Wireless mobile phone having encoded data entry facilities

Abstract

A wireless mobile phone is provided with one or more buttons and complementary logic to facilitate entry of encoded representations of a variable length encoding scheme of alphanumeric data. As a result, a user may use the provided facilities to engage in non-verbal communication for sensitive subject matters in the middle of a call. In one embodiment, the encoded representations are Morse codes. In another embodiment, the encoded representations are custom designed. In one embodiment, the complementary logic further facilitates echoing on a display, alphanumeric data corresponding to any entered encoded representations. Additionally, each of the code entry buttons includes one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs), and the LEDs are lit to visually echo the encoded representations of the variable length encoding scheme of letters, numbers or punctuations entered through a standard input keypad.

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         56 . A wireless mobile phone comprising:
 a transceiver to send and receive signals;   a body casing having a front surface and a side surface;   an input keypad disposed on said front surface of said body casing to facilitate entry of alphanumeric data;   a first button disposed on said side surface of said body casing;   a second button disposed on said side surface of said body casing adjacent to said first button; and   means coupled to the first and second buttons and to the transceiver to facilitate entry of alphanumeric data in Morse code representations using said first and second buttons, and transmission of said alphanumeric data using said transceiver.   
     
     
         57 . The wireless mobile phone of  claim 56 , wherein said mobile phone further comprises a display, and said means further echoes on said display alphanumeric data represented by Morse codes entered using said first and second buttons. 
     
     
         58 . The wireless mobile phone of  claim 56 , wherein said mobile phone further comprises an adapter interface to removably attach a device capable of vibrating to said mobile phone, and to vibrationally output alphanumeric data received through said transceiver using said removably attached capable of vibrating device. 
     
     
         59 . The wireless mobile phone of  claim 58 , wherein said alphanumeric data are vibrationally outputted through vibrational manifestation of the Morse code representations of the alphanumeric data. 
     
     
         60 . A wireless mobile phone comprising:
 a transceiver to send and receive signals;   an adapter interface to removably attach a device capable of vibrating to said mobile phone; and   means coupled to said transceiver and said adapter interface to vibrationally output alphanumeric data received via said transceiver through vibrational manifestation of the Morse code representations of the received alphanumeric data using the removably attached capable of vibrating device.   
     
     
         61 . The wireless mobile phone of  claim 60 , wherein said mobile phone further comprises a display; and said means are further coupled to said display and echo on said display said alphanumeric data received through said transceiver. 
     
     
         62 . In a wireless mobile phone, a method comprising:
 receiving Morse code representations of alphanumeric data entered using a first and a second button disposed on a top or side surface of the mobile phone, said mobile phone also having an input keypad disposed on a front surface to facilitate entry of alphanumeric data; and   in response, electrically generating signals corresponding to digital representations of said alphanumeric data entered through entry of their Morse code representations using said first and second buttons, and transmitting said alphanumeric data by electro-magnetically transmitting said generated signals.   
     
     
         63 . The method of  claim 62 , wherein said method further comprises visually echoing on a display of said mobile phone said alphanumeric data entered through entry of their Morse code representations using said first and second buttons. 
     
     
         64 . The method of  claim 62 , wherein said mobile phone further comprises an adapter interface to removably attach a capable of vibrating device to said mobile phone, and said method further comprises vibrationally outputting alphanumeric data received through a transceiver of said mobile phone using said removably attached capable of vibrating device. 
     
     
         65 . The method of  claim 64 , wherein said alphanumeric data are vibrationally outputted through vibrational manifestation of the Morse code representation of the alphanumeric data.