Patent ID: 7715790

Claim:
A device to configure telephone services, the device comprising: a signal detecting circuit; a control circuit coupled to the signal detecting circuit to determine whether or not a first phone and a second phone are positioned with respect to each other according to a relation; a call forwarding configuring circuit coupled to the control circuit, the control circuit causing the call forwarding configuring circuit to configure a call forwarding service of the first phone in response to a change in whether or not the first phone and the second phone are positioned with respect to each other according to the relation and in response to the current time; and a handset configuring circuit coupled to the control circuit, the control circuit causing the handset configuring circuit to automatically use the first phone as a cordless handset for the second phone according to the change in whether or not the first phone and the second phone are positioned with respect to each other according to the relation, wherein automatically using the first phone as a cordless handset for the second phone comprises using the first phone to answer and place calls using a phone line coupled to the second phone while the first phone is being used as the cordless handset for the second phone wherein the first phone uses a first wireless communication protocol to answer and place calls on the first phone and the first phone uses a second wireless communication protocol to answer and place calls when the first phone is being used as the cordless handset for the second phone.