Hybrid wireless IP phone system and method for using the same
First Claim
1. A wireless voice over Internet Protocol telephone, comprising:
- a wireless handset that comprises a wireless personal area network transceiver, a wireless local area network transceiver, and a selecting device;
wherein the selecting device selects the wireless personal area network transceiver when the wireless personal area network transceiver detects a wireless personal area network connection, otherwise the selecting device selects the wireless local area network transceiver.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system and method for sending and receiving Voice-over-Internet-Protocol over a wireless computer network utilizing a hybrid wireless Voice-over-Internet-Protocol telephone. The invention utilizes a phone controller, a wireless handset, a base station and at least one access point. The wireless handset is equipped with both a wireless personal area network transceiver and a wireless local area network transceiver. The base station is equipped with a wireless personal area network transceiver and a network interface card. Voice-over-Internet-Protocol packets are routed to a phone controller which forwards the packets to either an access point for transmission to the wireless handset over the wireless local area network, to a base station for transmission to the wireless handset over the personal area network, or to server for transmission out of the local area network.
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33 Claims
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1. A wireless voice over Internet Protocol telephone, comprising:
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a wireless handset that comprises a wireless personal area network transceiver, a wireless local area network transceiver, and a selecting device;
wherein the selecting device selects the wireless personal area network transceiver when the wireless personal area network transceiver detects a wireless personal area network connection, otherwise the selecting device selects the wireless local area network transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for sending and receiving voice over Internet Protocol using a wireless voice over Internet Protocol telephone, comprising:
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a telephone, the telephone comprising;
a wireless handset having a wireless personal area network transceiver and a wireless local area network transceiver, and a base station having a network interface card and a wireless personal area network transceiver;
an access point; and
a controller communicatively coupled to the base station and to the access point via a local area network. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for a wireless handset to send and receive voice over Internet Protocol using a wireless voice over Internet Protocol telephone, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a communications signal over a wireless personal area network transceiver from the wireless handset to a base station;
determining when the wireless handset is out of range of the base station; and
activating a wireless local area network transceiver by the base station. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for a wireless handset to communicate to a local area network, the wireless handset suitably adapted to communicate with a corresponding base station, the base station being connected to the local area network, the steps comprising:
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establishing a connection with the base station via a first transceiver when the wireless handset is within range of the base station; and
switching to a second transceiver and connecting to the local area network via the second transceiver when the wireless handset is outside the range of the base station. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method for a base station to facilitate communications between an associated wireless handset and a local area network, the steps comprising:
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establishing a communications session between the wireless handset and the base station when the wireless handset is within range of the base station, the base station forwarding packets between the wireless handset and the local area network; and
notifying a device on the local area network when the base station loses contact with the wireless handset. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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