Systems and methods for communications

• US 6,741,835 B2
• Filed: 01/11/2002
• Issued: 05/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spreadsheet Solutions Corp.
• Original Assignee: Fred Pulver
• Inventors: Pulver, Fred
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Vivian
• Assistant Examiner(s): West, Lewis G
• Application Number:
  US10/042,198
• Publication Number:
  US 20020094776A1
• Time in Patent Office: 865 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.05, 455/426.2, 455/465, 455/74.1, 455/554.2, 455/555, 455/560, 455/462, 455/426.1, 455/422
• US Class Current: 455/3.05
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2535 adapted for voice communication over an Internet Protocol [IP] network Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network equipment and services H04M7/006; implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/725 Cordless telephones user interfaces specially adapted therefor H04M1/724
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/66 user interface aspects for indicating selection options for a communication line
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/021 adapted for Wireless Local Loop operation

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for wireline-to-wireless communications. In an embodiment of the present invention, a system for wireline-to-wireless communications includes a base unit. The base unit includes a wireline interface coupled to the subscriber loop interface. The system also includes a wireless communications device adapter coupled to the base unit. The wireless communications device adapter includes a second interface, and the first interface is coupled to the second interface.

Claims

1. A system for wireline-to-wireless communications, the system comprising:

a base unit including

a wireline interface, and

a first interface coupled to the wireline interface, the first interface to receive wireline protocol communication signals and send generic protocol communications signals; and

a wireless communications device adapter coupled to the base unit, the wireless communications device adapter including a second interface, the first interface coupled to the second interface, the second interface to receive generic protocol communications signals and send wireless device protocol communication signals,

wherein when an about-to-be-placed call, initiated by a wireline telephone connected to the wireline interface, is to be serviced by a wireline service, a conventional dial tone is provided to the wireline telephone to alert a user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by the wireline service, and when the about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireless service, a tone other than a conventional dial tone is provided to the wireline telephone to alert a user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by a wireless service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireline interface is a subscriber loop interface.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireline interface is a private branch exchange interface.

4. A method for wireline-to-wireless communications, the method comprising:

receiving communications signals from a wireline communications device;

providing a conventional dial tone to a wireline communication device connected to a wireline interface when an about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireline service to alert a user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by the wireline service, and providing a tone other than a conventional dial tone to the wireline communication device when the about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireless service to alert the user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by a wireless service;

adapting the communications signals from a wireline protocol to a generic protocol;

sending the adapted communications signals across a first interface;

receiving the adapted communications signals;

modifying the adapted communications signal from the generic protocol to a wireless communications device protocol; and

sending the modified adapted communications signals to a wireless communications device.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving communications signals from the wireline communications device includes receiving communications signals via a subscriber loop interface.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein receiving communications signals from the wireline communications device includes receiving communications signals via a private branch exchange interface.

7. A system for wireline-to-wireless communications, the system comprising:

means for receiving communications signals from a wireline communications device;

means for providing a conventional dial tone to a wireline communication device connected to a wireline interface when an about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireline service to alert a user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by the wireline service, and means for providing a tone other than a conventional dial tone to the wireline communication device when the about-to-be-placed call is to be serviced by a wireless service to alert the user that the about-to-be-placed call will be serviced by a wireless service;

means for adapting the communications signals from a wireline protocol to a generic protocol;

means for sending the adapted communications signals across a first interface;

means for receiving the adapted communications signals;

means for modifying the adapted communications signals from the generic protocol to a wireless communications device protocol; and

means for sending the modified adapted communications signals to a wireless communications device.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the means for receiving communications signals from the wireline communications device includes a subscriber loop interface.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the means for receiving communications signals from the wireline communications device includes a private branch exchange interface.