Portable communication system comprising a local and wide area communication units which can store a communication when the wide area communication system is not available
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1. A communication system, comprising:
- a portable housing;
a local-area wireless communication unit, disposed in said portable housing, including a transceiver constructed and arranged to communicate with a plurality of local-area wireless personal communication devices, wherein at least some of said personal communication devices are different from one another;
a wide-area communication unit, disposed in said portable housing, including a transceiver to communicate with at least one wide-area communication system;
control means, disposed in said portable housing for selectively controlling said local-area wireless communication unit and said wide-area communication unit;
means, disposed in said portable housing, for storing a communication when a wide-area communication system is not available to said wide-area communication unit; and
means for forwarding said communication when said wide-area communication system becomes available to said wide-area communication unit.
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Abstract
A local-area RF communication unit (305) is incorporated in a portable housing, such as a briefcase (101), and adapted to communicate with personal communication devices, such as a handset (105) and notepad (107). One or more wide-area RF communication units (303) are disposed in the briefcase (101) and adapted to communicate with a wide-area communication system. The local-area RF communication unit (305) and the wide-area communication unit are selectively controlled by a microprocessor (301) within the briefcase (101).
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37 Claims
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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a portable housing; a local-area wireless communication unit, disposed in said portable housing, including a transceiver constructed and arranged to communicate with a plurality of local-area wireless personal communication devices, wherein at least some of said personal communication devices are different from one another; a wide-area communication unit, disposed in said portable housing, including a transceiver to communicate with at least one wide-area communication system;
control means, disposed in said portable housing for selectively controlling said local-area wireless communication unit and said wide-area communication unit;means, disposed in said portable housing, for storing a communication when a wide-area communication system is not available to said wide-area communication unit; and means for forwarding said communication when said wide-area communication system becomes available to said wide-area communication unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 36, 37)
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20. A communication system, comprising:
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a portable housing; a local-area wireless communication unit, disposed in said portable housing, including a transceiver constructed and arranged to communicate with a plurality of local-area wireless personal communication devices, wherein at least some of said personal communication devices are different from one another; a wide-area communication unit, disposed in said portable housing, including a transceiver to communicate with at least one wide-area communication system; means, disposed in said portable housing, for receiving a wide-area communication; means, coupled to said means for receiving, for converting said wide-area communication to a local-area communication; means, coupled to said means for converting, for forwarding said local-area communication to an appropriate local-area communication unit; means, disposed in said portable housing for storing a communication when a wide-area communication system is not available to said wide-area communication unit; and means for forwarding said communication when said wide-area communication system becomes available to said wide-area communication unit. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A communication system, comprising:
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a portable housing; a local-area wireless communication unit disposed in said portable housing including a transceiver to communicate with a plurality of local-area wireless personal communication devices, wherein at least some of said personal communication devices are different from one another; a wide-area communication unit disposed in said portable housing including a transceiver to communicate with at least one wide-area communication system; means, disposed in said portable housing, for receiving a wide-area communication; means, coupled to said means for receiving, for converting said wide-area communication to a local-area communication; means, coupled to said means for converting, for forwarding said local-area communication to an appropriate local-area communication unit; means, operatively coupled to said portable housing, for interfacing to a first wide-area communication unit from a first wide-area communication system; means, operatively coupled to said portable housing, for interfacing to a second wide-area communication unit from a second wide-area communication system, wherein said means for interfacing said first wide-area communication unit and said means for interfacing said second wide-area communication unit provide the same electrical and physical interface; means, disposed in said portable housing, for storing a communication when a wide-area communication system is not available to said wide-area communication unit; and means for forwarding said communication when said wide-area communication system becomes available to said wide-area communication unit. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A communication system, comprising:
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a portable housing; a local-area wireless communication unit disposed in the portable housing including a transceiver to communicate with a plurality of local-area wireless personal communication devices, wherein at least some of the personal communication devices are different from one another; a wide-area communication unit disposed in the portable housing including a transceiver to communicate with at least one wide-area communication system; control means disposed in the portable housing for selectively controlling the local-area wireless communication unit and the wide-area communication unit; means, disposed in the portable housing, for storing a communication when a wide-area communication system is not available to the wide-area communication unit; and means for forwarding the communication when the wide-area communication system becomes available to the wide-area communication unit.
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