Patent ID: 8682314

Claim:
A system, comprising: a telephone base unit connected to an interface between a first customer premises and a circuit switched network, the telephone base unit being to: receive, via a packet switched network and according to a protocol for digital communications, an INVITE message from a remote handset located at second customer premises that differs from the first customer premises, verify, based on receiving the INVITE message, that the remote handset is associated with the first customer premises, establish, based on receiving the INVITE message and based on verifying that the remote handset is associated with the first customer premises, a digital session between the remote handset and the telephone base unit via the packet switched network, parse the INVITE message to identify a telephone number associated with the INVITE message, the telephone number being associated with a telephone device that is associated with a first location and coupled to the circuit switched network, send a set of signals, based on the INVITE message, to the circuit switched network to establish, based on the telephone number and via the circuit switched network according to a protocol for analog communications, an analog session between the telephone device and the telephone base unit, and bridge the digital session and the analog session to enable communications between the remote handset and the telephone device, the communications occurring as if the remote handset is located at the first customer premises.