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Wireless telephone with credited airtime
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Inventors: Altschul, Randice-Lisa; Volpe, Lee S.;
Assignee: Dieceland Technologies Corp. (Cliffside Park, NJ)
Primary Examiner: Urban; Edward F.
Assistant Examiner: Milord; Marceau
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jacob; Arthur
A wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and for the purchase of selected goods and services in purchase amounts is responsive to the purchase amounts so as to enable the purchase amounts to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime. A method of using a wireless telephone for telephonic communications during subscribed periods of airtime and for the purchase of selected goods and services in purchase amounts enables the purchase amounts to be converted to additional periods of airtime during which telephonic communications are enabled independent of the subscribed periods of airtime. Preferably, the purchase amounts are placed through a purchase account and are converted to additional periods of airtime in proportion to the purchase amounts. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Referring now to the drawing, and especially to FIGS.
1 and 2 thereof, a wireless telephone 10 is constructed in accordance with the invention and is seen to include an integrated body 12 extending longitudinally between a top end 14 and an opposite bottom end 16 and laterally between opposite sides 18.
An earphone assembly 20 is connected to the body 12 at the top end 14, preferably offset toward one side 18 of the body 12, and a microphone assembly 22 is connected to the body 12 at the bottom end 16.
A keypad 30 is placed beneath the front face 32 of the body 12, adjacent the bottom end 16, and an antenna 34 is embedded within the body 12 and extends longitudinally adjacent one of the sides 18.
A logo area 36 is located at the front face 32.
A power battery 40 is housed within a battery housing 42 attached to the body 12 at the rear face 44 of the body 12.
A power switch 46 controls power from the power battery 40.
The body 12 is relatively thin between the front face 32 and the rear face 44 and preferably includes a magnetic strip 48 along the rear face 44.
The construction of body 12 provides the body 12 with a mechanical stiffness which enables the telephone 10 to be hand held during use in telephonic communication.
Telephone 10 is supplied to a user with a predetermined, subscribed period of airtime and is capable of use only for the duration of the limited period of that supplied airtime, after which period telephone 10 is inoperative.
To that end, telephone 10 includes component parts which enable only limited use.
Referring now to FIG.
3, as well as to FIG.
1, the circuitry incorporated into telephone 10 is shown in diagrammatic fashion and is seen to include telephonic means in the form of conventional wireless telephone circuitry 50 for receiving and transmitting wireless telephonic communications.
Enabling/disabling means are incorporated for enabling telephonic communication for only a predetermined limited period of airtime, and disabling telephonic communication upon expiration of the predetermined limited period, whereby telephone 10 is rendered inoperative
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