Patent ID: 7653403

Claim:
An apparatus for communicating data, including facsimile data, via wireless telephone network signals and cordless telephone signals, comprising: a facsimile machine coupled to a switch; a wireless telephone transceiver operable to modulate and demodulate the wireless telephone network signals to and from baseband signals connected to said switch; a cordless telephone transceiver operable to modulate and demodulate the cordless telephone signals to and from baseband signals connected to said switch, and wherein said switch is selectable to a first state wherein the facsimile data is coupled between said wireless telephone transceiver baseband signals and said facsimile machine, and a second state wherein the facsimile data is coupled between said cordless telephone transceiver baseband signals and said facsimile machine, and a third state wherein the facsimile data is coupled between said wireless telephone transceiver baseband signals and said cordless telephone transceiver baseband signals, thereby establishing and interconnection therebetween.