Telephone system having land-line-supported private base station switchable into cellular network

Claim 2

A telephone system comprising: at least one mobile station for communicating with a cellular phone network, a private base station, including means for registering the at least one mobile station with said private base station and enabling communication of the mobile station with a land-line telephone network through said private base station, and means responsive to predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network not recognized by the cellular phone network, the predetermined signalling codes being received from the registered mobile station, for retrieving information stored in the private base station and converting the retrieved information for presentation to the cellular shone network.

Claim 3

The telephone system according to claim 1 wherein said private base station includes a memory for storing calling numbers received from a land-line network, and a dialer for generating calls to a stored calling number through the wireless cellular phone network upon receipt of a predetermined signal from a registered mobile station.

Claim 4

The telephone system according to claim 1 wherein said private base station includes at least one stored emergency number that is dialed through the wireless cellular phone network upon receiving an emergency signal.

Claim 5

The telephone system according to claims 3 wherein said mobile station includes an emergency push button for generating said emergency signal.

Claim 6

The telephone system according to claims 3 wherein said private base station includes an emergency push button for generating said emergency signal.

Claim 7

The telephone system according to claim 3 wherein said private base station switches said call into the landline network if a connection through the wireless cellular network cannot be established.

Claim 8

The telephone system according to claim 1 wherein said private base station includes at least one stored emergency number that is dialed through the landline upon receiving an emergency signal.

Claim 9

The telephone system according to claim 4 wherein said private base station switches said call into the wireless cellular phone network if a connection through the landline network cannot be established.

Claim 10

A telephone system according to claim 1, wherein the service node is located outside of a mobile switching center.

Claim 11

A telephone system comprising: at least one mobile station for communicating with a cellular phone network, a private base station operable with a land-line telephone network and the cellular phone network, including means for registering the at least one mobile station with said private base station and enabling communication of the mobile station with the land-line telephone network through said private base station, and means for generating and forwarding a redirection signal through the land-line telephone network and to the cellular phone network in communication with the land-line telephone network upon registration of the mobile station so as to redirect all calls made to the mobile station within the cellular phone network through the land-line telephone network to the private base station, and means responsive to predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network not recognized by the cellular phone network, the predetermined signalling codes being received from the registered mobile station, for switching communication from the private base station into the cellular phone network.

Claim 12

A telephone system comprising: at least one mobile station for communicating with a cellular phone network, a private base station operable with a land-line telephone network and the cellular phone network, including means for registering the at least one mobile station with said private base station and enabling communication of the mobile station with the land-line telephone network through said private base station, and means for generating and forwarding a redirection signal through the land-line telephone network and to the cellular phone network in communication with the land-line telephone network upon registration of the mobile station so as to redirect all calls made to the mobile station within the cellular phone network through the land-line telephone network to the private base station, and means responsive to predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network not recognized by the cellular phone network, the predetermined signalling codes being received from the registered mobile station, for switching communication from the private base station into the cellular phone network.

Claim 13

The telephone system according to claim 9 wherein said private base station includes a memory for storing calling numbers received from the landline network, and a dialer for generating calls to a stored calling number through the wireless cellular phone network upon receipt of a predetermined signal from a registered mobile station.

Claim 14

The telephone system according to claim 10 wherein said private base station includes at least one stored emergency number that is dialed through the wireless cellular phone network upon receiving an emergency signal.

Claim 15

The telephone system according to claims 12 wherein said mobile station includes an emergency push button for generating said emergency signal.

Claim 16

The telephone system according to claims 12 wherein said private base station includes an emergency push button for generating said emergency signal.

Claim 17

The telephone system according to claim 12 wherein said private base station switches said call into the landline network if a connection through the wireless cellular phone network cannot be established.

Claim 18

The telephone system according to claim 10 wherein said private base station includes at least one stored emergency number that is dialed through the landline upon receiving an emergency signal.

Claim 19

The telephone system according to claim 16 wherein said private base station switches said call into the wireless cellular phone network if a connection through the landline network cannot be established.

Claim 22

A method according to claim 18 including storing calling numbers within the private base station that had been received from a land-line network, and generating calls to a stored calling number through the wireless cellular phone network after receiving a predetermined signal from a registered mobile station.

Claim 23

A method according to claim 18 including the step of dialing an emergency number stored in the private base station through the wireless phone network upon receiving an emergency signal.

Claim 26

A method according to claim 20 including the step of switching a call into a landline telephone network if a connection through the wireless cellular phone network cannot be established.

