Wireless telephone apparatus

• US 5,802,477 A
• Filed: 01/24/1996
• Issued: 09/01/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ishida, Hiroaki, Mizokami, Hiromu
• Primary Examiner(s): Kuntz, Curtis A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TIEU, BINH KIEN
• Application Number:
  US08/590,642
• Time in Patent Office: 951 Days
• Field of Search: 379/58, 379/59, 379/60, 379/61, 379/62, 379/63, 455/33.1, 455/33.2, 455/54.1, 455/517, 455/524, 455/525, 455/435
• US Class Current: 455/525
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/727 Identification code transfer arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/733 with a plurality of base stations connected to a plurality of lines for selection in cordless PBX H04W84/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

In a wireless telephone apparatus composed of a base station connected to a public switched telephone network and a personal station which can communicate by wireless with the base station, an area which the personal station can communicate with is expanded by making the personal station to be registered in a plurality of base stations. The personal station includes a wireless part for communicate by wireless with the base station, a base station ID number registration part for registering ID numbers of a plurality of base stations and a control part for reading an ID number of a base station to be called from the base station ID number registration part and controlling the wireless part to establish a communication by wireless with the base station according to the read ID number of the base station.

Claims

1. A private cordless telephone apparatus comprising:

a plurality of base stations connected to a public switched telephone network; and

a personal station connected to said base stations by wireless;

wherein said personal station comprises;

wireless means for connecting to said base stations by wireless;

base station ID information registration means for previously registering ID information of a plurality of base stations having a specified relation;

base station selection indication means for indicating a selection of a base station to be called from the base stations registered in said base station ID information registration means and reading ID information of said base station to be called out of said base station ID information registration means; and

control means for controlling said wireless means to establish wireless communication to a base station, after confirming at said base station if said base station ID information read is base station ID information registered.

2. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 1,

wherein said control means switches a setup for a base station to be called at every fixed time.

3. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 1,

wherein said control means reads ID information of the other base stations from said base station ID information registration means and controls said wireless means to establish wireless communication to a base station according to the read out information of the base station, when a wireless connection to the base station to be called is not established.

4. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 1,

wherein ID information of a plurality of base stations registered in said base station ID information registration means include time ID information;

and

said control means reads out ID information at every fixed time and when an ID information coincides with the time of day for an operation, said control means determines the base station registered with said time ID information to be a base station to be called.

5. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

display means for displaying ID information concerning a base station to be called.

6. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 1,

wherein said control means reads ID information of the other base stations out of said base station ID information registration means and controls said wireless means to establish wireless communication with said base station according to the read out ID information of said base station, and

wherein in the case in which when calling control is made for a base station to be called, said base station transmits a message indicating that said base station is in communication with another personal station.

7. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

input means for inputting ID information of base station switching,

wherein said control means reads ID information of the other base stations out of said base station ID information registration means,

wherein if a base station switching signal is inputted from said input means, said control means controls said wireless means to establish wireless communication with said base station according to read out ID information of said base station, in the case when a switched telephone network to which said base station is connected is not able to communicate with said personal station.

17. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 1;

wherein the information of a plurality of base stations having a specified relation to a base station ID information registration means is manually registered by a user.

8. A private cordless telephone apparatus comprising:

a plurality of base stations connected to a public switched telephone network; and

a personal station connected to said base stations by wireless;

wherein said base station comprises;

first wireless means for communicating with said personal stations by wireless;

first control means for connecting with said personal station by wireless when an ID information of a base station included in a call message from said personal station is an own ID information registered in said personal station; and

wherein said personal station comprises;

second wireless means for communicating by wireless with said base station;

base station ID information registration means for previously registered ID information of a plurality of base stations having a specified relation;

base station selection indication means for indicating a selection of a base station to be called and reading the ID information of said base station to be called out of said base station ID information registration means; and

second control means for controlling said second wireless means to transmit information including the read ID information of the base station and establishing a wireless communication with the base station.

9. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 8,

wherein said second control means reads an ID information of a different base station out of said base station ID information registration means at every fixed time and controls said second wireless means to transmit a read information including an ID information of said base station when a call request is given from a base station.

10. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein

said second control means reads an ID information of another base station out of said base station ID information registration means when communication by wireless with a base station to be called can not be established, and controls said second wireless means to transmit an ID information including read ID information of the base station when a call request is given from a base station.

11. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 8,

wherein time ID information are registered concerning ID information of a plurality of base stations registered in said base station ID information registration means, and

wherein said second control means reads these time ID information at every fixed time and determines the base station registered with these time ID information as a base station to be called, when an ID information coincides with the time of day of an operation.

12. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein

said personal station comprises display means for displaying an ID information concerning to a base station to be called.

13. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein

in the case in which said second wireless means receives that when calling control is made for a base station to be called, said base station transmits a message indicating that said base station is in communication with another personal station, said second control means reads ID information of another base station out of said base station ID information registration means and controls said second wireless means to establish communication with the base station by wireless according to the read ID information of the base station.

14. The private cordless telephone apparatus as recited in claim 8, wherein

said personal station comprises input means for inputting ID information of base station switching;

said second control means reads an information of another base station out of said base station ID information registration means, if a base station switching signal is inputted from input means and controls said second wireless means to transmit a read ID information including the base station ID information, when a call request is given from the base station.

15. A private cordless telephone apparatus comprising:

wireless means for wireless connecting to a base station connected to a public switched telephone network;

base station ID information registration means for previously registering ID information of a plurality of base stations having a specified relation;

control means for reading the information of a base station to be called out of said base station information registration means and controlling said wireless means to establish wireless communication with the base station according to the read out information of the base station after confirming at said base station if said base station ID information read is base station ID information registered; and

wherein said control means switches a setting of a base station to be called at every fixed period.

16. A private cordless telephone apparatus comprising:

a base station connected to a public switched telephone network; and

a personal station connected to said base station by wireless; and

wherein said base station comprises;

first wireless means for communicating by wireless with said personal station; and

first control means for connecting by wireless with said personal station when ID information of the base station included in a call message from said personal station is an own ID information registered in said personal station; and

wherein said personal station comprises;

second wireless means for communicating by wireless with said base station;

base station ID information registration means for previously registering ID information of a plurality of base stations having a specified relation; and

second control means for selecting and indicating a base station to be called from the base stations registered in said base station ID information registration means and reading an ID information of said base station to be called out of said base station ID information registration means and controlling said second wireless means to transmit ID information including the read ID information of the base station and establishing a wireless communication with the base station,

wherein said second control means controls the wireless means to transmit information to said base station, after confirming at said base station if said base station ID information read is base station ID information registered.