Patent ID: 6223055
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A wireless office architecture, comprising:a private branch exchange (PBX) having a wired extension; anda wireless base station, couplable to said PBX and having a wireless terminal, said wireless terminal associated with said wired extension to allow said wireless base station and said PBX to cooperate to manage said wireless terminal and said wired extension as a unified extension, said wireless base station and said wireless terminal communicating according to a public network standard protocol to allow said wireless terminal to interact both with said wireless base station in an on-premise dialing plan and in said public network, said wireless terminal having access to at least one feature of said PBX as said wireless terminal communicates via said public network, said on-premise dialing plan allowing said wireless terminal to call extensions of said PBX using an extension number and receiving calls via a directory number even when said wireless terminal is outside a building housing said PBX.