Systems and methods for communications
OwnerFred Pulverinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for wireline-to-wireless communications. In an embodiment of the present invention, a system for wireline-to-wireless communications includes a base unit. The base unit includes a wireline interface coupled to the subscriber loop interface. The system also includes a wireless communications device adapter coupled to the base unit. The wireless communications device adapter includes a second interface, and the first interface is coupled to the second interface.
Claims9
A system for wireline-to-wireless communications, the system comprising:
- a base unit including
- a wireline interface, and
- a first interface coupled to the wireline interface, the first interface to receive wireline protocol communication signals and send generic protocol communications signals;
- and
- a wireless communications device adapter coupled to the base unit, the wireless communications device adapter including a second interface, the first interface coupled to the second interface, the second interface to receive generic protocol communications signals and send wireless device protocol communication signals,
- wherein when an about-to-be-placed call, initiated by a wireline telephone connected to the wireline interface, is to be serviced by a wireline service, a conventional dial tone is provided to the wireline telephone to alert a user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by the wireline service, and when the about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireless service, a tone other than a conventional dial tone is provided to the wireline telephone to alert a user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by a wireless service.
A method for wireline-to-wireless communications, the method comprising:
- receiving communications signals from a wireline communications device;
- providing a conventional dial tone to a wireline communication device connected to a wireline interface when an about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireline service to alert a user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by the wireline service, and providing a tone other than a conventional dial tone to the wireline communication device when the about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireless service to alert the user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by a wireless service;
- adapting the communications signals from a wireline protocol to a generic protocol;
- sending the adapted communications signals across a first interface;
- receiving the adapted communications signals;
- modifying the adapted communications signal from the generic protocol to a wireless communications device protocol;
- and
- sending the modified adapted communications signals to a wireless communications device.
A system for wireline-to-wireless communications, the system comprising:
- means for receiving communications signals from a wireline communications device;
- means for providing a conventional dial tone to a wireline communication device connected to a wireline interface when an about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireline service to alert a user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by the wireline service, and means for providing a tone other than a conventional dial tone to the wireline communication device when the about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireless service to alert the user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by a wireless service;
- means for adapting the communications signals from a wireline protocol to a generic protocol;
- means for sending the adapted communications signals across a first interface;
- means for receiving the adapted communications signals;
- means for modifying the adapted communications signals from the generic protocol to a wireless communications device protocol;
- and
- means for sending the modified adapted communications signals to a wireless communications device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.