Patent ID: 7146180

Claim:
A wireless telephone node for providing telephony access between plural cordless telephone terminal units and the public switched telephone network, comprising: a wireless transceiver adapted to communicate wireless telephony signals with a wireless telephone network; a first processor adapted to convert wireless audio signals and wireless control signals from said wireless telephony signals; a cordless transceiver adapted to communicate cordless telephone signals with the plural cordless telephone terminal units; a second processor adapted to convert plural cordless audio signals and cordless control signals from said cordless telephone signals; a switch coupled to connect said wireless audio signals and said plural cordless audio signals; a controller coupled to cause said switch to connect any two of said wireless audio signals and said plural cordless audio signals in response to said wireless control signals or said cordless control signals; a subscriber identity module interface adapted to accept subscriber identity modules having user wireless account identities and data stored therein coupled to said controller, and wherein said controller is operable to transfer user account identity data from said subscriber identity module interface to said first processor for communications to the wireless telephone network; plural subscriber identity module interfaces coupled to said controller for accepting plural subscriber identity modules, and a subscriber identity module actuator coupled to said controller for selecting one of said plural subscriber identity modules interfaces from which to transfer user account identity data.