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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
May. 24, 2002
Priscilla Marilyn Lu, San Carlos, CA (US);
Chris P. McIntosh, San Francisco, CA (US);
interWAVE Communications International, Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
A communication network ( ) is provided having a WLAN ( ) and an WLAN enabled information processing device ( ), such as a portable computer or PDA, capable of emulating a cellular telephone. Generally, the device ( ) includes a program ( ) to emulate a cellular telephone and to identify voice packets to an access point ( ) of the WLAN ( ). The access point ( ) is configured to route voice packets to a public or private cellular network ( ) over a first path ( ), and to route other packets to an IP Network ( ), over a second path ( ). Thus, enabling a user of the device ( ) to simultaneously engage in voice communication with a cellular network ( ) and data communication with the IP network ( ).