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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2008
William S. Robbins, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Larry B. Pearson, San Antonio, TX (US);
R. Tyler Wallis, Dallas, TX (US);
Mark Ryan, Norcross, GA (US);
William S. Robbins, Sun Prairie, WI (US);
Larry B. Pearson, San Antonio, TX (US);
R. Tyler Wallis, Dallas, TX (US);
Mark Ryan, Norcross, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a base unit operable in part as a femtocell having a controller to detect a cellular phone, wirelessly establish communications with the cellular phone, establish communications with a cellular communication system by way of a broadband interface, and enable one or more landline phones communicatively couplable to the base unit to communicate with the cellular communication system responsive to establishing communications with the cellular phone. Other embodiments are disclosed.