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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 12, 2004
Chandra Mohan, Carmel, IN (US);
Jayanta Majumdar, Carmel, IN (US);
Chandra Mohan, Carmel, IN (US);
Jayanta Majumdar, Carmel, IN (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
There is provided a system for integrating at least one residential Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) phone to a cellular phone network. A Subscriber Line Interface Circuit (SLIC) interfaces audio from the cellular phone network to the at least one residential POTS phone. A line switcher (), connected to the SLIC, connects the at least one residential POTS phone to any one of a POTS line or a cellular line. An audio gateway (), connected to the SLIC, wirelessly receives the audio from a cellular phone connected to the cellular phone network for subsequent transmission to the at least one residential phone and wirelessly transmits the audio from the POTS line to the cellular phone.