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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2001
David William James Holmes, Sammamish, WA (US);
Edward D. Schmitt, Gresham, OR (US);
Ibrahim Mohamed, Bothell, WA (US);
Thomas Edwin East Nelson, Sammamish, WA (US);
David William James Holmes, Sammamish, WA (US);
Edward D. Schmitt, Gresham, OR (US);
Ibrahim Mohamed, Bothell, WA (US);
Thomas Edwin East Nelson, Sammamish, WA (US);
Cingular Wireless II, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile device or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is physically configured so that it can be inserted directly into the cradle in place of the phone. Once inserted into the cradle, the adapter module makes electrical contact with the connector in the cradle with a matching connector on one side of the adapter module. The mated connectors provide power to the adapter module and bi-directional communications between the adapter module and the hands-free car kit. The adapter module includes circuitry for communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit in order to exchange communications signals between the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit.