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 aPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007