Cellular phone cordless home base unit
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Abstract
A cellular telephone can be integrated in a base unit, and thereby used in addition to, or in place of a land line. Viewed from another perspective, a cellular phone or other communication device can be integrated with a communication network by at least temporarily coupling it to another cellular phone or communication device that was previously integrated with the communication network. Such a unit may integrate itself when coupled to a previously integrated phone by obtaining a MIN and ESN from the previously integrated phone. Such a unit may also provide access to non-integration information contained in the previously integrated phone, such as data related to contacts, tasks, and appointments.
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38 Claims
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18. A base unit comprising:
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a docking facility that that communicatively engages a first portable cell phone having an identity on a cellular network; and
a subsystem that receives information from the portable cell phone sufficient to allow the docking facility to connect to the network using the identity of the portable cell phone, in place of the portable cell phone, while still allowing the portable cell phone to resume its identity on the network upon disengagement from the docking facility. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A base unit comprising:
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a docking facility that that communicatively engages a first portable cell phone having an identity on a cellular network; and
a subsystem that receives information from the portable cell phone sufficient to allow the base unit to connect to the network using the identity of the portable cell phone, in place of the portable cell phone, while still allowing the portable cell phone to resume its identity on the network upon disengagement from the base unit.
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