Patent ID: 7245909
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: G01S,G08G,H01H,H04B,H04L,H04R,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A communication system for an aircraft comprising: a radiotelephony device comprising a radiotelephony transceiver for providing communication between a telephone in the aircraft coupled to the radiotelephony transceiver and a terrestrial Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), a radio communications transceiver for providing communication with other communications transceivers not located in the aircraft, a headset, an audio panel for receiving audio from the radio communications transceiver and providing audio to the headset, the audio panel coupled to the headset; the audio panel further comprising a display for displaying an alphanumerical representation of a target telephone for an outgoing call; a telephone selector coupled to the audio panel and configured to allow the target telephone to be selected; an audio processor coupled to the audio panel and to the radiotelephony device for providing communication between the headset and the radiotelephony device, wherein the telephone selector is configured to be manipulated into at least one position and to select the target telephone based on the at least one position, and wherein the radiotelephony device couples the headset to the target telephone if the target telephone is in the aircraft, and transmits the identification of the target telephone to the PSTN through the radiotelephony transceiver if the target telephone is not in the aircraft, the telephone selector selecting between the target telephone in the aircraft and the target telephone not in the aircraft.