Ex parte WILLIAMS et al. - Page 3




          Appeall No. 1998-1398                                      Page 3           
          Application No. 08/400,637                                                  


          both the cordless and cellular telephone systems is costly and              
          inconvenient.                                                               


               The inventive portable cellular cordless (PCC) unit and                
          cordless base station can be used to place and receive calls                
          in both a cordless telephone system and a cellular telephone                
          system.  The invention automatically routes an incoming call                
          to the telephone system in which the PCC unit is found,                     
          without inconveniencing the user of the unit.  Additionally,                
          it automatically hands-off an in-process call between the                   
          cordless and cellular telephone systems when the user moves                 
          therebetween.                                                               
                                                                                     
               Claim 27, which is representative for our purposes,                    
          follows:       27. A method of maintaining telephone                        
                         communications between a telephone device                    
                         having a telephone number and a cellular                     
                         cordless telephone on one of a cellular                      
                         telephone system and a cordless telephone                    
                         system, the cordless telephone system                        
                         having a cordless base station coupled to a                  
                         telephone landline having a landline                         
                         telephone number, the cellular cordless                      
                         telephone having a cellular telephone                        
                         number in the cellular telephone system,                     
                         the cellular cordless telephone having a                     








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