Patent ID: 7409235

Claim:
A vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle telecommunication system comprising: shielding housing means for shielding a user portable communication device, which has first antenna means and first communication means connected to said first antenna means for permitting short-range radio-frequency transmission and reception, and second antenna means for permitting long-range radio-frequency transmission and reception to and from a remote radio-base station; said on-vehicle telecommunication system further comprising third antenna means installed inside said shielding housing means; second communication means connected to said third antenna means for permitting, inside said shielding housing means, short-range radio-frequency communication with said first communication means of said user portable communication device; and user interface means, which are installed in said vehicle, are connected to said second communication means, for permitting remote use by a user of said user portable communication device to effect said long-range radio-frequency transmission and reception.