Patent ID: 8032179

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a cellular telephone docking station, an electronic serial number from a first cellular telephone that is docked at the cellular telephone docking station; verifying that the electronic serial number received from the first cellular telephone is one of a plurality of electronic serial numbers that are stored at the cellular telephone docking station; detecting, at the cellular telephone docking station, when a telephone call is initiated via a telephone device that is communicatively coupled to the cellular telephone docking station; receiving a first cellular telephone selection code at the cellular telephone docking station when a plurality of cellular telephones are docked at the cellular telephone docking station, wherein a different cellular telephone selection code is associated with each cellular telephone of the plurality of cellular telephones, and wherein the first cellular telephone selection code corresponds to the first cellular telephone; selecting a cellular radio component of the cellular telephone docking station that is associated with the first cellular telephone based on the first cellular telephone selection code, wherein the cellular radio component of the cellular telephone docking station is independent of the plurality of cellular telephones that are docked at the cellular telephone docking station; and establishing a connection between the telephone device and a cellular telephone network using the cellular radio component of the cellular telephone docking station.