Patent · US Expired

Initialization of handsets in a multi-line wireless phone system for secure communications

US6832082B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 10, 2000
Grant dateDec 14, 2004
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/68
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A wireless telephone system, having one or more wireless handsets and a base unit. Each handset has a handset transceiver, and the base unit has a base transceiver and a handset docking station, which has a wired interface. The base unit digitally communicates over an RF channel with a handset via its handset transceiver only if the handset has previously been initialized by the base unit. The handset is initialized via the wired interface when it is physically docked in the docking station.

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