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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 11, 2019
Applicant:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Inventors:

Philip Sherburne, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

John B Ledingham, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Jacob T Meyberg Guzman, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Brent John Thorington, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

John Gary Mihelic, Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Michael David Rhoads, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Robert Benjamin Foster, Eagle, ID (US);

David Andrew Sauerhaft, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Plantronics, Inc., Santa Cruz, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/04 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 1/215 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/04 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); H04M 1/215 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2013.01);
Abstract

A mobile phone stations is disclosed. In general, in one aspect, the mobile phone station connects to a smartphone for sending and receiving data therebetween. Further, the mobile phone station includes a dial pad for placing outgoing calls via the smartphone and answering incoming calls received at the smartphone. Also, the mobile phone station includes a charging mechanism for charging the smartphone. In use during an active call at the smartphone, the mobile phone station allows a user to seamlessly switch between two or more of a handset, a speakerphone, and a headset without requiring any user interaction with the smartphone.


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