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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2004
Applicant:
Jon Michel Greenwood, Corona, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jon Michel Greenwood, Corona, CA (US);
Assignee:
Gateway Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods allow a user at a telephone to communicate with an instant messaging client. The instant messaging client may be identified by a PIN that is entered on the telephone. Input from the telephone, include keypad and voice input may be converted to text that is displayed to the IM client. Text data received from the IM client may be converted to speech that is output to the telephone. A proximity detector may be used to determine the presence of an IM client user.