Patent ID: 6505055
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
A method for dialing a telephone number at a phone, from a hand-held digital organizer, where, initially, the digital organizer is physically detached from the phone, the method comprising:physically attaching the hand-held digital organizer to the phone by a user to establish a mechanical attachment and an electrical connection between the digital organizer and the phone to form a single integrated hand-held unit; receiving user input at the digital organize, indicating a request to dial a phone number stored in the digital organizer; sending a first command from the digital organizer to the phone for attempting to establish a communication session between the digital organizer and the phone; if an acknowledgment message is not received from the phone at the digital organizer, aborting the attempted communication session, or, if an acknowledgment message is received from the phone at the digital organizer, transmitting a second command from the digital organizer to the phone which instructs the phone to dial the phone number; physically detaching the digital organizer from the phone by a user; receiving a request to synchronize a phone list stored on the phone with a corresponding list stored on the digital organizer; transmitting a third command from the digital organizer to the phone requesting synchronization between the list stored on the digital organizer and the list stored on the phone; determining which list takes precedence during synchronization; and if the list stored on the digital organizer takes precedence, updating the list stored at the phone from the list stored at the digital organizer, otherwise updating the list stored at the digital organizer from the list stored at the phone.