Portable telephone interface for a laptop computer
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing wireless data transmission between a modem in a portable computer and a land line, further comprising:
- a wireless base station, the wireless base station further comprising;
means to attach to a land line; and
means to communicate with a wireless telephone handset;
the wireless telephone handset further comprising;
means to communicate with the wireless base station; and
means to communicate with a modem in a portable computer;
whereby a portable computer can communicate with a land line via a wireless telephone.
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Abstract
A local communication system in which a modem in a portable computer communicates wirelessly with the base station in a conventional portable telephone which is attached to a telephone land line. The computer may attach to the handset of a portable telephone via a jumper cable connection that is provided in the handset. Alternatively, the computer modem uses a wireless transceiver to communicate with a matching transceiver in the portable telephone base station. In another alternative configuration, the modem in the computer has an integral modem/transceiver that is used to directly communicate with the portable telephone base station. In addition to portable computers, the phone interface can be used by any communications device to communicate with a portable telephone. Alternative land lines such as coaxial cable networks or fiber-optic networks can be used in place of conventional telephone land lines.
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24 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing wireless data transmission between a modem in a portable computer and a land line, further comprising:
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a wireless base station, the wireless base station further comprising;
means to attach to a land line; and
means to communicate with a wireless telephone handset;
the wireless telephone handset further comprising;
means to communicate with the wireless base station; and
means to communicate with a modem in a portable computer;
whereby a portable computer can communicate with a land line via a wireless telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for providing wireless data transmission between a modem in a portable computer and a telephone land line, further comprising:
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a telephone, the telephone further comprising;
means to attach to a land telephone line; and
a telephone handset;
an acoustic coupler, further comprising;
means in the acoustic coupler to attach to the telephone handset such that data can be sent bidirectionally through the acoustic coupler to the telephone; and
means to communicate wirelessly with a modem in a portable computer;
whereby the portable computer can wirelessly communicate with the telephone land line via the acoustic coupler and the telephone.
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13. A method of providing wireless data transmission between a modem in a portable computer and a telephone land line, including the steps of:
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attaching a wireless telephone having a base station and a wireless handset to a land line; and
communicating between the wireless base station and the wireless handset;
communicating between the wireless telephone and a modem in a portable computer;
whereby a portable computer can communicate with a telephone land line via a wireless telephone. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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