WO2004114595A2

WO2004114595A2 - Mobile phones combined with the wireless technology using protocol 802.11

Info

Publication number: WO2004114595A2
Application number: PCT/IB2004/002071
Authority: WO
Original assignee: Bassi, Giuliano
Priority date: 2003-06-23
Filing date: 2004-06-22
Publication date: 2004-12-29
Also published as: EP1743499A2; WO2004114595A3; ITRA20030018A1

Abstract

1 To sum up the information already provided in the previous statements and claims, we would like to go back briefly to the nature of the patent in question. By combining mobile phones with the wireless technology using protocol 802.11 we intend to create a product that makes it much easier to use this technology. The wireless technology with protocol 802.11 includes the better known system known as : 2 WI-F1 (WIRELESS-FIDELITY) communication. It is already extremely widespread but there are placet where normally it is not convenient to have a laptop computer, for example in a restaurant. With the telephone it will now be possibile to read the menu, order and pay at the end of the meal. Another interesting use is in domotics where through the telephone it will be possibile to control the technologies present in your home.

Description

DESCRIPTION

TITLE: mobile phones combined with the ireless technology using protocol 802.11

TECHNICAL FIELD: This application for an international patent fells within the electronics field and more specifically within the computer field

BACKGROUND ART: as for mobile phones there is a wide range of equipment on the market. It is possibile, however, to divide them into two main categories: the first one is "cordless" phones that are connected to a fixed telephone line; the second one is "cellular phones". Unlike the first category, the latter is provided with a mobile telephone line. Within these

main categories, as potential sub-categories which someone might claim, there are numerous differentiations depending on the quantity or quality of the technology available to them. Also in terms of the state of the wireless technology there are different technological solutions, both hardware and software. With this application for international protection we claim the possibility of availing ourselves of the technology

that uses the 802.11 communication protocol. Also in terms of the 802.11 c rui.t hii^'jiio i i'jtci al, fh:r; are already :.m: difki . liktbm on tie aΛ Λ rc i d t:> t e state υi the technology, essentially based on the speed of data transfer or eoncemine the coverage surface they can guarantee. Hov/ever, thanks to the shared communication protocol, these different products are able to communicate.

DESCLOSURE OF INVENTION: there are two main possibilities to make this device possibile: the first one is to provide the telephone with a wireless technology integrated within the phone itself. This implementation method for the device does not need or allow for the drafting or a detailed report on how to build the phone because it is dependant on the model of the phone; each company can decide how and where to create a communication port between the two technologies. The second possibility there is to provide the telephone with wireless technology is to use an accessory. This combination method, unlike the former, makes it possible to apply this device also to phones that are already manufactured on the market. Also in this case it not possible to specify a single constuction

model for accessories that make it possible to perform this function: indeed, depending on the telephone model they will be used in, it is possibile to choose different types of connection, adapt the technologies they have to that of the phone and create more or less sophisticated products, smaller or larger depending on the market policies of the manufacturing company. It is in any case possible to specify

that in order to connect the telephone to the accessory, the following main methods are available: through a physical connection by means of a suitable cable (for example the v ble used to eonneα the telephone to the computer); and by using wireless transmission technologies already provided with the telephone (infrared port, radio-frequency devices, etc.). It is necessary to underline that

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υl an ac-to-ory allo /zing tυi tints. t iυ& it might not be possibile to provide the latter only with the wireless technology. Depending on the models for which it is designed, independent powering might be necessary (rechargable batteries), its own hardware and all the technology the manufacturing company might deem it appropriate to introduce.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS: the drawings included in table 1 merely show in a non-detailed way the two methods which make it possibile to combine the two technologies referred to in the previous paragraph (description of the invention). More specifically, fig. 1 shows a hypothetical telephone (A), within which there is an integrated device for wireless transmission with protocol 802.11 . In fig. 2 we see a case where the device is implemented through an accessory (D) that is connected with the telephone (C) either through wireless technologies or through the use of a small cable. The method through which these two devices are put in communication is not mentioned, nor do we specify any provision on how to integrate the two

technologies within one telephone (fig. 1), as already specified in the description paragraph. This is because the manufacturing companies have a wide range of solutions at their disposal and therefore they can differentiate their product on the basis of the technologies used, of their performance and especially of their design.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYNG OUT THE INVETION: the best way to put this invention into practice is to introduce the wireless technology inside the telephone, as already happens in the field of laptop computers. In this way one of the main objectives of this device, that is to say making available the use of the most recent communication technologies in an extremely practical way, has been reached completely.

II . , :r„ ptθ Xhr. fh_ t cpletnit; xϊϊL n X x i hr ^ e zncti - oa of u accessory, ς_veιi though it is not the best, one also has the possibility of using telephones that are already on the market. In order to reach this purpose it is indeed sufficient to have a telephone v/ith the possibilita of being connected to a PC and therefore to adjust the software of the phone itself.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY: considering the nature of this inventino it might seem superfluous to specify further the way in which it can be produced and its application field; indeed its production can be compared to a normal telephone production and its added use is comparable to the already widepread use of personal computers provided with a WI-FI wireless technology. In any case in order to put on the market the possibility of using this device, it is not necessary to produce mobile phones on an industrial basis: if this technology is combined with the telephone through the use of an accessory, even the companies that do not currently produce telephone can theoretically construct it.

As for its applicability and use, we can conclude that it makes even more accessible the possibility of using the multimedia serviced made available by the wireless technology using protocol 802.11. This should encourage the dissemination of this communication method also in those situations where it was not always easy to use a laptop computer.

Claims

1) CLAIM 1:

We claim the possibility to combine mobile phones with the wireless technology using protocol 802.11

2) CLAIM 2 DEPENDANT ON I:

With this we claim the possibilita of using protocol IDE 802.11 in its series of different models

3) CLAIM 3 DEPENDANT ON I:

By "mobile phones" we mean all those pieces of equipment that make it possibile to make a phone call without being connected to wires

4) CLAIM 4 DEPENDANT ON I:

This claim is meant to include all the types of wireless technologies that include the opportunity of communicating through the IDE 802.11 protocol

5) CLAIM 5 DEPENDANT ON I:

This claim is aimed at safeguarding the possibilita of using this device to comunicate with the computer

6) CLAIM 6 DEPENDANT ON I:

This claim is aimed at safeguarding the possibility of using this device to comunicate in thos spaces, both public and private, where coverage is ensured through the 802.11 protocol

7) CLAIM 7 DEPENDANT ON I:

This claim is aimed at safeguarding the possibility of using this device in the field of domotics 8) CLAIM 8 DEPENDANT ON I:

This claim is aimed at safeguarding the possibility of using this device to communicate with those pieces of equipment that can use the 802.11 communication protocol but that have different functions than those of the computer, as in the case of robotics

9) CLAIM 10 DEPENDANT ON I:

This claim is aimed at safeguarding the possibility of using this device with an accessory connected with the telephone through a suitable connection cable

10) CLAIM 11 DEPENDANT ON 1 :

This claim is aimed at safeguarding the possibility of using this device through an accessory communicating with the telephone by means of wireless technologies