Wireless telephone jack

• US 20040198236A1
• Filed: 08/30/2002
• Published: 10/07/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Renee Cartier-Paine, Scott Paine
• Original Assignee: Renee Cartier-Paine, Scott Paine
• Inventors: Paine, Scott, Cartier-Paine, Renee
• Application Number:
  US10/231,848
• Publication Number:
  US 20040198236A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/74.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line

Abstract

A wireless telephone outlet method and system is described, having a base unit connected to a telephone line, which base unit is in wireless two-way communication with a remote unit. The remote unit has a telephone jack connectable to a telephony device, at which jack the remote unit replicates the incoming state of the telephone line sensed by the base unit and communicated to the remote unit. The base unit replicates the incoming state of the telephone jack sensed by and communicated to the base unit by the remote unit. The operation is transparent to the devices which may be interconnected in this manner.

Claims

1. A wireless telephone outlet comprising:

a base unit wirelessly coupled to a remote unit;

said base unit connected to a POTS line and having a transmitter capable of sending and receiving signals from and to said remote unit, and further capable of sensing at least a first state of the POTS line and wirelessly sending said at least a first state to said remote unit;

said remote unit having a transmitter capable of wirelessly sending and receiving telephone type signals to and from the base unit and further having a connector adapted to receive a mating plug from an external device, and further able to sense a second state at the connector and communicate said second state to the base unit; and

wherein said remote unit configured so as to receive the first state from the base unit and replicate said first state at the connector, and the base unit configured so as to receive the second state from the remote unit and replicate said second state at the POTS line.

2. The wireless telephone outlet of claim 1 wherein the connector comprises an RJ-11 outlet.

3. The wireless telephone outlet of claim 1 wherein the remote unit is able to detect an off-hook condition at the connector, and communicate this state to the base unit, and wherein the base unit, responsive to an off hook condition communicated from the remote unit, goes into an off hook condition at the POTS connection.

4. The wireless telephone outlet of claim 3 wherein the base unit is able to detect the presence of a dial tone at the POTS connection and communicate this state to the remote unit, and wherein the remote unit, responsive to the dial tone condition communicated from the base unit, is able to provide a dial tone to the connector of the remote unit.

5. The wireless telephone outlet of claim 4 wherein the base unit is further able to detect a ring signal at the POTS line and, responsive to a ring signal, communicate with the remote unit which, responsive to the communicated ring signal, provides a ring signal to the connector of the remote unit.

6. The wireless telephone outlet of claim 1 wherein the remote unit is connected with a second device.

7. The wireless telephone outlet of claim 6 wherein the second device comprises a telephone handset.

8. The wireless telephone outlet device of claim 6 wherein the second device comprises a modem.

9. The wireless telephone outlet of claim 1 further comprising means for providing secure communications between the base unit and the remote unit.

10. The wireless telephone outlet of claim 1 wherein the condition of the POTS line is sensed and communicated by the base unit to the remote unit which places the connector in the same condition as the POTS line;

and

wherein the condition of the connector is sensed by and communicated to the base unit which places the POTS line in the same condition as the outlet.

11. The wireless telephone communications device of claim 9 wherein the means for secure communications comprises encrypting and decrypting a signal exchanged between the base unit and the remote unit.

12. A method of remote telephony comprising the acts of:

providing a base unit having a transmitter and receiver, and which is connected to a POTS line;

providing a remote unit having a transmitter and a receiver capable of communicating with the base unit;

providing an outlet on the remote unit connectable to a telephony device which is capable of being connected to a POTS line; and

connecting the telephony device to the outlet, and initiating a telephone call over the POTS line using the remote unit in communication with the base unit to convey telephone signals.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising the acts of detecting the presence of a ring signal at the POTS line and communicating the presence of a ring signal at the POTS line to the remote unit, and wherein the remote unit, in response to the communicated ring signal, provides a ring signal at the connector of the remote unit.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising the acts of detecting an off hook connection at the outlet, communicating the presence of the off hook condition to the base unit, and in response to the communicated off-hook condition, the base unit providing an off hook condition to the POTS line.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising the acts of detecting a dial tone at the POTS line, communicating the dial tone condition to the remote unit, and the remote unit providing a dial tone to the connector of the remote unit.

16. A system for a wireless telephone outlet comprising a base unit connected to a POTS line and having a transmitter and receiver for communicating wirelessly with a remote unit;

the remote unit having a transmitter and receiver for communicating with a base unit and an outlet connectable to a telephony device;

the remote unit and base unit being adapted to transmit and receive telephony signals;

the base unit being configured so as to be able to sense a first state of the POTS line and to communicate said state to the remote unit which can replicate said first state at the outlet;

the remote unit being configured so as to be able to sense a second state at the input and to communicate said second state to the base unit can replicates said second sate at the POTS line; and

the base unit being configured so as to be able to initiate, and terminate a telephone call in response to signals transmitted from the remote unit.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the base unit is configured so as to set an off hook condition at the POTS line in response to an off hook condition communicated from the remote unit.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the remote unit, responsive to a ring condition communicated from the base unit, provides a ring signal at the outlet.