Home communication center

Abstract

Methods, systems, devices, modules, and / or computer instructions for redirecting calls in a home communication center are provided. More particularly, a home communication center can include a femtocell, a DECT interface, and / or a network interface. The home communication center can register one or more cellular communication devices with the home communication center; receive, from the femtocell, a call directed to one of the cellular communication devices; determine if a redirection rule applies to the call; if a redirection rule applies to the call, determine a DECT phone to receive the call; determine a phone number for the DECT phone; and, send the call to the DECT interface to call the phone number of the DECT phone.

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[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 61 / 510,934, filed July 22, 2011, entitled "Family Communications Center," the entire disclosure of which is incorporated by reference It is used here for all teachings and for all purposes. technical field [0002] The present invention relates to home communication centers. Background technique [0003] Various communication possibilities exist for users today. These may include cellular phones, landline phones, video calls, etc. Unfortunately, these devices appear to be distributed rather than converged. Thus, in any person's household, he may have a landline telephone, a wireless telephone, a cellular telephone, an Internet connection, etc. There are many users who are starting to ditch their wired connections and use cellular phones entirely for communication. However, cellular phones often have network or reception problems. [0004] Further, cellular communic...

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In contrast, cordless phones (e.g. DECT phones) are only used within short range of a single private base station

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