Patent ID: 7920898
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: G06K,G06Q,H04B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A self-contained hand held unit which is a cellular telephone handset operable for voice transmission and reception by a user, comprising: (A) a speaker and a microphone permitting said hand held unit to be used as a telephone handset; (B) a plurality of mechanical key switches; (C) rewritable storage made of solid state memory, wherein said hand held unit is operable to retain data or information in said storage in response to user input, and operable to retain downloaded description information in said storage relating to user selectable items for later user access; (D) a antenna; (E) a rechargeable power supply; (F) a sensor operable to sense user commands or data; (G) a display screen coupled to said sensor, wherein said hand held unit is operable to process code wherein a said code includes data visible and selectable by a user and is associated with a user selectable item, and in response to user input including a selection of visible data of a said code by use of said hand held unit, a said code is processed, wherein subsequent to said hand held unit processing a said code, said display screen displays user readable information for said user selectable item associated with a said code; (H) wherein further said display screen: (I) a wireless connector coupled to said storage, wherein said wireless connector is configured to permit said hand held unit to establish a wireless link to a peripheral device separate from said hand held unit, wherein said wireless link is made of short range radio signals; (J) a cellular telecommunications interface coupled to said antenna and operable to communicate via said antenna with a cellular telecommunications network operable for transmitting and receiving voice and data, wherein said cellular telecommunications interface also is operable to transmit from said storage data captured by use of said hand held unit; (K) a camera coupled to said storage, wherein said camera is operable for capture of data for said storage, wherein said data is one or more images and wherein said cellular telecommunications interface is operable for transmitting from said storage via said antenna and at least a said cellular telecommunications network data captured by use of said camera, wherein said captured data is one or more images of a plurality of images captured by use of said camera; (L) wherein said hand held unit by utilizing said antenna and at least a said cellular telecommunications network: (M) said hand held unit is operable for a user to select and initiate ordering of one or more merchandisable items for the user via a remote processing center, wherein: