Patents by Inventor Edward D. Schmitt

Edward D. Schmitt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and method for providing an adapter module
    Patent number: 7610016
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a car radio and associated speaker system to effect a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is physically and electrically coupled to the car radio by making electrical contact with a connector on the car radio with a matching connector on one side of the adapter module. The mated connectors provide communications from the adapter module to the car radio. The adapter module includes circuitry for communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset and the car radio in order to exchange communications signals between the Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset, and a microphone and the car radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Edward D. Schmitt, Ibrahim Mohamed, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
  • System and method for providing an adapter module
    Patent number: 6892051
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a car radio and associated speaker system to effect a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is physically and electrically coupled to the car radio by making electrical contact with a connector on the car radio with a matching connector on one side of the adapter module. The mated connectors provide communications from the adapter module to the car radio. The adapter module includes circuitry for communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset and the car radio in order to exchange communications signals between the Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset, and a microphone and the car radio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Cingular Wireless II, LLC
    Inventors: Edward D. Schmitt, Ibrahim Mohamed, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
  • System and method for providing an adapter module
    Patent number: 6889065
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile device or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is physically configured so that it can be inserted directly into the cradle in place of the phone. Once inserted into the cradle, the adapter module makes electrical contact with the connector in the cradle with a matching connector on one side of the adapter module. The mated connectors provide power to the adapter module and bi-directional communications between the adapter module and the hands-free car kit. The adapter module includes circuitry for communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit in order to exchange communications signals between the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: Cingular Wireless II, LLC
    Inventors: David William James Holmes, Edward D. Schmitt, Ibrahim Mohamed, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
  • System and method for providing an adapter module
    Publication number: 20020197954
    Abstract: Embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a car radio and associated speaker system to effect a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is physically and electrically coupled to the car radio by making electrical contact with a connector on the car radio with a matching connector on one side of the adapter module. The mated connectors provide communications from the adapter module to the car radio. The adapter module includes circuitry for communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset and the car radio in order to exchange communications signals between the Bluetooth-enabled mobile handset, and a microphone and the car radio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Edward D. Schmitt, Ibrahim Mohamed, Thomas Edwin East Nelson
  • System and method for providing an adapter module
    Publication number: 20020197911
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments include a system and method for adapting a wireless device, such as a Bluetooth-enabled mobile device or other Bluetooth-enabled device to a hands-free car kit or similar system. The adapter module is physically configured so that it can be inserted directly into the cradle in place of the phone. Once inserted into the cradle, the adapter module makes electrical contact with the connector in the cradle with a matching connector on one side of the adapter module. The mated connectors provide power to the adapter module and bi-directional communications between the adapter module and the hands-free car kit. The adapter module includes circuitry for communicating with the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit in order to exchange communications signals between the Bluetooth-enabled mobile device and the hands-free car kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: David William James Holmes, Edward D. Schmitt, Ibrahim Mohamed, Thomas Edwin East Nelson