HYBRID WIRELESS IP PHONE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME

The present invention is directed to a system and method for sending and receiving Voice-over-Internet-Protocol over a wireless computer network utilizing a hybrid wireless Voice-over-Internet-Protocol telephone. The invention utilizes a phone controller, a wireless handset, a base station and at least one access point. The wireless handset is equipped with both a wireless personal area network transceiver and a wireless local area network transceiver. The base station is equipped with a wireless personal area network transceiver and a network interface card. Voice-over-Internet-Protocol packets are routed to a phone controller which forwards the packets to either an access point for transmission to the wireless handset over the wireless local area network, to a base station for transmission to the wireless handset over the personal area network, or to server for transmission out of the local area network.