Modem for tight coupling between a computer and a cellular telephone

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5428671
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07973625

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A modem which includes connections for both land lines and a cellular phone. The modem contains high and low level routines that allow it to perform standard AT commands rationally when connected to a cellular phone, and further perform additional AT commands that access cellular specific features. An applications software program in a computer connected to the modem can provide a number of options for determining whether to use the land line or the cellular phone when both are connected. First, it can default to the land line and only use the cellular phone if the land line is not available. Alternatively, it can first use the cellular phone and only use the land line if the cellular phone signal strength is not sufficient. Further, cellular file transfer operations can be aborted if the remaining battery life in the cellular phone is insufficient to reliably complete the transfer.

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HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY L P10300 ENERGY DRIVE SPRING TX 77389

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baldridge, Ronald L Carrollton, TX 2 140
Castell, Robin T Spring, TX 22 320
Clark, Andrew C Houston, TX 17 460
Dykes, Don A Houston, TX 19 244
Jones, Randall L Plano, TX 6 207
Nagel, Paul E The Woodlands, TX 16 985
Tran, Huyen B Houston, TX 3 91

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