US 8,559,312 B2
Systems, devices and methods for providing access to a distributed networkGeneral
US 8,559,312 B2
Systems, devices and methods for providing access to a distributed network
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Thjuan K Addy
Art Unit:
2652 Videophones and Telephonic Communications; Audio Signals; Digital Audio Data Processing; Linguistics, Speech Processing and Audio Compression
Inventors:
Elad BARKAN
Assignee:
Priority:
08/12/99
Filed:
07/13/11
Granted:
10/15/13
Expiration:
12/12/21
Abstract
In a cellular network system, an add-on base station (43) including: A. a first channel (51) for connecting to a customer's phone; B. a second channel (52) for connecting to a network; C. circuits for connecting (53) the customer's phone to a destination on the network; and D. billing means (55) for collecting a payment for services related to connecting the customer's phone to the network. The customer's phone may be connected through a wireless link, the network may be an IP network, such as the Internet, and the payments may be in the form of digital documents, such as tokens, digital cash or credit.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
H04H04W84/045H04M2215/2033H04L12/2856H04B17/318H04W