Patent ID: 6128514
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A portable cellular radiotelephone comprising:a housing;means connected to the housing for selectively producing a first condition in the portable cellular radiotelephone and, alternatively, producing a second condition in the portable cellular radiotelephone, the first condition being a state wherein the radiotelephone does not receive or transmit voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels and the second condition being a state wherein the radiotelephone receives and transmits voice communications by radiotelephone transmissions over radiotelephone channels; andmeans disposed in the housing for automatically calling a central voice-activated phone dialing system remote from the portable cellular radiotelephone, in response to switching from the first condition to the second condition in the portable cellular radiotelephone, said means for automatically calling including a dedicated memory location having stored therein a telephone number for the central voice-activated dialing system,wherein the means for producing the first and second conditions comprises a switch coupled to a microprocessor, and the housing comprises a base and a cover attached to the housing base and operatively associated with the means for producing the first and second conditions such that the cover is movable relative to the housing between a first position wherein the portable cellular radiotelephone is in the first condition and a second position wherein the portable cellular radiotelephone is in the second condition.