Patent ID: 6125284
Filing Date: 2000-09-26
Classification: G10L,H04M

Abstract:
A communication system, comprising:at least one mobile handheld telephone handset adapted to communicate via a wireless telephony medium with a telephone network handling system,wherein said handset comprises:(a) means to receive input from a user and produce first signals dependent thereupon,(b) means to adapt at least a portion of said first signals to produce a voice transmission signal as part of a telephone conversation with a third party, and(c) means to transmit said voice transmission signal via said wireless telephony medium,(d) first processing means adapted to carry out a first processing step in a handwriting recognition process on selected ones of said first signals and produce data dependent thereupon, wherein said selected first signals comprise handwriting signals input via a touch sensitive screen on said handset and the first processing step preserves predetermined information necessary to carry out a remote second processing step,(e) means to adapt said data according to a wireless telephony protocol to produce a data transmission signal modulated according to a facsimile protocol, wherein said data transmission signal includes predetermined graphic features of said input to enable said second processing means to carry out the remaining steps of said handwriting recognition process, and(f) means to transmit said data transmission signal via said wireless telephony medium to said telephone network handling system; andwherein said telephone network handling system comprises:(a) means to receive said voice transmission signal,(b) means to forward said voice transmission signal to said third party,(c) means to receive and process said data transmission signal from said handset to regenerate said data, and(d) second processing means positioned remote from said handset and adapted to carry out said remote second processing step in a handwriting recognition process on said regenerated data, and to produce second signals dependent thereupon.