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US 2014/0112207 A1Published application
Dual-Mode Device for Voice Communication
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsTaavet Hinrikus, Gareth O'Laughlin, Liz Rice, Max Melchior
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Abstract
A terminal for use in a voice communications system includes a base station and at least one handset arranged to communicate wirelessly with the base station. The base station includes a first interface to a packet data network and a second interface to a public switched telephone network, the base station being arranged to selectively establish a packet data call from the first interface and a public switched telephone call from the second interface.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- establishing, at a first computing device, a wireless connection with a second computing device;
- receiving a request, from the second computing device, to initiate a communication session with a selected contact;
- and
- selectively establishing the communication session between the first computing device and a third computing device associated with the contact over one of a first communication network or a second communication network.
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A computing device comprising:
- at least a memory and a processor configured to implement operations comprising:
- establishing a wireless connection with an additional computing device;
- rendering a user interface for selecting contacts;
- receiving a selection of a contact via the user interface;
- and
- communicating the selected contact to the additional computing device effective to cause the additional computing device to establish a communication session with a further additional computing device associated with the contact over one of a first communication network or a second communication network.
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A method comprising:
- establishing, at a first computing device, a wireless connection with a second computing device;
- rendering a user interface for selecting contacts;
- receiving a selection of a contact via the user interface;
- and
- communicating the selected contact to the second computing device effective to cause the second computing device to establish a communication session with a third computing device associated with the contact over one of a first communication network or a second communication network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.