Patent Application
20080044008
The present invention will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below for illustration only, and which thus is not limitative of the present invention, and wherein:
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The housing 12 is hollow inside and has a bearing portion 20 for disposing a network telephone 16 thereon. A block wall 22 surrounding the periphery of the housing extends upward by a predetermined height to surround the network telephone 16.
A fastener 14 disposed at one side of the block wall 22 is located at a predetermined position of the housing 12 and can move back and forth thereon. The fastener 14 has a hook end 40 and a pushing end 42. The hook end 40 extends into the block wall 22 while its end slightly bends and extends outside the bearing portion 20. The pushing end 42 extending outside the block wall 22 has the shape and grain convenient for the users to push with fingers.
The bottom of the network telephone 16 can be arranged with a through hole 60 corresponding to the fastener 14 for letting the hook end 40 of the fastener 14 to pass through when the network telephone 16 is accommodated in the block wall 22 (as shown in
A signal conversion module 13 and multiple connection ports 133 are disposed inside the housing 12. The signal conversion module 13 includes a circuit substrate 131 and a signal-processing module 132 electrically connected the circuit substrate 131 for converting analog signals and digital signals with each other so as to receive or send digital signals. In addition, the signal-processing module 132 further includes a memory cell for storing system software, parameter settings, and the like. The memory cell can be a flash memory, a random memory, or a card reader, and the like. Each of the connection ports 133 protruding out of the side edge of the housing 12 is used for electrically connecting the network telephone 16, microphone, or computer and various connecting lines. The connection port 133 can be a USB port, a microphone connection port, a speaker connection port, or the like. Moreover, it can also be a card reading unit for reading an electronic card 133a. It is convenient to use and manage by intensively arranging various devices of the network telephone.
With the arrangement of the bearing portion 20, the housing 12 and the network telephone 16 can be connected by overlapping each other. Therefore, as for space utilization, much space is saved compared with disposing the housing and the network telephone on the desktop side by side.
The design of intensively arranging various electronic devices by the signal conversion module 13 in advance can not only effectively utilize the space, but it is also convenient for the user to connect the network telephone 16 to electronic devices or computer peripherals, such as a printer, a facsimile machine, a card reader, a walkman, an MP3 player player, and the like all together via each connection port 133 for transmitting data at any time, such as printing or changing telephone rings. Thus, the additional value of the functions and applications of the network telephone 16 can be significantly increased, since functional expansion is not limited to call-related functions.
As for the data transmission manner, besides the wired way of data transmission with the use of connection port 133 such as a USB or an IEEE 1394, a wireless connection interface such as Bluetooth or infrared rays can also be used, either in addition or alone, to transmit data between the network telephone expansion seat 10 and each of the electronic or computer peripherals.
The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention, and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in the art are intended to be included within the scope of the following claims.
