Telephone system having land-line-supported private base station switchable into cellular network
First Claim
1. A telephone system comprising:
- at least one mobile station for communicating with a cellular phone network,a private base station, including means for registering the at least one mobile station with said private base station and enabling communication of the mobile station with a land-line telephone network through said private base station, andmeans responsive to predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network not recognized by the cellular phone network, the predetermined signalling codes being received from the registered mobile station, for retrieving information stored in the private base station and converting the retrieved information for presentation to the cellular shone network.
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Abstract
A telephone system includes at least one mobile station for communicating with a wireless cellular phone network at a private base station that registers a mobile station and enables communication of a mobile station with a land-line telephone network through the private base station. The private base station is responsive to pre-determined signaling codes received from a registered mobile station for switching the communication of the private base station into the wireless cellular phone network. The private base station includes a memory for storing calling numbers received from a landline network. A dialer generates calls to a stored calling number through the wireless cellular network upon receipt of a pre-determined signal generated by a registered mobile station.
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46 Claims
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1. A telephone system comprising:
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at least one mobile station for communicating with a cellular phone network, a private base station, including means for registering the at least one mobile station with said private base station and enabling communication of the mobile station with a land-line telephone network through said private base station, and means responsive to predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network not recognized by the cellular phone network, the predetermined signalling codes being received from the registered mobile station, for retrieving information stored in the private base station and converting the retrieved information for presentation to the cellular shone network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11)
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10. A telephone system comprising:
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at least one mobile station for communicating with a cellular phone network, a private base station operable with a land-line telephone network and the cellular phone network, including means for registering the at least one mobile station with said private base station and enabling communication of the mobile station with the land-line telephone network through said private base station, and means for generating and forwarding a redirection signal through the land-line telephone network and to the cellular phone network in communication with the land-line telephone network upon registration of the mobile station so as to redirect all calls made to the mobile station within the cellular phone network through the land-line telephone network to the private base station, and means responsive to predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network not recognized by the cellular phone network, the predetermined signalling codes being received from the registered mobile station, for switching communication from the private base station into the cellular phone network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of enabling communication between a cellular phone network and a private base station comprising the steps of:
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switching the communication of the private base station into the cellular phone network after receiving predetermined signalling codes of a land-line telephone network not recognized by the cellular phone network from a mobile station that is registered with the private base station, the private base station being operable with the land-line telephone network and the cellular phone network, retrieving information stored in the private base station in response to the received predetermined signalling codes, and converting the retrieved information for presentation to the cellular phone network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of enabling communication between a wireless cellular phone network and a private base station comprising the steps of:
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registering a mobile station with a private base station so that the mobile station communicates with a land-line telephone network via the private base station, the private base station being operable with a land-line telephone network and the wireless cellular phone network, generating and forwarding a redirection signal through the land-line telephone network to the wireless cellular phone network in communication with the land-line telephone network after the mobile station has registered, redirecting all phone calls made to the mobile station within the wireless cellular phone network through the land-line telephone network to the private base station in response to the redirection signal, and switching the communication of the private base station into the wireless cellular phone network after receiving predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network not recognized by the wireless cellular phone network from the registered mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of enabling communication with a cellular phone network and a private base station comprising the steps of:
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receiving within the private base station predetermined signalling codes of a land-line telephone network not recognized by the cellular phone network from a registered mobile station, the private base station being operable with the land-line telephone network and the cellular phone network retrieving signalling information stored in the private base station in response to the predetermined signalling codes, converting the retrieved information for presentation to the cellular phone network, and receiving within the cellular phone network the converted information. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A private base station operative with a cellular mobile station comprising:
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an interface for connecting to a land-line telephone network and enabling communication of the mobile station with the land-line telephone network through the private base station, and a switch for switching communication of the private base station into a cellular phone network from the land-line telephone network after having received predetermined signalling codes from the mobile station that is registered with the private base station, the predetermined signalling codes being initiated by a user of the mobile station wherein the predetermined signalling codes are of the land-line telephone network and are not recognized by the cellular phone network, and the private base station is operative with the land-line telephone network and the cellular phone network to receive the predetermined signalling codes and to establish communication between the cellular phone network and the registered mobile station in response to the predetermined signalling codes. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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46. A private base station coupled with a land-line telephone network comprising:
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a first transceiver unit for communicating with a registered mobile station; a switch for switching connection of the private base station into a cellular phone network after having received predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network that are not recognized by the cellular phone network from the registered mobile station, the predetermined signalling codes being initiated by a user of the mobile station; and a second transceiver unit for communicating with the cellular phone network.
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