Device for cordlessly interfacing a computer with a phone line
OwnerLarry G. Makiinventor
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Abstract
A device and method of operation thereof for cordlessly interfacing a computer with a phone line uses the standard modem port of the computer. The device uses the standard base of a cordless phone and preferably uses the standard handset to the cordless phone. An interface portion is added to the handset and is connected into the standard modem port of the computer. The interface portion causes the handset to simulate a standard telephone line to the computer and a conventional headset to the cordless phone.
Claims16
A device for cordlessly interfacing a computer with a phone line where said computer has a standard modem port, said device comprising a base and a free set, said base having a power source and being wired to a phone line, said free set being battery powered, said free set being completely separable from said base with no wires extending between said free set and said base, said free set having a connector thereon for connecting said free set to said standard modem port of said computer, said free set and said base each having transmitting means and receiving means to enable electronic signals to pass between said base and said free set to allow said computer to be used for internet access when said free set is connected to said computer even though there are no wires extending between said free set and said base and said free set is separate and apart from said base but within a predetermined maximum range whereby electronic signals can be passed between said free set and said base.
A method of cordlessly interfacing a computer with a phone line using a standard modem port of said computer and a device having a base and a free set, said free set having a connector to connect to said standard modem port, said base and free set each having a transmitter and a receiver to enable electronic signals to pass between said base and said free set even when said base and said free set are separate and apart from one another, with no wires extending between them, said base having a first power source and the free set having a second power source, said base being wired to a phone line, said free set having a connector thereon for connecting the free set to said standard port of the computer, said method comprising choosing a base of a standard cordless phone and constructing a free set that can communicate with said base, connecting said free set to said computer by inserting said connector into the standard modem port of the computer, constructing electronic circuitry within the free set to simulate a phone line to the computer and to simulate an ear-piece line and a mouth-piece line to the base, operating the computer to attain internet access through the free set when the free set is separate and apart from the base with no wires connecting the base and the free set.
A method of cordlessly interfacing a computer with a phone line using a standard modem port of said computer and a device having a base and a free set, said free set having a connector to connect to said standard modem port, said base and free set each having a transmitter and a receiver to enable electronic signals to pass between said base and said free set even when said base and said free set are separate and apart from one another, with no wires extending between them, said base having a first power source and the free set having a second power source, said base being wired to a phone line, said free set having a connector thereon for connecting the free set to said standard port of the computer, said method comprising choosing a base of a standard cordless phone and a handset for a standard cordless phone corresponding to said base, said handset having a headset outlet thereon, connecting an interface portion to the handset, said interface portion having a connector thereon, connecting the connector into the standard modem port of the computer, said interface portion and handset together forming a free set, constructing electronic circuitry within the Internet portion to simulate a phone line to the computer and to simulate an ear piece line and a mouth piece line to the base, operating the computer to attain Internet access through the free set when the free set is separate and apart from the base with no wires connecting the base and the free set.
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