Patent ID: 7046783

Claim:
A method for providing wired line telephone and mobile telephone cross-usage comprising: a) activating call forwarding of incoming wired line telephone calls to a subscriber's mobile telephone upon removal of said mobile telephone from a customer premises equipment (CPE) cradle; and b) de-activating call forwarding of incoming wired line telephone calls to the subscriber's mobile telephone upon placement of said mobile telephone into said CPE cradle, wherein activating call forwarding of incoming wired line telephone calls to said subscriber's mobile telephone further comprises: detecting by said CPE cradle an absence of the mobile telephone upon removal of said mobile telephone from said CPE cradle; seizing by said CPE cradle of a wired line by going off-hook; placing a telephone call to a subscriber's Local Exchange Carrier (LEC) end office (EO); communicating by said CPE cradle key sequences and a call forwarding telephone number that causes the LEC's existing call forwarding feature to be activated; and hanging up by said CPE cradle after having activated call forwarding to the mobile telephone, whereby incoming wired line telephone calls are thereupon forwarded to the mobile telephone by means of said LEC.