Mesh network telephone system
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1. A system, comprising:
- a mesh network cordless telephone base station positionable inside a building and configured to communicate with a mesh network, wherein the mesh network telephone base station includes a telephone jack wired to a plain old telephone service (POTS) or a public switched telephone network (PSTN) land-line;
a cordless telephone positionable inside the building and configured to communicate with the cordless telephone base station via the mesh network, wherein the mesh network is configured to transfer data between the cordless telephone and the cordless telephone base station over intermediate nodes; and
a server coupled to the base station, wherein the server is configured to receive a search query from the cordless telephone, wherein the server is configured to search one or more databases based on the search query and return a search result on a display, wherein the server is configured to select a third party associated with one of the search results to call back the cordless telephone, and wherein the server is configured to transmit the cordless telephone'"'"'s caller identification (Caller ID) to the third party to call back the cordless telephone.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed having one or more mesh network appliances (such as ZigBee appliances); a mesh network telephone base station in communication with the mesh network appliances, the mesh network telephone base station including a telephone jack wired to a plain old telephone service (POTS) or a public switched telephone network (PSTN) land-line; and a telephone in communication with the one or more mesh network appliances including the mesh network telephone base station.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a mesh network cordless telephone base station positionable inside a building and configured to communicate with a mesh network, wherein the mesh network telephone base station includes a telephone jack wired to a plain old telephone service (POTS) or a public switched telephone network (PSTN) land-line; a cordless telephone positionable inside the building and configured to communicate with the cordless telephone base station via the mesh network, wherein the mesh network is configured to transfer data between the cordless telephone and the cordless telephone base station over intermediate nodes; and a server coupled to the base station, wherein the server is configured to receive a search query from the cordless telephone, wherein the server is configured to search one or more databases based on the search query and return a search result on a display, wherein the server is configured to select a third party associated with one of the search results to call back the cordless telephone, and wherein the server is configured to transmit the cordless telephone'"'"'s caller identification (Caller ID) to the third party to call back the cordless telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system, comprising:
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a cordless telephone including a ZigBee transceiver configured to communicate digitized voice and data via a ZigBee wireless link, wherein the cordless telephone is positionable inside a building; a mesh network cordless telephone base station wirelessly coupled to the cordless telephone via the ZigBee wireless link, wherein the mesh network cordless telephone base station is positionable inside the building, is configured to communicate via a mesh network, and includes a telephone jack coupled to a plain old telephone service (POTS) or a public switched telephone network (PSTN) land-line; and a server coupled to the base station, wherein the server is configured to receive a search query from the cordless telephone, wherein the server is further configured to search one or more databases based on the search query and return a search result on a display, wherein the server is configured to select a third party associated with one of the search results to call back the cordless telephone, and wherein the server is configured to transmit the cordless telephone'"'"'s caller identification (Caller ID) to the third party to call back the cordless telephone. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method, comprising:
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receiving a search query on a server from a cordless telephone positionable inside a building, wherein the server is coupled to a mesh network cordless telephone base station positionable inside the building and configured to communicate with the cordless telephone via one or more mesh network wireless communication links, and wherein the cordless telephone base station includes a telephone jack wired to a plain old telephone service (POTS) or a public switched telephone network (PSTN) land-line; searching one or more databases based on the search query; returning a search result on a display; selecting by the server a third party associated with one of the search results to call back the cordless telephone; and transmitting by the server the cordless telephone'"'"'s caller identification (Caller ID) to the third party to call back the cordless telephone. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to:
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receive a search query from a cordless telephone positionable inside a building, wherein the cordless telephone is configured to communicate with a mesh network cordless telephone base station via one or more mesh network wireless communication links, and wherein the mesh network cordless telephone base station is positionable inside the building and includes a telephone jack wired to a plain old telephone service (POTS) or a public switched telephone network (PSTN) land-line; search one or more databases based on the search query; return a search result on a display; select a third party associated with one of the search results to call back the cordless telephone; and transmit the cordless telephone'"'"'s caller identification (Caller ID) to the third party to call back the cordless telephone.
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