Patent ID: 6944476

Claim:
A wireless telephonic communication system for facilitating the establishment of telephonic communication with any one of a multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices by enabling access to an existing telephonic communication infrastructure by any one of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices for the conduct of telephonic communication over the existing telephonic communication infrastructure without requiring a corresponding multiplicity of telephone access numbers, the system comprising: a multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices, each one of the wireless telephonic devices having an assigned telephone access number common to all of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices, and an individual identification number unique to the one wireless telephonic device; and a telephonic communication center selectively accessed by any one of the multiplicity of wireless telephonic devices in response to the assigned common telephone access number for receiving a request for a telephonic communication from the one wireless telephonic device to a selected telephonic destination; the telephonic communication center including a processor for processing the request to determine the eligibility of the one wireless telephonic device for conduct of the requested telephonic communication, in accordance with the individual identification number, and, upon determining that the one wireless telephonic device is eligible for conduct of the requested telephonic communication, establishing a connection to the existing telephonic communication infrastructure for completing a telephonic communication between the one wireless telephonic device and the selected telephonic destination; and the individual identification number including an electronic serial number.