Patent ID: 7333773

Claim:
In a wireless telephonic communications system, a method, comprising: having a short range RF broadcast station in a residential area; receiving said short range RF signals by a set of wireless devices in said residential area configured to alert all devices in the set to receive a call sent to any device in the set, each device adapted for receiving said short range RF signals, from said broadcast station; coordinating the set of wireless devices in the residential area; identifying information sent from a first device to an other device within said RF broadcast range via said station; requesting transmitted information by the first device to form peer-to-peer relationship between said other device and first said device; and accepting said request by the other device; configuring the other device to pass incoming calls to devices within said RF broadcast range; broadcasting cellulary from a location within said RF range; allowing all communicating handsets related to said other devices to join a call; preventing handsets from joining a call via a privacy feature; and allowing calls to be answered by a VOIP capable device within said RF broadcast range of the first device.