US 2006/0135152 A1 · Apparatus for providing a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network

Abstract

Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products provide for creating a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network. The gateway device is connected to a wired home telephone network having one or more wired telephones, a wired telephone network, such as the PSTN, and a wireless telephone network. The apparatus may operate in a first mode that allows the wired telephone network to be utilized as a primary telephone network for the wired home telephone network and the wireless telephone network to be utilized as a backup in case of failure of the wired telephone network. Alternatively, the apparatus may operate in a second mode that allows the wireless telephone network to be utilized as a primary telephone network for the wired home telephone network and the wired telephone network to be utilized as a backup in case of failure of the wireless telephone network.

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Dependent claims

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to provide a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network, the control logic comprising computer-readable program code for causing the computer to:

detect an incoming wireless telephone call over said wireless telephone network;
provide a ring signal to said wired telephone in response to detecting said incoming call;
determine whether said wired telephone has been placed in an off-hook-state in response to said ring signal;
and
in response to determining that said wired telephone has been placed in an off-hook state, convert said incoming wireless telephone call to a format compatible with said wired telephone and convert signals received at said wired telephone to a format compatible with said wireless telephone network, thereby permitting said incoming telephone call to be received and conducted on said wired telephone.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparatus for providing a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network

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Apparatus for providing a gateway between a wired telephone and a wireless telephone network

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