Cordless and wireless telephone docking station with land line interface and switching mode
First Claim
1. A telephone docking station for coupling signals among a wireless telephone, a cordless telephone handset and a metallic telephone line, comprising:
- a multiple port telephone switch;
a wireless telephone interface adapted to receive the wireless telephone and to couple wireless signals with a first port on said switch, said wireless telephone interface having an output state indicative of the presence of the wireless telephone;
a cordless telephone base unit having a radio transceiver adapted to communicate with the cordless telephone handset and adapted to couple cordless signals with a second port on said switch;
a telephone line interface adapted to interface with the metallic telephone line and to couple line signals with a third port on said switch, and a controller coupled to said output, and coupled to control said switch to connect said first port or said second port to said third port as a function of the state of said output.
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Abstract
A telephone docking station that combines the operation of a wireless telephone, a cordless telephone, and a land-line telephone interface is taught. The wireless telephone and land-line interface provide telephone resources to the cordless telephone, which functions as a telephone terminal unit. Telephone calls can originate or terminate from either telephone resource. The cordless telephone handset provides for selection and display of the presently connected telephone resource. Caller ID information from both resources are routed to the cordless telephone. The cordless telephone automatically answers the presently ringing resource when is received. A speakerphone and an answering machine are added as alternative telephone terminal units in an illustrative embodiment. A Caller ID preview and hold function is provided so that the user can manage multiple calls from the telephone resources.
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1. A telephone docking station for coupling signals among a wireless telephone, a cordless telephone handset and a metallic telephone line, comprising:
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a multiple port telephone switch;
a wireless telephone interface adapted to receive the wireless telephone and to couple wireless signals with a first port on said switch, said wireless telephone interface having an output state indicative of the presence of the wireless telephone;
a cordless telephone base unit having a radio transceiver adapted to communicate with the cordless telephone handset and adapted to couple cordless signals with a second port on said switch;
a telephone line interface adapted to interface with the metallic telephone line and to couple line signals with a third port on said switch, and a controller coupled to said output, and coupled to control said switch to connect said first port or said second port to said third port as a function of the state of said output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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