Information device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11095708-B2
Application number	US-88999810-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2010
Priority date	Jan 13, 2004
Publication date	Aug 17, 2021
Grant date	Aug 17, 2021

Abstract

A device for obtaining, storing and displaying information from a remote server, the device has a modem for establishing communication sessions with the remote server. A memory coupled to the modem stores the obtained information, and a display is coupled to the memory for displaying the stored information. The device automatically and periodically communicates with the remote server for obtaining the information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A telephone set operative for making and receiving telephone calls, the telephone set being further operative for obtaining digital data over a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) via the Internet from a first remote information server that is identified by a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), and for displaying the digital data, the telephone set comprising:
a telephone apparatus operative for making and receiving telephone calls;
a first memory for storing the URL identifying the first remote information server;
a WLAN antenna for transmitting and receiving digital data over the air;
a WLAN transceiver coupled to the WLAN antenna for bi-directional packet-based digital data communication over the WLAN via the WLAN antenna;
a display component coupled for displaying the digital data received via the WLAN antenna; and
a single enclosure housing the telephone apparatus, the WLAN transceiver, the first memory, and the display component,
wherein the telephone set has an Internet address identifying the telephone set in the Internet, and the telephone set is further operative for receiving and displaying the digital data received from the first remote information server, and
wherein the telephone set is operative to initiate a communication with the first remote information server after a set period following a prior communication session.

2. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the WLAN is substantially according to IEEE 802 . 11 standard, and wherein the WLAN transceiver is operative to communicate substantially according to IEEE 802 . 11 standard.

3. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein: the display component is a video display component; and the telephone set is further operative for obtaining and displaying, on the video display component, the received digital data.

4. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the telephone set has a stored digital address and is further operative to send the digital address and a request for digital data to the first remote information server, and to obtain and display the digital data received from the first remote information server in response to the sent request for information.

5. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the telephone set has a stored digital address and is further operative to send the digital address and a request for digital data to the first remote information server, and to obtain and display the digital data received from the first remote information server in response to the sent request for information.

6. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the communication with the first remote information server is based on Internet Protocol (IP) suite.

7. The telephone set according to claim 6 , wherein the communication with the first remote information server is based on TCP/IP.

8. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the telephone set has a digital address that is a MAC address or an IP address.

9. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the display component comprises a flat screen that is based on Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) technology.

10. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the telephone set is operative for automatically and periodically communicating with the first remote information server at all times when the telephone set is in operation.

11. The telephone set according to claim 1 , further comprising software and a processor for executing the software, the processor being coupled to control at least the WLAN transceiver and the display component.

12. The telephone set according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is one of: a microprocessor; and a microcomputer, and the telephone set further comprises at least one user operated button or switch coupled to the processor, for user control of operation of the telephone set.

13. The telephone set according to claim 11 , wherein the software includes at least part of a web client for communication with, and accessing information stored in, the remote information server.

14. The telephone set according to claim 13 , wherein the at least part of a web client includes at least part of a graphical web browser.

15. The telephone set according to claim 14 , wherein the at least part of a graphical web browser is based on Windows Internet Explorer.

16. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the telephone set is operative for communicating with a second remote information server via the Internet for receiving information from the second remote information server, and for displaying the information received from the second remote information server.

17. The telephone set according to claim 14 , wherein the telephone set is adapted to communicate with the first and second remote information servers for obtaining selected and distinct information from each remote information server.

18. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the set period is at least one of: set by the user; set previously in the telephone set; and set by the first remote information server in a previous communication session.

19. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the telephone set is operative to initiate a communication with the first remote information server on a daily basis at a pre-set time of day.

20. The telephone set according to claim 19 , wherein the pre-set time of day is at least one of: set by the user; set previously in the telephone set; and set by the remote information server in a previous communication session.

21. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the digital data received from the first remote information server and displayed comprises a future event, a planned activity or a forecast of a situation.

22. The telephone set according to claim 21 , wherein the digital data received from the first remote information server includes at least one of: a weather forecast; a future sports event; a future culture event; a future entertainment event; a TV station guide; and a radio station guide.

23. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the telephone set is further operative to obtain and display, on the display component, information relating to a user-selected geographical location region.

24. The telephone set according to claim 1 , wherein the single enclosure is constructed to have a form substantially similar to that of a conventional telephone set.

Assignees

• Binder Yehuda
• May Patents Ltd

Inventors

• Binder Yehuda

Classifications

• H04L12/66 Primary

  Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways · CPC title

• H04L67/568

  Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching · CPC title

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• H04L65/60

  Network streaming of media packets · CPC title

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title