Patent ID: 6332084
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A wireless telephone (100) which:a) includes:i) a transceiver (118);ii) a microphone (116), a monitor (106), and a speaker (104), all connected to the transceiver (118); andiii) a navigation key (108) which:(1) is connected to the transceiver (118); and(2) lies substantially coplanar with a face of the monitor (106); andb) is characterized in that:i) the wireless telephone (100) further includes:(1) a touch-screen (112) which is connected to the transceiver (118);(2) a touch-screen-cover (110) which:(a) lies between, and substantially parallel to, a face of the monitor (106) and a face of the touch screen; and(b) is constructed to slide between:(i) a closed position, in which it covers the face of the touch-screen; and(ii) an open position, in which it exposes the face of the touch-screen (112) and lies substantially behind the face of the monitor (106); and(3) a touch-screen-cover (110) position detector (126) connected to the transceiver (118); andii) the wireless telephone (100) is constructed such that the transceiver (118) enters different modes of operation of the microphone (116), monitor (106), speaker (104), and touch-screen (112) in response to signals from:(1) the touch-screen;(2) the touch-screen-cover (110) position detector (126); and(3) the navigation key (108).