Patent ID: 7869792
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising a parent mobile station, wherein the parent mobile station comprises: wireless communication circuitry capable of communicating (i) with a third party over a wireless telecommunications network and (ii) with an associated child mobile station; a display; authority control logic operative (i) to detect a request by the associated child mobile station to establish voice communications with a third party, the request including a telephone number; and (ii) to determine whether to permit or deny the voice communications with the third party; and voice communication logic operative, in response to a determination by the authority control logic to permit the voice communications, to relay the permitted voice communications between the third party and the child mobile station through the wireless communication circuitry the system further comprising the associated child mobile station, the child mobile station comprising (a) a keypad, (b) a microphone, (c) a speaker, and (d) child wireless communication circuitry capable of communicating with the parent mobile station, the child mobile station being operable, in response to a keypad input, to send to the parent mobile station the request to establish voice communications with the third party, the request including the telephone number of the third party, and the child mobile station further being operable to enable a voice connection between a user of the child mobile station and the third party, using the microphone and speaker as transducers, the voice connection being relayed through the parent mobile station.