Patent ID: 7907917

Claim:
A method of facilitating wireless communication between a mobile station and a landline station, said mobile station being able to send and receive calls via a wireless telecommunications network, said landline station being able to send and receive calls via a landline telecommunications network, said method comprising: while said mobile station is engaged in a call via said wireless telecommunications network, said mobile station receiving a first predetermined instruction from a user of said mobile station; in response to said first predetermined instruction, establishing a wireless communication link between said landline station and said mobile station, via a transceiver having a landline connection to said landline telecommunications network, independently of said landline telecommunications network and said wireless telecommunications network; after said wireless communication link is established, said mobile station receiving a second predetermined instruction from said user; and in response to said second predetermined instruction, joining said landline station as a third party to said call, wherein said call is carried by said wireless telecommunications network.