Motorola Corporation

Daryl R Harris

Daniel L Williams

Nicholas Mischenko

William L Reber

Cary D Perttunen

Derek E Jensen

Albert L Nagele

Bruce Edward Stuckman

Shrirang Nikanth Jambhekar

Bradley K Lohrding

David William Trahan

David Gerald Teteak

Thomas S Wijas

Timothy A Kubicki

Richard Huang

Simon F Vollmer

Daniel T Berg

Barry P Sween

Michael L Charlier

Kevin Daniel Kaschke

Thomas J Walczak

Frank H Stone

William Charles Phillips, Iii

Bruce D Hillier

Bradford F Butts

Robert J Stinauer

Thomas Edward Gitzinger

Shrirang Nilkanth Jambhekar

David L Bond

Mark A Luzbetak

Gregor E Bleimann

Mark A Kapouralos

Christopher J Nona

Christopher Aiken

Christine Ann Ekedahl

Chris Antzinas

Douglas J Swiderek

Jason W Meyer

Shaun Flynn

Ed Cruz

Jennifer Hislop Wondrasek

A handheld device comprises a housing and an optical reader supported by the housing. The housing can include a corner portion at which the optical reader is accessible. Alternatively, the housing can define a major exterior surface at which the optical reader is accessible. The optical reader can include a scanning beam reader responsive to an orientation of the handheld device.

Handheld device having an optical data reader

A card (922) comprises a body (909). A connector (522) is carried on the body for coupling to a communication device (900). A user interface including a keypad (926) is carried on the body and coupled to the connector. An identity circuit (904) is coupled to the connector. The identity circuit can be a GSM SIM. The card can include an aperture (924) for alignment with a display on a device with which the card is used.

User interface card for use with a device

A compact portable communication device (100, 700, 900, 1500) has a first housing section (110, 707, 910) and a second housing section (112, 702, 1512). A mechanical connector (314) connects the housing sections such that they move between a closed storage position and an open use position. The housing sections each engage the removable user interface card when attached in the open use position. The communication device can operate in the closed storage position to receive pages and radiotelephone calls. The communication device (100, 700, 900, 1500) is opened to receive a call. When opened, a removable user interface card (300, 922, 1100) having a keypad (302) thereon, can be inserted. The keypad (302) is used to enter a telephone number for an outgoing call.

Device for use with a user interface card

Portable radiotelephone

Video conferencing device

A telephone set (10) comprises a first housing (12), a second housing (14), a rotate (54) or a slide (34) mechanism, a microphone (16), an earpiece (18) and a keypad (20). The rotate (54) or the slide (34) mechanism couples the first housing (12) to the second housing (14) and permits the first housing (12) to be moveable relative to the second housing (14) between a first, closed or contracted, position (22) and a second, open or expanded, position (24). The microphone (16) is carried by the first housing (12) and is adapted to convert an acoustic input signal (26) into an electric input signal (28). The earpiece (18) is carried by the second housing (14) and is adapted to convert an electric output signal (30) into an acoustic output signal. The keypad (20) is carried by one of the first housing (12) and the second housing (14) and has an aperture (32) extending therethrough. In a first embodiment, the earpiece (18) is disposed behind the keypad (20) essentially opposite to the aperture (32) of the keypad (20) when the keypad (20) is carried by the second housing (14) to permit the acoustic output signal generated by the earpiece (18) to be ported through the aperture (32) of the keypad (20). In a second embodiment, the microphone (16) is disposed behind the keypad (20) essentially opposite to the aperture (32) of the keypad (20) when the keypad (20) is carried by the first housing (12) to permit the acoustic input signal (26) to be ported through the aperture (32) of the keypad (20) to be received by the microphone (16). The present invention advantageously permits the telephone set (10) to be made shorter by integrating the microphone (16) or the earpiece (18) with the keypad (20).

Telephone set having a microphone for receiving or an earpiece for

A communication device (104) includes two housings (108, 110), each containing circuitry (114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 122, 123) for operating the communication device (104) in different modes (700, 702, 704, 706, 730, 732). The communication device (104) includes a latch (112) for detachably coupling the two housings (108, 110) and rotating one housing (110/108) with respect to the other (108/110). The communication device (104) switches between the different modes (700, 702, 704, 706, 730, 732) based on the attachment or detachment and the relative position of the housings (108, 110).

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Evanston, IL, United States of America

Daryl R Harris