Appeal 2007-1472
Application 10/440,770
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention relates to a system for providing unified cellular
and a wire-line service using a home cell. An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 11, which is reproduced
below.
11. A method for providing unified cellular and wire-line
telephone service to a plurality of wire-line telephones via a
serving cellular mobile switching center which is equipped with
at least one Radio Network Subsystem, comprising:
concurrently exchanging, via a cellular interface that is
connected to a plurality of wire-line telephones, each having a
single assigned directory number, voice encoding and protocols
with at least two of said plurality of wire-line telephones;
generating, in a home cell site interface that is connected to
said serving cellular mobile switching center, control and bearer
information expected by said at least one Radio Network
Subsystem;
formatting, in a converter, voice encoding and protocols
received from said cellular interface and representative of
signals generated by said plurality of wire-line telephones into
control and bearer information expected by said at least one
Radio Network Subsystem and control and bearer information
received from said home cell site interface and representative of
signals generated by said at least one Radio Network
Subsystem into voice encoding and protocols expected by said
plurality of wire-line telephones; and
extending, in response to said plurality of wire-line
telephones originating outgoing calls, said outgoing calls
through said cellular interface, said converter, and said home
cell site interface to said serving cellular mobile switching
center for completion of said outgoing calls to a destination
identified by said plurality of wire-line telephones via said
serving cellular mobile switching center.
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