1. A wireless communication device, comprising:
a communication module configured to establish a data communication link with a remote wireless communication device over a data communication network and to establish a voice communication link with the remote wireless communication device over a voice communication network;
a data storage area configured to store an application executed by the communication module, the data storage area further configured to store a phonebook comprising at least one unique identifier and an override code for the remote wireless communication device; and
a profile management module configured to receive a request from the communication module to override a silent mode of the remote wireless communication device, to obtain the override code of the remote wireless communication device from an authentication server and send the override code to the remote wireless communication device over a wireless communication network to override a silent mode of the remote wireless communication device, wherein the override code is sent to the remote wireless communication device via the data communication network.
2. The device of claim 1, further comprising an authentication module configured to verify whether a silent mode of the remote wireless communication device can be overridden.
3. The device of claim 2, wherein the authentication module retrieves the override code for the remote wireless communication device from the remote wireless communication device.
4. The device of claim 2, wherein the authentication module retrieves the override code for the remote wireless communication device from an authentication server via the wireless communication network.
5. The device of claim 2, wherein the authentication module retrieves the override code for the remote wireless communication device from the phonebook in the data storage area.
6. The device of claim 1, further comprising a control module configured to turn off a silent mode of the device upon receipt of an override code.
7. The device of claim 1, wherein the profile management module is configured to obtain the override code from the remote wireless communication device.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein the profile management module is configured to obtain the override code from the phonebook in the data storage area.
9. A computer implemented method for overriding a silent mode of a first wireless communication device communicatively coupled with a second wireless communication device via a wireless communications network having a voice communication link and a data communication link, the method comprising:
initiating a voice call to the first wireless communication device via the voice communication link of the wireless communications network;
determining that the first wireless communication device is in a silent mode;
obtaining from an authentication server an override code for the first wireless communication device; and
sending the override code to the first wireless communication device via the data communication link of the wireless communication network to instruct the first wireless communication device to exit the silent mode.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining step comprises sending a message to the first wireless communication device and receiving a response from the first wireless communication device indicating the silent mode of the first wireless communication device.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the message sending step comprises sending a Short Message Service (\u201cSMS\u201d) message to the first wireless communication device, and wherein the response receiving step comprises receiving an SMS response from the first wireless communication device.
12. The method of claim 10, wherein the message sending step comprises sending an Internet Protocol (\u201cIP\u201d) message to the first wireless communication device, and wherein the response receiving step comprises receiving an IP response from the first wireless communication device.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein the determining step comprises sending a message to a communication server and receiving a response indicating the silent mode of the first wireless communication device.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the message sending step comprises sending an SMS message to the communication server, and wherein the response receiving step comprises receiving an SMS response from the communication server.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the message sending step comprises sending an IP message to the communication server, and wherein the response receiving step comprises receiving an IP response from the communication server.
16. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining of the override code for the first wireless communication device comprises querying a phonebook database stored on the first wireless communication device.
17. The method of claim 9, wherein the obtaining of the override code for the first wireless communication device further comprises requesting the override code from a communication server and receiving the override code from the communication server.
18. The method of claim 9, further comprising receiving a confirmation that the silent mode of the first wireless communication device was overridden.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A dispenser for dispensing circular discs onto a flat surface, when activated, comprising:
a generally cylindrical outer sleeve and a substantially cylindrical dispenser tube, each having a first end and a second end; first and second end sleeve caps at the respective first and second ends of the outer sleeve, each having a truncated cone configuration; and spring activation means;
wherein the interior wall of the outer sleeve has a first recess formed therein near the first end, first and second bearing rings formed at each end of the outer sleeve, and a third bearing ring formed at the end of the first recess distal from the first end; and a pair of wedge shaped guide probes extending from the second end of the outer sleeve, and arranged 180\xb0 from each other;
wherein the length of the dispenser tube is greater than the combined length of the outer sleeve and the end sleeve caps;
wherein a stop ring is formed on the outer surface of the dispenser tube in a location so as to be received into said first recess, and so as to cooperate with the side of the third bearing ring closest to the first end of the outer sleeve so as to limit the sliding motion of the dispenser tube in the direction towards the second end of the outer sleeve;
