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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

  • US 5,533,097 A
  • Filed: 12/08/1993
  • Issued: 07/02/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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