Patent ID: 6782102
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: H04K,H04M

Abstract:
Multiple format secure voice apparatus for communication handsets comprising:a front end including operator interface elements, an audio circuit coupled to at least one of the operator interface elements and having an audio I/O terminal, an encryption/decryption element coupled to the audio circuit, a coder/decoder element coupled to the audio circuit and the encryption/decryption element, the coder/decoder element having a data I/O terminal, and a control element coupled to at least one operator interface element, the audio circuit, the encryption/decryption element, and the coder/decoder element and having a control I/O terminal; and a standard interface coupling connected to the audio I/O terminal, the data I/O terminal, and the control I/O terminal, the standard interface coupling being designed to mate with a standard interface coupling on a handheld communication device to operatively couple the front end to a transceiver of the handheld communication device.