wherein the spring activation means is a coil spring fitted into the first recess and surrounding a portion of the outer perimeter of the dispenser tube so as to bias the position of the dispensing tube in a direction towards the second end of the outer sleeve;
wherein a pair of guide slots is formed lengthwise in the dispenser tube at the second end thereof, and each extends towards the first end to a position near the mid-point of the length of the outer sleeve, and a portion of the guide slots is adapted to receive the respective guide probe therein, and wherein the end of each portion of the guide slot closest to the second end of the dispenser tube is adapted to cooperate with the respective guide probe to force the outer end of each respective guide slot to spread apart when the second end of the dispenser tube is pressed so as to cause movement thereof along the outer sleeve and the end sleeve caps towards the first end of the outer sleeve against the bias force of the spring activation means;
wherein a further pair of slots is formed lengthwise in the dispenser tube in positions intermediate of the pair of guide slots, and to the same length of the guide slots;
wherein an interference ring is formed on the outer surface of the dispenser tube near the second end thereof so as to limit the sliding motion of the dispenser tube in a direction towards the first end of the outer sleeve; and a conical wedge surface is formed sloping inwardly from the side of the interference ring closest to the second end, towards the second end; and
wherein a mating wedge surface is formed on the inner surface of the second end sleeve, sloping outwardly from near the end surface of the second end sleeve and away therefrom; and
wherein the end surfaces of the first pair of segments thereof which are opposite each other extend further away from the second end of the second end sleeve than the end surfaces of the second pair of segments thereof which are opposite each other and intermediate of the first pair of segments;
whereby the cooperation between the conical wedge surface and the mating wedge surface together with the bias force of the spring activation means, acts to maintain the segments at the second end of the dispenser tube in contiguous positions and thereby so that the dispenser is in its non-dispensing condition; and so that upon activation of the dispenser so as to cause movement of the dispenser tube towards the first end of the outer sleeve and the first end sleeve, against the bias force of the spring activation means, the cooperation between the conical wedge surface and the mating wedge surface is overcome so that the contiguous segments are permitted to spread apart one from the other, and thereby so that the dispenser is in its dispensing condition.
2. The dispenser of claim 1, wherein the inside diameter of the dispenser tube is formed to a predetermined dimension so as to accommodate circular discs of a corresponding diameter.
3. The dispenser of claim 2, wherein the dispenser tube is translucent or transparent, and;
wherein a viewing slot is formed lengthwise along a portion of the outer sleeve between the second and third bearing rings, so as to permit viewing of circular discs that may be stacked in the dispenser tube.
4. The dispenser of claim 3, wherein each circular disc accommodated in the respective dispenser tube has a specific colour applied to the top and bottom surfaces thereof, and wherein the colour of the dispenser tube is the same colour.
5. The dispenser of claim 4, wherein each circular disc accommodated therein is made from a material which is susceptible to magnetism.
6. The dispenser of claim 4, wherein one of the second pair of segments of the dispenser tube is aligned with the viewing slot, so that when the dispenser is activated and moved along the flat magnetic surface, a plurality of circular discs is dispensed therefrom, seriatim.
7. In combination, at least one dispenser of claim 6 and a flat magnetic surface incorporated into a frame so as to form a child’s activity toy.
8. The combination of claim 7, having a plurality of dispensers of claim 6, each having a dispenser tube with the differing interior diameter than the other dispensers, and each accommodating a plurality of circular discs having a corresponding colour to the respective dispenser tube therein.
9. The combination of claim 8, wherein the frame has a graduated sorter placed therein below the flat magnetic surface;
wherein a collector slot is placed at one side of the flat magnetic surface in communication with a collector chute in the graduated sorter, and a collection chamber is in communication with the collector chute, so that when the frame is in a horizontal disposition, and the circular discs are pushed through the collector slot, they will fall into the collection chute; and when the frame is in a vertical disposition with the collector chute at the top, the circular discs will fall into the collection chamber;
wherein a plurality of sorting chambers is placed below the collection chamber, and are separated from each contiguous sorting chamber by a separator having a plurality of holes therein, wherein the holes in each consecutive separator are smaller than in the separator which is next above, and wherein the diameters of the respective holes in the respective separators are sufficient to allow all circular discs to fall therethrough except the discs of the specific diameter which is larger than the diameter of the holes in that specific separator;
whereby upon gentle shaking of the frame, all circular discs which are in the collection chamber will be sorted into the respective sorting chambers, with all circular discs of a specific diameter and colour being sorted into their respective sorting chamber.
10. The combination of claim 9, wherein a plurality of compartments are formed in the frame on the opposite side of the dispensing separator, where each compartment accommodates a specific dispenser for a specific designated colour;
wherein a plurality of sliding gate latches is placed in a dispensing separator so as to allow communication between each respective specific dispenser and its respective sorting chamber;
wherein the lengthwise dimension of each compartment is predetermined so as to activate the dispensers, and so that each dispenser is in its dispensing condition;
whereby when the frame is turned into a vertical disposition with the compartments and respective dispensers at the bottom, all the circular discs in any sorting chamber in which the gate latch has been moved to its open position will fall into the respective dispensing tube of each respective dispensing tube of each respective dispenser; and
whereby removal of any dispenser from its respective compartment will de-activate that dispenser so that it will assume its non-dispensing condition.