Claims
- 1. A method of connecting an incoming telephone call to a wireless telephone comprising the steps of:
- at a central system:
- receiving an incoming telephone call for a particular wireless telephone; and
- transmitting a radio paging signal including ID information for the called wireless telephone and further including telephone line ID information; and
- at a plurality of base stations:
- receiving the transmitted radio paging signal ID information;
- if a telephone line is available at the individual base station, selecting an available voice channel and transmitting a call to the called wireless telephone on said voice channel; and
- if a response is received from the wireless telephone utilizing the telephone line ID information to provide a connection to the incoming telephone call.
- 2. A radio communication system for connecting radios to a telephone network comprising:
- a plurality of portable radio units;
- a plurality of base stations for selectively interconnecting said portable radio units to the telephone network;
- a central system for receiving incoming telephone calls and for transmitting radio paging signals including ID information for called portable radio units and further including telephone ID information to the plurality of base stations;
- the base stations each including means for receiving the transmitted radio paging signal ID information and means for determining if a telephone line is available, each base station transmitting a call to the called portable radio unit on a voice channel only if a telephone line is available, and further including means utilizing the telephone ID information for selectively interconnecting said portable radio units to incoming telephone calls.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/484,097, filed Feb. 22, 1990, and now abandoned.
US Referenced Citations (5)
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0058341 |
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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Publication: Electronics & Wireless World, "A Cordless Future", Dec. 1988, pp. 1198-1199. |
Continuations (1)
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484097 |
Feb 1990 |
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