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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2004
Timothy Alan Dietz, Austin, TX (US);
Lane Thomas Holloway, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Timothy Alan Dietz, Austin, TX (US);
Lane Thomas Holloway, Pflugerville, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A comprehensive method for coordinating cellular phones in a residential area to obviate the need for wired residential service. The present invention includes coordinating a set of wireless devices in a residential area to be able to receive a call directed to a user's cellular telephone. Said wireless devices can have different numbers and be serviced by different providers than the user's cellular telephone. Peer-to-peer relationships are formed between associated wireless communications devices, similar to IEEE 802.11 peer-to-peer relationships. A call could also be answered by another cellular telephone, or other device, such as a computer. All communicating handsets of associated wireless communications devices could join the call. The present invention would prevent a user from missing any incoming calls while at the user's residence. The present invention would also allow a user to receive calls at the user's residence on any associated communications device without the need for wired residential service.
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