Virtual smart phone

a smart phone and virtual technology, applied in the field of virtual smart phones, can solve the problems of inability to provide the benefits of these capabilities to the user, inefficiency in interacting with these various interfaces, and use of handheld devices,

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-10-20
KILDEVAELD MICHAEL ROGLER
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[0011]In yet another aspect of the virtual smart phone methods and systems described herein, a method of emulating a smart phone may include receiving information over a network indicative of a smart phone user interface, including physical features thereof; receiving information over a network indicative of user-specific data associated with the smart phone; displaying an image representative of the smart phone including actionable elements based on the

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However, without the smart phone physical device, the benefits of these capabilities are not available to the user.
Situations such as operating a vehicle may make use of most smart phones dangerous and handheld device use is illegal while driving in some jurisdictions.
Therefore, users must rely in intermediate devices such as a Bluetooth headset or in-vehicle system that do not provide the full complement of features, including the look

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[0020]Detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely pedagogical and does not limit other embodiments in various forms and with various functions. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed structure. Further, the terms and phrases used herein are not intended to be limiting, but rather to provide an understandable description of the invention.

[0021]The terms “a” or “an,” as used herein, are defined as meaning one or more than one. The term “another,” as used herein, is defined as at least a second or more. The terms “including” and / or “having”, as used herein, are defined as comprising (i.e., open transition). The term “coupled” or “operati...

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In embodiments of the present invention, a virtual phone is provided which includes a touch screen mounted on an enclosure that includes a processor, memory, wireless communication port, and a power port. The virtual phone further includes a software application executing on the processor to control image display on the touch screen and emulate features of a handheld device presented in the image in response to a user touching a presented feature. The virtual phone further includes a configuration of a user-specific handheld device that is derived from the user-specific handheld device is stored in a memory that is accessible to the processor; wherein the virtual phone presents a visual representation of the user-specific handheld device on the touch screen based on the configuration.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of provisional application U.S. Ser. No. 61 / 324,614 filed Apr. 15, 2010 which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field[0003]The invention is related to accessing features, functions, customizations, data plans, service provider, applications, or user interface characteristics of a handheld device for display on a touch screen that is independent of the handheld device.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]Mobile smart phones offer a variety of user interfaces, data plans, network services, and the like that are accessible through the smart phone. These features are generally only available through the smart phone device, yet much of the data is backed-up on servers and accessible to be managed by the user through a web browser internet-connected terminal / computer. However, without the smart phone physical device, the benefits of these capabilit...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F9/455G06F3/041H04M1/72409H04M1/72412
CPCG06F3/0488H04M1/6083G06F3/04886H04M1/7253H04M1/72527H04M1/72409H04M1/72412
Inventor KILDEVAELD, MICHAEL ROGLER
Owner KILDEVAELD MICHAEL ROGLER
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