Patent ID: 6735457
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A wireless telephone comprising:a receiver to receive a DTMF (dual tone multi-frequency) audio tone indicative of dialed information from an opposite party and transmitted to the wireless telephone during a conversation mode of the wireless telephone; a DTMF decoder coupled to the receiver to decode the DTMF audio tone and to responsively generate a decoded signal representing the dialed information during the conversation mode of the wireless telephone; a control unit coupled to the DTMF decoder to determine the dialed information from the decoded signal during the conversation mode of the wireless telephone; a memory coupled to the control unit to receive the dialed information therefrom, wherein the memory is configured to store the dialed information therein in response to one or more instructions received from the control unit during the conversation mode of the wireless telephone; and a program storage unit coupled to the control unit, wherein the program storage unit stores a software module which, when executed by the control unit, causes the control unit to operate on the decoded signal to determine the dialed information therefrom during the conversation mode of the wireless telephone and to manage storage of the dialed information in the memory during the conversation mode of the wireless telephone.