Patent ID: 7386322
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. An advanced cellular telephone for facilitating voice and data communication over a plurality of wireless communication networks, at least one of which is a Personal Communication Services network operating in the PCS frequency band using a protocol for communication that is appropriate for the PCS network and at least one additional network operating either inside or outside of the PCS frequency band using a protocol for communication that is appropriate for the one additional network, comprising a housing small enough to form a portable handset; an antenna supported by the housing for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic energy; a display, supported by the housing, for displaying information that is visually perceptible to a user and that includes information procured, in response to a user request, from a remote computer with which the cellular telephone is linked wirelessly via one of the wireless communication networks; a touch-sensitive device for receiving user supplied commands and data including said user requests for information; and an omni-modal communication circuit for accessing the wireless communication networks using a communications protocol appropriate to the wireless communication network accessed to establish a communication link for voice or data communication over the accessed network, the omni-modal communication circuit including wherein the functions of information retrieval from remote computers, data processing and placing or receiving telephone calls may be carried out by selective access, under the control of the processor, to the plurality of wireless communication networks including the PCS network and the one additional network through operation of the omni-modal communication circuit.