Patent ID: 8660605

Claim:
A desktop telephone device comprising: a full-sized telephone handset coupled to the telephone base unit, wherein the full-sized telephone handset comprising a microphone and a speaker, wherein the microphone is configured to receive audio data from the user and wherein the speaker comprises a wide-band speaker configured to output audio data to the user; and a desktop telephone base unit comprising: a plurality buttons including numeric buttons and function buttons, wherein the plurality of buttons are configured to receive selections by a user; a display, wherein the display is configured to display status data to a user; a physical interface, wherein the physical interface is configured to removably restrain a portable PBX communication and display unit with respect to the telephone base unit; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit control data and digital audio data to and from the portable PBX communication and display unit; and a processors coupled to the plurality of buttons, the display and to the wireless communication unit, wherein the processor is coupled to receive the selections by the user of buttons from the plurality of buttons, wherein the processor is configured to initiate communication between the wireless communication unit and the portable PBX communication and display unit in response to at least one of the selections, wherein the processor is configured to direct the display to display a status of communication between the wireless PBX communication and the portable PBX communication and display unit; and an audio processor coupled to the processor, wherein the audio processor is configured to determine digital audio data in response to the audio data from the telephone handset, wherein the audio processor is configured to provide the digital audio data to the wireless communication unit, wherein the audio processor is configured to receive digital audio data from the wireless communication unit, wherein the audio processor is configured to equalize the digital audio data to determine equalized digital audio data in response to the digital audio data from the wireless communication unit, wherein the audio processor is configured to determine the output audio data to the user in response to the equalized digital audio data, and wherein the audio processor is configured to provide the output audio data to the full-sized telephone handset; wherein the full-sized telephone handset is coupled to the desktop telephone base unit via a telephone cord; wherein the physical interface is configured to allow the portable PBX communication and display unit to be removably coupled to the telephone base unit, and wherein the portable PBX communication and display unit is configured to transmit and receive data from a PBX server and to display PBX telephone calling status data to the user and to provide signaling to the PBX server in a manner selected from a group consisting of: in-band DTMF tones, IP packets.