Patent ID: 8503934
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communications device, comprising: a local radio system comprising a portable radio and a mobile radio which has a longer range capability as compared to said portable radio, said portable radio configured to operate in accordance with a plurality of communication modes and support wireless communications with a distant radio device both directly and through said mobile radio; a switch element communicatively coupled to said portable radio and configured to selectively cause the portable radio to transmit when the switch element is actuated; a control element for detecting one or more actuations of said switch element and configured to select a one of said plurality of communications modes based on a sequence of said actuations of said switch element detected by said control element during a pre-defined time interval and to cause a wireless transmission from said portable radio to said mobile radio according to said one of said plurality of communications modes.