Cell phone extension using wireless piconet

A method of remotely answering an incoming call to a cellular telephone over a wireless piconet network, the method comprising:

• establishing a piconet network including said cellular telephone and a remote piconet device in direct communication, said cellular telephone being adaptable to operate as a public-switched-telephone-network gateway comprising a piconet front end;
• selectively audibly ringing said remote telephone piconet device based on incoming call-related information;
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• allowing said incoming call to said cellular telephone to be automatically answered over a piconet network by another telephone device instead of by said cellular telephone.

A method of allowing a remote telephone piconet device to answer an incoming call to a cellular telephone in communication with said piconet device, comprising:

• passing incoming call related information from said cellular telephone receiving an incoming call directly to said remote telephone piconet device over a wireless piconet, said cellular telephone being adaptable to operate as a public-switched-telephone-network gateway and comprising a piconet front end;
• selectively audibly ringing said remote telephone piconet device based on said incoming call-related information;
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• allowing said incoming call to said wireless telephone to be automatically answered over a piconet network by another telephone device instead of by said cellular telephone.

Apparatus for allowing a remote telephone piconet device to answer an incoming call to a cellular telephone in communication with said piconet device, comprising:

• means for passing incoming call-related information from said cellular telephone receiving an incoming call directly to said remote telephone piconet device over a wireless piconet;
• said cellular telephone being adaptable to operate as a public-switched-telephone-network gateway and comprises a piconet front end;
• means for selectively audibly ringing said remote telephone piconet device based on said incoming call related information;
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• means for allowing said incoming call to said wireless telephone to be automatically answered over a piconet network by another telephone device instead by said cellular telephone.