Patent ID: 7509099

Claim:
A wireless, display-less, keypad-less communication device for placing a call to and receiving a call from a contact of a select number of contacts, comprising: a push-to-talk (PTT) wireless communication device that includes a talk button that is configured to be held down while talking and that is released while listening; a housing; a call actuation mechanism disposed on a front face of the device; a memory storing a predetermined number of contacts; a controller configured to initiate an outgoing call to one of the predetermined number of contacts upon actuation of the call actuation mechanism, the controller further configured to limit outgoing calls to the predetermined number of contacts; an all contacts button that, when pressed, places a call to all of the predetermined number of contacts, the all contacts button disposed on a back face of the device; and an emergency button that is covered by a removable cap that must first be removed to access the emergency button, that, when pressed, places a call to an emergency call center, the emergency button disposed on the back face of the device.