Seamless re-direction of calls between home and mobile telephones
US7046783B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 2002 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 23, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2203/1091
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is described for providing wired line telephone and mobile telephone cross-usage comprising the steps of de-activating call forwarding of incoming mobile telephone calls to a subscriber's home wired line telephone and for activating call forwarding of incoming wired line telephone calls to the subscriber's mobile telephone upon removal of the mobile telephone from a customer premises equipment (CPE) cradle. The method further provides for activating call forwarding of incoming mobile telephone calls to the subscriber's home wired line telephone and for de-activating call forwarding of incoming wired line telephone calls to the subscriber's mobile telephone upon placement of the mobile telephone into said CPE cradle. A customer premises equipment (CPE) cradle for providing home wired line and mobile telephone cross-usage has a conventional wired line telephone jack, an AC in plug/port, at least one connector pin, at least one charging pin, a detection switch, a support for the mobile telephone, a display and buttons unit, a charging mechanism, a detection switch and a programmable module.
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