Patent ID: 8812032

Claim:
An adapter comprising: a first radio frequency (RF) receiver to receive first RF signals wirelessly transmitted by a first RF transmitter of a communicating device; an interface compatible with a plurality of types of corded telephones, the interface facilitating connection of the RF receiver to a corded telephone, a type of the corded telephone corresponding to one of the plurality of types of corded telephones, the corded telephone being different than the communicating device, and the interface not housing the corded telephone, the interface receiving, from the corded telephone, a plurality of call set-up functions, the interface accessing, using the corded telephone, a telephone network, the interface duplicating, using the received plurality of call set-up functions and based on accessing the telephone network, a plurality of functions associated with the corded telephone, and the interface comprising: a first interface to accept a connection between the adapter and a first jack on a base unit of the corded telephone, and a second interface to accept a connection between the adapter and a second jack on a corded handset of the corded telephone; and a second RF transmitter to transmit second RF signals, corresponding to electrical signals communicated by the corded telephone, to a cordless speaker having a second RF receiver, the cordless speaker being physically separate from the communicating device, and the cordless speaker being different than the communicating device and being different than the corded telephone.