Patent ID: 7519362
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A personal wireless gateway comprising: a host controller subsystem adapted to communicate with communications subsystems and a management subsystem; a communications subsystem adapted to interface with a wireline communications device; a communications subsystem adapted to interface with a mobile communications device, wherein the host controller is adapted to bridge communications between the wireline communications device and the mobile communications device under control of the management subsystem; wherein said management subsystem is further adapted to determine mobile telephone network signal and battery strength of the mobile communications device, if the signal or battery strength is below a first threshold value, then: direct outbound calls to an alternative communications device; forward calls to the mobile communications device to the alternative communication device; monitor the incoming signal strength; and if the incoming signal strength is above a second threshold, then permit inbound calls to, and out-bound calls from, the mobile communications device.