Patent ID: 8046007

Claim:
Customer premises equipment for placing a telephone call to a remote telephone via a mobile telephone, the customer premises equipment for use in a system for providing communication services through a mobile telecommunications network, the customer premises equipment comprising: a controller; a mobile telephone interface unit for communication with the mobile telephone; a mobile telephone registration unit, configured to wirelessly detect presence of the mobile telephone, the mobile telephone registration unit further configured to store information identifying the mobile telephone; a local telephone registration unit coupled to a plurality of local telephones, the plurality of local telephones comprising a local telephone and a second local telephone, wherein the local telephone registration unit is in communication with the mobile telephone registration unit, and the local telephone registration unit is configured to detect a network status of the local telephone; a privacy unit to provide privacy when receiving a first privacy request signal from the local telephone during the telephone call between the local telephone device and the remote telephone, the first privacy signal requests that the mobile telephone and the second local telephone be prevented from receiving audio communication from the telephone call between the local telephone and the remote telephone via the mobile communications network, and the privacy unit provides privacy when receiving a second privacy request signal from the mobile telephone during the telephone call, the second privacy request signal requesting that the second local telephone be prevented from receiving audio communication from the telephone call between the mobile telephone and the remote telephone via the mobile communications network, and wherein the local telephone placing the telephone call through the mobile telephone interface unit is configured with a privacy request button to signal the first privacy request to the privacy unit to prevent the second local telephone and the mobile telephone from receiving audio communication from the telephone call to the remote telephone.