Combination cellular/satellite wireless communication devices
Abstract
A mobile phone including a handset having a transceiver adapted for selective communication in cellular and satellite modes. The handset includes a cellular antenna adapted to receive cellular wavelength signals, a connector for a satellite antenna, and a switch adapted to selectively connect either the cellular antenna or the connector to the transceiver. The satellite antenna is adapted for selective connection to the connector of the mobile phone handset, the satellite antenna being adapted to receive satellite wavelength signals. The satellite antenna includes a cavity in a first portion adapted to receive and frictionally secure to the cellular antenna, and a plunger is adapted to engage the switch to disconnect the cellular antenna from, and connect the satellite antenna to, the transceiver when the satellite antenna is secured to the handset connector.
Term
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Projected expiry passed 21 December 2020, 5.8 years ago.
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10 members in 7 offices
Priority claims2
| Document | Office | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 48179300 | United States of America | A | |
| 0034850 | United States of America | W |
Members10
| Document | Office | Kind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WO0152348A1 | World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | A1 | |
| AU2286701A | Australia | A | |
| EP1261995A1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A1 | |
| US6549788B1 | United States of America | B1 | |
| EP1261995B1 | European Patent Office (EPO) | B1 | |
| AT249688T | Austria | T | |
| ATE249688T1This record | Austria | T1 | |
| DE60005224D1 | Germany | D1 | |
| CN1451187A | China | A | |
| CN1227771C | China | C |
1 legal event, as the office reported them to INPADOC
Events
| Event | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Ceased as to paragraph 5 lit. 3 law introducing patent treatiesCeasedRER | RER |
Numbers
- Application
- 986676
Titles2
- German
- KOMBINIERTE DRAHTLOSE ZELLULAR-/SATELLITEN- KOMMUNIKATIONSGERÄTE
- English
- COMBINED WIRELESS CELLULAR/SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES
Classification
- CPC, 3
- H01Q1/242
- H01Q1/088
- H04B1/406
- IPC, 3
- H01Q1 08
- H01Q1 24
- H04B1 40