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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1998
Benjamin Kendrick Gibbs, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Izzet Murat Bilgic, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Carl Mansfield, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Opuswave Networks, Inc., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Abstract
A method for establishing wireless communication comprising transmitting a request signal indicative of a request to establish communication with an external device external to a wireless communication device; determining at the wireless communication device based upon the request signal whether the external device communicates using a packet transmission protocol or a circuit switched transmission protocol; and if said external device communicates using a packet transmission protocol, transmitting subsequent communications from the wireless communication device directed to the external device using the packet transmission protocol.