Patent ID: 8358983

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a docking device, comprising: a wireless telecommunications antenna and transceiver configured to enable two-way communications over a common wireless network, and an interface configured to enter a user programmed number and to transmit said user programmed number; and a wireless terminal, detachably coupled to said docking device, configured to enable two-way voice communications independent of said docking device over said common wireless network, said wireless terminal comprising: a first button configured to, in response to being depressed, activate a call to a preprogrammed number, a second button configured to, in response to being depressed, activate a call to said user programmed number, and a first interface configured to transmit data to and receive data from said docking device, including said user programmed number; wherein said wireless terminal and said docking device are communicatively coupled in a walkie-talkie mode.