Patent ID: 7593741
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring telephone calls, the method comprising: determining, at one of a first telephone and a second telephone, that the proximity of the first telephone to the second telephone is within a predetermined proximity threshold, wherein the first telephone and the second telephone each comprise a short-range transceiver, and the proximity is determined through communications between the first and second telephones using the short-range transceivers; initiating, at one of the first telephone and the second telephone, a transfer of calls intended for the first telephone from the first telephone to the second telephone, the initiation being made automatically in response to the proximity being within the proximity threshold; and nullifying, at one of the first telephone and the second telephone, the transfer of calls when the first telephone and the second telephone are no longer within the proximity threshold.