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Abstract

An integrated cellular and cordless communication system in which cellular calls are forwarded to a landline telephone number associated with a personal base station when a subscriber terminal is determined to be within a predefined vicinity of the personal base station is described herein. Once forwarded to the personal base station via external network elements, such calls may be answered using a cordless device operative to communicate with the personal base station. Alternately, the calls may be transferred to a voice messaging module within the personal base station. When the subscriber terminal is determined to have been removed from within the vicinity of the personal base station, a message from the personal base station to the external network elements results in modification of a call forwarding address such that subsequent calls intended for the subscriber terminal are in fact routed thereto. The personal base station may also be optionally implemented to enable the forwarding of calls intended for the personal base station to the subscriber terminal. A subscriber could indicate the desire for this type of call forwarding by way of, for example, a user interface of the personal base station. In response, the personal base station would issue a request to the external network elements to forward subsequent calls intended for the landline telephone number of the personal base station to the subscriber terminal.

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First Claim