Patent ID: 6611673
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: G06K,G06Q,H04B,H04M

Abstract:
A telecommunications device, comprising:a DTMF generator; a microprocessor coupled to said DTMF generator; and a radio frequency transceiver coupled to said microprocessor; wherein said radio frequency transceiver is configured to: detect existence of a radio frequency tag; receive from said radio frequency tag a radio frequency signal comprising tag data associated with said radio frequency tag, said tag data being associated with an item with which the radio frequency tag is associated; and provide said tag data to the microprocessor; wherein said microprocessor is configured to: receive said tag data from the radio frequency transceiver; associate said tag data with an associated DTMF sequence; and cause the DTMF generator to provide said associated DTMF sequence as output; and wherein said radio frequency tag is attached to a picture frame in which a picture of a person is displayed and wherein said tag data is associated with a telephone number for said person, whereby said microprocessor causes the DTMF generator to dial said telephone number for said person in response to receiving said tag data.