Patent ID: 7197029

Claim:
A system for adaptively placing a call via one of a plurality of transmission modes, comprising: a first interface to an SIP-enabled telephone device, wherein the first interface comprises a base station in wireless communication with the SIP-enabled telephone device, wherein the base station includes a converter for converting signals to or from a USB format; a second interface to at least one communications link; and a host, communicating with the first interface via a USB connection and the second interface, the host selectively initiating a call from the SIP-enabled telephone device as at least one of a telephone call and a data connection via the at least one communications link according to at least one user-defined transmission criterion, and wherein the host further comprises a Wireless Markup Language (WML) module for accessing WML content via the SIP-enabled telephone device and for associating the SIP-enabled telephone device with a hyperlink.