PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A personal communications system includes an interface unit (1) which transmits calls received on a mobile wireless phone to one or more hard-wired telephones (12). In one embodiment, the interface unit (1) includes a connector (4) which mates with a voice communications port (10) of a wireless device, which may be a cell phone, web-enabled phone, personal digital assistant adapted for wireless communications, or a so-called pocket PC. When a call is received by the wireless device, a processor (30) automatically sends the call to a hard-wired telephone (12) through the connector (4). In another embodiment, the interface unit (1) is equipped to receive multiple wireless devices, and calls from each device are managed to prevent calls from two or more of the devices from being sent to the hard-wired telephone (12) at the same time. This system thereby advantageously allows a user only one telephone number to satisfy all his personal communications needs.