Claim 27

A method according to claim 18 including the step of dialing an emergency number stored in the private base station through the land-line telephone network upon receiving an emergency signal.

Claim 28

A method according to claim 24 including the step of switching a call into the wireless cellular phone network if a connection through the landline telephone network cannot be established.

Claim 29

A method according to claim 18, wherein the service node is located outside of a mobile switching center.

Claim 32

A method according to claim 27 including storing calling numbers within the private base station that had been received from a landline telephone network, and generating calls to a stored calling number through the wireless cellular phone network after receiving a predetermined signal from a registered mobile station.

Claim 33

A method according to claim 27 including the step of dialing an emergency number stored in the private base station through the wireless cellular phone network upon receiving an emergency signal.

Claim 36

A method according to claim 29 including the step of switching a call into a land-line telephone network if a connection through the wireless cellular phone network cannot be established.

Claim 37

A method according to claim 29 including the step of dialing an emergency number stored in the private base station through the landline telephone network upon receiving an emergency signal.

Claim 38

A method according to claim 33 including the step of switching a call into the wireless cellular phone network if a connection through the landline telephone network cannot be established.

Claim 41

A method according to claim 35 including the step of generating calls to the private base station from a phone network for subsequent storage of the calling number within the private base station.

Claim 42

A method according to claim 36 including the step of receiving calls within a wireless cellular phone network that have been generated from calling numbers stored within the private base station.

Claim 43

A method according to claim 35 including receiving a dialed emergency number within the wireless cellular phone network after an emergency button has been depressed on the private base station or on a mobile station registered with the private base station.

Claim 44

A method according to claim 35 including receiving a dialed emergency number within the landline telephone network after an emergency button has been depressed on the private base station or on a mobile station registered with the private base station.

Claim 45

A method according to claim 35 including redirecting all calls generated to a mobile station within the cellular phone network through a landline phone network to a private base station after receiving a redirection signal from the private base station.

Claim 46

A method according to claim 38, wherein the service node is located outside of a mobile switching center.

Claim 47

A private base station operative with a cellular mobile station comprising: an interface for connecting to a land-line telephone network and enabling communication of the mobile station with the land-line telephone network through the private base station, and a switch for switching communication of the private base station into a cellular phone network from the land-line telephone network after having received predetermined signalling codes from the mobile station that is registered with the private base station, the predetermined signalling codes being initiated by a user of the mobile station wherein the predetermined signalling codes are of the land-line telephone network and are not recognized by the cellular phone network, and the private base station is operative with the land-line telephone network and the cellular phone network to receive the predetermined signalling codes and to establish communication between the cellular phone network and the registered mobile station in response to the predetermined signalling codes.

Claim 48

A private base station operative with a cellular mobile station comprising: an interface for connecting to a land-line telephone network and enabling communication of the mobile station with the land-line telephone network through the private base station, and a switch for switching communication of the private base station into a cellular phone network from the land-line telephone network after having received predetermined signalling codes from the mobile station that is registered with the private base station, the predetermined signalling codes being initiated by a user of the mobile station wherein the predetermined signalling codes are of the land-line telephone network and are not recognized by the cellular phone network, and the private base station is operative with the land-line telephone network and the cellular phone network to receive the predetermined signalling codes and to establish communication between the cellular phone network and the registered mobile station in response to the predetermined signalling codes.

Claim 49

A private base station according to claim 42 including a storage unit for storing calling numbers that have been received within the private base station.

Claim 50

A private base station according to claim 42 including a storage unit for storing at least one emergency number.

Claim 51

A private base station according to claim 44 wherein said private base station includes an emergency button, wherein upon depression of the emergency button the stored emergency number is dialed.

Claim 52

A private base station coupled with a land-line telephone network comprising: a first transceiver unit for communicating with a registered mobile station; a switch for switching connection of the private base station into a cellular phone network after having received predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network that are not recognized by the cellular phone network from the registered mobile station, the predetermined signalling codes being initiated by a user of the mobile station; and a second transceiver unit for communicating with the cellular phone network.

Claim 53

A private base station coupled with a land-line telephone network comprising: a first transceiver unit for communicating with a registered mobile station; a switch for switching connection of the private base station into a cellular phone network after having received predetermined signalling codes of the land-line telephone network that are not recognized by the cellular phone network from the registered mobile station, the predetermined signalling codes being initiated by a user of the mobile station; and a second transceiver unit for communicating with the cellular phone network.