US 6,983,042 B1
Business method for hybrid wireline wireless network service
Robert Ellis Chapman, Jr., Raleigh, N.C. (US); Edith Helen Stern, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. (US); and Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Sep. 18, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/664,329.
Int. Cl. H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04Q 7/20 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 379—201.02 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of doing business where a wireline telephone company provides wireless telephone communication through a telephone network including:
providing a plurality of telephone signals over one or more wireline connected to one or more network nodes in wireless communication proximity to one or more telephone users; and
selectively responding to wireless signals comprising direct requests from one or more wireless devices for telephone network attachment through a wireless communication with the network node device and providing communication of signals from at least one of said wireless devices using at least one of said plurality of telephone signals provided along said one or more wirelines based on wireless device user information provided to said network node.