MaxDepth
Diamond Member
The announcement of Microsoft and Nortel partnership set my mind to wonder what is the end gola for both? Obviously, MS wants to overlay MS software on telephony devices; Nortel wants their stock to be worth more than toilet paper.
So what about "cradling"? I wonder if this concept is being or has been explored? we are all used to to docking our laptops so that we can work on an office LAN, use attachements that may or may not be available on the laptop (to save space). With wireless becoming status-quo, people still use the cradle but have the ability to remote into the LAN too.
So why not phones? Why not have a cell phone that works like any other cell phone but when in a cradle, works like the office phone - and synced to the computer/network as well. The phone would contain and receive phone numbers of office and cell.
When uncradled, if someone calls the office phone, the receiver has several options:
1) if so marked, office calls are routed to the cell number and will identify as an office caller.
2) if so marked, office calls are routed to office voice mail or another office phone
3) if so marked, office calls are routed to a prerecorded message (no voicemail) and the call has been stored for identification.
The other part of cradling could be a cell phone to skype kind of transfer. When uncradled, my phone works with Nextel wireless. When cradled, my phone becomes a Skype service.
Sound like something you'd pay $63.50 a month for?
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So while I go dash for a patent attorney, I need to establish my own Prior Art in case you bozos beat me to the patent office.
😉
So what about "cradling"? I wonder if this concept is being or has been explored? we are all used to to docking our laptops so that we can work on an office LAN, use attachements that may or may not be available on the laptop (to save space). With wireless becoming status-quo, people still use the cradle but have the ability to remote into the LAN too.
So why not phones? Why not have a cell phone that works like any other cell phone but when in a cradle, works like the office phone - and synced to the computer/network as well. The phone would contain and receive phone numbers of office and cell.
When uncradled, if someone calls the office phone, the receiver has several options:
1) if so marked, office calls are routed to the cell number and will identify as an office caller.
2) if so marked, office calls are routed to office voice mail or another office phone
3) if so marked, office calls are routed to a prerecorded message (no voicemail) and the call has been stored for identification.
The other part of cradling could be a cell phone to skype kind of transfer. When uncradled, my phone works with Nextel wireless. When cradled, my phone becomes a Skype service.
Sound like something you'd pay $63.50 a month for?
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So while I go dash for a patent attorney, I need to establish my own Prior Art in case you bozos beat me to the patent office.
😉
