System and apparatus for adapting operations of a communication device
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsWilliam Stanley Robbins, Larry B. Pearson, R. Tyler Wallis, Mark Ryan
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a base unit operable in part as a femtocell having a controller to detect a cellular phone, wirelessly establish communications with the cellular phone, establish communications with a cellular communication system by way of a broadband interface, and enable one or more landline phones communicatively couplable to the base unit to communicate with the cellular communication system responsive to establishing communications with the cellular phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims25
A base unit operable in part as a femtocell, comprising a controller to:
- detect a cellular phone;
- wirelessly establish communications with the cellular phone;
- establish communications with a cellular communication system by way of a broadband interface;
- and
- enable one or more landline phones communicatively couplable to the base unit to communicate with the cellular communication system responsive to establishing communications with the cellular phone.
A computer-readable storage medium operable in part in a premises cellular access point, comprising computer instructions to:
- detect a cellular phone;
- establish communications with a cellular communication system by way of a broadband interface;
- and
- enable one or more landline phones to communicate with the cellular communication system responsive to detecting the cellular phone.
A cellular phone, comprising a controller to establish communications with a cellular communication system by way of a device operating in part as a premises cellular base station, wherein the device is adapted to enable one or more landline phones to communicate with the cellular communication system responsive to the cellular phone being communicatively coupled to the device.
A landline phone, comprising a controller to receive from a cellular communication system calls directed to a cellular phone responsive to the cellular phone establishing communications with a premises cellular base station.
A method, comprising a landline phone receiving from a cellular communication system calls directed to a cellular phone responsive to the cellular phone being communicatively coupled to a premises cellular base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.