475691 (1995-12-01), Chapman et al.
patent: 5481616 (1996-01-01), Freadman
patent: 5483530 (1996-01-01), Davis et al.
patent: 5509811 (1996-04-01), Homic
patent: 5515423 (1996-05-01), Beck et al.
patent: 5517646 (1996-05-01), Piccirillo et al.
patent: 5519641 (1996-05-01), Beers et al.
patent: 5524047 (1996-06-01), Brown et al.
patent: 5526408 (1996-06-01), Yekutiely
patent: 5574682 (1996-11-01), Shinohara
patent: 5602902 (1997-02-01), Satterlund et al.
patent: 5606599 (1997-02-01), O'Mahoney et al.
patent: 5701515 (1997-12-01), Gradeler
patent: 5752082 (1998-05-01), Staples
patent: 5799036 (1998-08-01), Staples
patent: 5812870 (1998-09-01), Kikinis et al.
patent: 5822692 (1998-10-01), Krishan et al.
Anderson, D., PCMCIA System Architecture, Mindshare, Inc., 1994, pp. 1-50.
Bryan, John, "PCMCIA: Past, Present and Promise," Byte, pp. 65-72, Nov. 1994.
Rigney, Steve, "Socket to Us: PCMCIA Connectivity," PC Magazine, pp. 207-212, Jan. 24, 1995.
Nass, Richard, ("Nass I"), "PCMCIA Fax-Modem and LAN Run Simultaneously," Electronic Design, pp. 131-132, Oct. 3, 1994.
Nass, Richard, ("Nass I"), "Multifunction Cards Pose Design Challenges," Electronic Design, pp. 51-53, Oct. 3, 1994.
Data Race, Inc.
Hood Jeffrey C.
Kowert Robert C.
Kuntz Curtis A.
Ramakrishnaiah Melur
LandOfFree
PC card modem with microphone and speaker connectivity does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with PC card modem with microphone and speaker connectivity, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and PC card modem with microphone and speaker connectivity will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2387608