Patent ID: 7657270

Claim:
A system for providing a single telephone number for use with a digital cordless handset and with a second handset, the system comprising: a wireless access point wired to a wired data network that provides voice and data services, the wireless access point having a means for communicating with the digital cordless handset via a wireless connection, to provide the digital cordless handset wireless access to the wired data network; and a media gateway having: means for interfacing with a data switch, the data switch including programming means to respond to routing information in a layer of a switching protocol to route data packets to at least one of the digital cordless handset or the second handset; means for enabling the wireless access point to generate a ring tone at the digital cordless handset, wherein a call directed toward the second handset is received at the media gateway, and the telecommunications network generates a ring tone at the second handset, the ring tone generated at the second handset corresponding to the call at the second handset, the second handset being communicatively coupled to the telecommunications network; and means for linking the telecommunications network to the wired data network, wherein the digital cordless handset and the second handset are assigned the single telephone number, wherein the means for communicating is wired to the wired data network through a broadband residential gateway, the broadband residential gateway comprising: a broadband modem and a router, and being configured to enable another means for communicating to connect to the wired data network.