Wireless-wireline communication selection mechanism resident in craftsperson's portable test and communications device
First Claim
1. An arrangement for establishing a communication path between a user'"'"'s portable communication and processing unit, through the operation of which testing of a subscriber line of a telephone network may be conducted by means of a test system that is coupled to said subscriber line and is placed in communication with said user'"'"'s portable communication and processing unit, said arrangement comprising a transceiver within said user'"'"'s communication and processing unit which is operative, in response to a user'"'"'s request for the establishment of a communication path between said user'"'"'s communication and processing unit and said test system, to establish said communication path between said user'"'"'s communication and processing unit and said test system by means of one of a plurality of wireless communication systems located between said test system and said user'"'"'s communication and processing unit.
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Abstract
A portable communications unit contains both wireless and wireline communication capability, through a selected one of which a craftsperson may establish a communication path with a test system of a telephone office. The test system responds to commands supplied over the established communication path supplies messages to the user'"'"'s communication unit for providing a user with information for controlling the operation of a test head that is connectable to a subscriber line. The communications unit has a contact-sensitive visual display, which converts touch inputs into control signals that are transmitted to the test system and through which information associated with the operation of the test system is presented to the user. The user'"'"'s communication unit is operative, in response to a user'"'"'s request for the establishment of a communication path between the communications unit and the test system, to attempt to place the communications unit in wireless communication with the telephone office. If the wireless path is unavailable, a message is displayed instructing the user to use a wireline path.
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- 1. An arrangement for establishing a communication path between a user'"'"'s portable communication and processing unit, through the operation of which testing of a subscriber line of a telephone network may be conducted by means of a test system that is coupled to said subscriber line and is placed in communication with said user'"'"'s portable communication and processing unit, said arrangement comprising a transceiver within said user'"'"'s communication and processing unit which is operative, in response to a user'"'"'s request for the establishment of a communication path between said user'"'"'s communication and processing unit and said test system, to establish said communication path between said user'"'"'s communication and processing unit and said test system by means of one of a plurality of wireless communication systems located between said test system and said user'"'"'s communication and processing unit.
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