The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2012
Applicant:
Kevin J. Zilka, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kevin J. Zilka, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Stragent, LLC, Longview, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/16 (2009.01); H04W 16/20 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04M 1/733 (2006.01); H04B 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/16 (2013.01); H04W 16/20 (2013.01); H04M 1/725 (2013.01); H04M 1/733 (2013.01); H04B 1/406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system, method and computer program product are provided. Included is a cellular phone capable of communicating via a long-range cellular network protocol and a short-range protocol. Further included is a system capable of communicating via a long-range hard-line network protocol and the short-range protocol. Thus, when the cellular phone is in the proximity of the system, the cellular phone communicates with the system utilizing the short-range protocol, so that the cellular phone is used to communicate via the long-range hard-line communication network protocol.