Patent ID: 8694054

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a personal area network interface; a cellular telephone interface; and a controller coupled with the personal area network interface and the cellular telephone interface; wherein the controller is operable to communicate with a headset and with an external telephonic device via the personal area network interface; wherein the controller is operable to selectively establish telephonic communications employing one of the group consisting of the cellular telephone interface and the external telephonic device via the personal area network interface, the personal area network interface communicating with the headset in a first session and with the external telephonic device in a second session; wherein the controller determines congestion on a channel associated with the personal area network interface; wherein the controller selects the cellular telephone interface to establish telephonic communications responsive to determining congestion on the channel associated with the personal area network is above a predefined threshold; and wherein data from the telephonic communications are routed by the controller to the headset via the personal area network interface while telephonic communications are established via the external telephonic device.