Patent ID: 7024189

Claim:
In an apparatus for coupling at least one telephone device to a radio network, which apparatus comprises coupling means for coupling the at least one telephone device to a transceiver of a radio mobile handset connected to the radio network, said coupling means comprising interface means providing at least some central-office functions to the at least one telephone device, the improvement comprising: said coupling means comprising wireless-connectivity transceiver means for communicating with a remote wireless-connectivity-enabled transceiver of a mobile handset connected to a radio network; said wireless-connectivity transceiver means being operatively connected to said interface means, and comprising means for generating signals for coupling said interface means to said wireless-connectivity-enabled transceiver of a radio mobile handset connected to a radio network, so that the at least one telephone device may be coupled to the radio network via a remote mobile handset, whereby the mobile handset is allowed mobility of movement relative to said apparatus; said coupling means comprising disconnecting means for disconnecting the pairing of said wireless-connectivity transceiver means with the remote wireless-connectivity-enabled transceiver of a mobile handset when the mobile handset has been removed and is distant from said docking means and is engaged in a call via the radio network.