Concurrent wireless/landline interface apparatus and method
AssigneeTelular Corp.
InventorsLouis W. Schornack, Carl T. Heitschel, Nuri G. Anter, Neil Beneditz, Jay Kinder
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Abstract
An apparatus for interfacing at least one landline telephone service, at least one wireless cellular-type telephone service, at least one cellular-type wireless telephone and at least one standard telephonic type communication device through standard building interior telephone cable.
Claims14
In a radio interface apparatus for coupling at least one land-line or land-line-type telephone instrument to a radio transceiver in order to allow said at least one land-line or land-line-type telephone instrument to make at least one of an incoming call and an outgoing call over a radio system, and connecting means connecting said at least one land-line or land-line-type telephone instrument to said radio interface apparatus, wherein the improvement comprises:
- said connecting means comprising land-line telephone wiring of a land-line telephone network;
- said land-line telephone wiring of a land-line telephone network being located at a premises, and comprising a tip line and a ring line, and at least two pairs of tip-and-ring terminals connected to said tip and ring lines, said radio interface apparatus being connected to one said pair of tip and ring terminals, and said at least one land-line or land-line-type telephone instrument being connected to another said pair of tip and ring terminal.
An apparatus for coupling a radio interface apparatus to at least one land-line or land-line-type telephone instrument to a radio transceiver in order to allow said at least one land-line or land-line-type telephone instrument to make at least one of an incoming call and an outgoing call over a radio telephone system, comprising:
- a radio transceiver capable of being connected to a radio telephone system for at least making or receiving a radio telephone call;
- a radio interface means for connection to said radio transceiver;
- at least one land-line or land-line-type telephone instrument means connected to said radio interface means for allowing said at least one telephone instrument means to make calls over a radio system via said radio transceiver;
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- connection means for connecting said at least one land-line or land-line-type telephone instrument to said radio interface apparatus, said connection means comprising land-line telephone wiring of a land-line telephone network;
- said land-line telephone wiring of a land-line telephone network being located at a premises, and comprising a tip line and a ring line, and at least two pairs of tip-and-ring terminals connected to said tip and ring lines, said radio interface apparatus being connected to one said pair of tip and ring terminals, and said at least one land-line or land-line-type telephone instrument being connected to another said pair of tip and ring terminals.
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