Ken Ward

US Patent:

6466799, Oct 15, 2002

Filed:

Apr 30, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/302870

Inventors:

Jason Patrick Torrey - Overland Park KS
Ken E. Ward - Independence MO

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P. - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

H04Q 720

US Classification:

455462, 455 741, 455552, 455465

Abstract:

According to the invention, a method and apparatus are disclosed for allowing a consumer to place wireless calls over their hand-held wireless communications device from telephones connected through-out their location, while keeping the convenience and flexibility of a hand-held communications device. More specifically, the present invention includes a communications premises station system for receiving a hand-held wireless communications device which communicates with a wireless network and has a premises station interface. The communications premises station system has one or more telephonic interfaces for communicating with one or more telephonic devices (e. g. , telephones, facsimile machines, computers). When the hand-held wireless communications device is placed in premises station (similar to a battery charger cradle), the hand-held wireless communications device electrically connects to communications premises station system. A call processing element of the communications premises station system exchanges signaling information with the hand-held wireless communications device, and converts incoming signals from the hand-held wireless communications device to incoming signals to the telephonic device, and converts outgoing signals from the telephonic device to outgoing signals to the hand-held wireless communications device.

US Patent:

6751462, Jun 15, 2004

Filed:

Aug 19, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/223136

Inventors:

Jason Patrick Torrey - Overland Park KS
Ken E. Ward - Independence MO

Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P. - Overland Park KS

International Classification:

H04Q 720

US Classification:

455462, 455464, 4555542, 4554221

Abstract:

A communication system and method are disclosed for allowing a consumer to place wireless calls over their wireless communication device from telephones connected through-out their location. The communication system includes a first interface to communicate with a telephone network, a second interface to communicate with a wireless network, a third interface to communicate with a first communication device (e. g. , telephones, facsimile machines, computers), a fourth interface to communicate with a second communication device, and control circuitry. The control circuitry connects the third interface to the first interface and connects the fourth interface to the second interface to provide simultaneous communication between the first communication device and the telephone network and between the second communication device and the wireless network.