System and method for cellular telephone network access point
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1. A wireless telephone, comprising:
- a cellular telephone controller configured to interface the cellular telephone to a telephone network;
a wireless packet network controller configured to interface the wireless telephone to packet network; and
a wireless network access point controller configured to interface a computer to said packet network via telephone network.
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Abstract
A wireless telephone includes a cellular telephone controller configured to interface the cellular telephone to a telephone network; a wireless packet network controller configured to interface the wireless telephone to packet network; and a wireless network access point controller configured to interface a computer to said packet network via telephone network.
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15 Claims
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1. A wireless telephone, comprising:
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a cellular telephone controller configured to interface the cellular telephone to a telephone network;
a wireless packet network controller configured to interface the wireless telephone to packet network; and
a wireless network access point controller configured to interface a computer to said packet network via telephone network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A wireless electronic device configured to interface to a cellular network in a first mode;
- configured to interface to a packet network in a second mode; and
configured to provide a wireless access point for a computer in a third mode, wherein in said third mode, said wireless access point interfaces said computer to said packet network via said cellular network. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
- configured to interface to a packet network in a second mode; and
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7. A telecommunications system, comprising:
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a wireless packet network;
a cellular telephone network;
at least one computing device including a wireless network interface card for communicating over the wireless packet network;
at least cellular telephone device, the cellular telephone device having a cellular telephone mode for communicating over the cellular network and a packet network mode for communicating over the packet network;
wherein the cellular telephone device is configured to function as a wireless access point for said at least one computing device by interfacing the wireless network interface card to the wireless packet network via the cellular network. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A telecommunications method, comprising:
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attempting to access a wireless packet network from a personal computer using a wireless network interface card interfacing to a wireless access point; and
attempting to access the wireless network via a cellular telephone equipped with a wireless network interface if said wireless access point is determined to be unavailable. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A telecommunications processing device, comprising:
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a processor; and
a wireless network interface;
wherein said processor is programmed to access a wireless packet network using said wireless network interface via a wireless network access point in a first mode and is programmed to access the wireless packet network using said wireless network interface via a cellular telephone programmed to function as a wireless network access point in a second mode.
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