Patent ID: 8064594

Claim:
A system for integrating at least one residential Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) phone to a cellular phone network, comprising: a Subscriber Line Interface Circuit (SLIC) for interfacing audio from the cellular phone network to the at least one residential POTS phone; a line switcher, directly connected to said SLIC, for connecting the at least one residential POTS phone to any one of a POTS line or a cellular line; and an audio gateway, directly connected to said SLIC, for wirelessly receiving the audio from a cellular phone connected to the cellular phone network for subsequent transmission to the at least one residential POTS phone and for wirelessly transmitting the audio from the POTS line to the cellular phone, the audio gateway configured to employ a profile to provide at least one of telephone signaling and telephone functions associated with and available through the cellular phone to the at least one residential POTS phone, wherein the line switcher, the SLIC and the audio gateway are located at a same location as the at least one residential POTS phone.