Patent ID: 6813505
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A communication system comprising a first base and a second base, the first base including:a first line interface configured to receive incoming communications over a first network line and to send outgoing communications over the first network line; a first communication transceiver configured to interface the first base over a base-to-base communication link to the second base; a storage medium configured to store communication software that allows the first base to communicate with the second base through the first communication transceiver; a first processor communicatively coupled to the storage medium and to the first line interface, the processor configured to run the communication software and to receive an incoming communication through the first line interface and send an outgoing communication through the first line interface; a first user functionality; wherein the first base makes the first user functionality available to the second base over the base-to-base communication link for use by a user of the second base, and wherein the first base is configured to receive a communication from the second base over the base-to-base communication link indicating that the second base has received an incoming communication from the second network line interfaced to the second base through the second line interface contained in the second base, and wherein the first base will communicate the presence of the incoming communication to the second base to a first handset associated with the first base.