GB2435563A

GB2435563A - Charging units for mobile telephones with data storage facility

Info

Publication number: GB2435563A
Application number: GB0603631A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Jonathan Barry
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-02-23
Filing date: 2006-02-23
Publication date: 2007-08-29
Also published as: GB0603631D0

Abstract

A charger/charging unit for a mobile telephone with the facility to access the memory and data and images and sounds and videos in the telephone and to store such data within the charging unit at the election of the mobile phone user and which charging unit will also have the facility (at the instigation of the user) to re-transfer such data back to the mobile telephone unit or to another mobile telephone unit or other electronic storage facility.

Description

CHARGING UNITS FOR MOBILE TELEPHONES WITH DATA STORAGE

FACILITY

This invention related to chargers and charging units as commonly used for the charging and re-charging of mobile telephones to ensure continual availability and use.

One problem which arises with mobile telephones is that the user may have stored advertently or inadvertently telephone numbers and all manner of information and photographs, images and videos and sound(s) ("data") on a mobile telephone, and which data is lost if the telephone is destroyed lost or stolen.

The present invention sets out to overcome or at least alleviate this problem.

In one aspect this invention provides a system whereby upon each and every occasion that it proves necessary or expedient to charge or re-charge a mobile telephone then immediately that such charging equipment is connected to the mobile telephone then in that instant at the election of the user all of the data stored in the memory of the mobile telephone is downloaded automatically onto a memory/hard drive/sim card encapsulated within and integral to the charging unit.

Upon connection with the charging unit the charging unit will have the capability to immediately access the memory of the mobile telephone and will then have the capability to store all data which is automatically downloaded permanently; and then subsequently such data may be accessed at any time by the user and can be/will be updated with any additional data stored within the mobile telephone at the next following or any following connection with the mobile telephone for charging or downloading/updating.

In addition the charging unit may be powered itself by a disposable or re-chargeable battery so that no connection to the mains supply of electricity is necessarily required to download data into the charger or to upload such data back to the, or to another mobile telephone or the electronic storage device/facility.

In addition the data stored within the charging unit itself may be protected by the use of a pre-programmed pin number integral to the charging unit and personal and confidential to the user.

In a similar matter, (with mains supply electricity or with a re-chargeable power supply integrated into the charging unit or by means of disposable batteries), the charging unit will upon being accessed by the user (subject to -if pre-programmed by the user -access via a pin number) provide the re-transmission of all data downloaded previously back to the original mobile telephone, if any data has been lost from the telephone by error or damage or other means; or the charger will re-transmit all data to a new mobile telephone unit or back to a computer or other electronic receiving/storage device or equipment.

It will be appreciated that the foregoing is merely exemplary of a charging unit in accordance with the invention and that modifications can readily be made thereto without departing from the true scope of the invention.

Claims

CLAIMS

1. A charging unit for a mobile telephone with the facility for downloading some or all data stored within the telephone which is effected automatically or at the election of the user when the mobile unit is connected to the charging unit and which has the capability to retransfer such data back to the same mobile telephone unit or a new/different unit or to a computer or to another electronic receiving or storing device
2. A charging unit as claimed in I above which runs off of mains electricity or by means of a stored or charged electricity supply or by means of re-chargeable or disposable batteries.

3. A charging unit as in 1 and 2 above which may only be utilised as to the ability to download data from a mobile telephone by means of a pre-recorded pin number and similarly from which data may not be accessed and uploaded without the use of a pre-programmed pin number personal to the user.

4. A charging unit as claimed in 1 2 and 3 above which may be mobile or static powered by mains electricity or stored or battery power.

5. A charging unit as is claimed in 1 2 3 and 4 above which may have the facilities as described but part of which is detachable from the charging unit but still with the independent facility for downloading storing and uploading data as described; so that the stored data may be contained in a separate unit and detached from the charging unit and re-attached to a, or to another mobile telephone or for the purposes of uploading the data to a mobile telephone or other device as above or attached to another compatible charging unit for the purpose of updating the data in the unit; or may be used independently of the charging unit to download data and store the same and or upload such data to the same or another mobile phone unit or further electronic storage device; and which detachable part of the charging unit has a separate independent electric current supply (by battery or otherwise) or facility to obtain electric supply from the mains.