Auto sensing home base station for mobile telephone with remote answering capabilities

A method for facilitating communications with a mobile telephone via a mobile communications network, the method comprising:

• registering the mobile telephone for providing communications services to a first local telephone device;
• wirelessly detecting presence information for the mobile telephone;
• collecting dialed digits from the first local telephone device;
• sending data related to the dialed digits to the mobile telephone, the mobile telephone being configured to facilitate a communication between the first local telephone device and a remote telephone via the mobile communications network;
• receiving a first privacy request signal from the first local telephone device during the communication, the first privacy request signal requesting that the mobile telephone and a second local telephone be prevented from receiving audio communication from the communication between the first local telephone device and the remote telephone via the mobile communications network;
• responsive to receiving the first privacy request signal during the communication, disabling audio communication to the second local telephone and instructing the mobile telephone to disable audio communication;
• receiving a second privacy request signal from the mobile telephone during the communication, the second privacy request signal requesting that the second local telephone be prevented from receiving audio communication from the communication;
• and
• responsive to receiving the second privacy request signal during the communication, disabling audio communication to the second local telephone.

A method for facilitating communication with a remote telephone via a mobile telephone, the method comprising:

• receiving, wirelessly, identification information related to the mobile telephone for providing communication services to a local telephone device at a home base station;
• comparing the received identification information with information related to a registered mobile telephone at the home base station;
• in response to determining that the received identification information matches the information related to the registered mobile telephone, facilitating, by the home base station, a communication over a mobile communications network between the local telephone device and the remote telephone via the mobile telephone,
• wherein the mobile telephone is configured to send a first privacy request signal during the communication to prevent a second local telephone device from receiving data from the communication, and the local telephone device is configured to send a second privacy request signal during the communication to prevent the mobile telephone and the second local telephone device from receiving data from the communication.