1. A plunger apparatus comprising:
a plunger portion including an elongate shaft having opposed end portions rigidly connected to a suction portion at one said end portion, said elongate shaft including a depressible pin extending outwardly therefrom adjacent an opposed said end portion;
a tube member having a hollow interior for receiving said shaft therein, said tube member including an aperture for receiving said pin therethrough and for securely connecting said tube member to said plunger portion, said tube member being removable from said plunger portion by pressing said pin out from said aperture, said tube member including a plurality of handles having opposed end portions connected to said tube member respectively; and
a grip portion including means for removably connecting same to said tube member;
wherein said grip portion has a notch formed therein and said apparatus further comprises a candleholder removably insertable into said notch.
2. The plunger apparatus of claim 1, wherein said grip portion has a notch formed therein and said apparatus further comprises an ashtray removably insertable into said notch.
3. The plunger apparatus of claim 1, wherein said plurality of handles are diametrically disposed along said tube member.
4. The plunger apparatus of claim 1, wherein said connecting means comprises a detent.
5. The plunger apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a base member for receiving said suction member therein during non-operating conditions.
6. An adjustable plunger apparatus comprising:
a plunger portion including an elongate shaft having opposed end portions rigidly connected to a suction portion at one said end portion, said elongate shaft including a depressible pin extending outwardly therefrom adjacent an opposed said end portion;
a tube member having a hollow interior for receiving said shaft therein, said tube member including an aperture for receiving said pin therethrough and for securely connecting said tube member to said plunger portion, said tube member being removable from said plunger portion by pressing said pin out from said aperture, said tube member including a plurality of handles having opposed end portions connected to said tube member respectively;
a grip portion including means for removably connecting same to said tube member, said grip portion having a notch formed therein; and
a candleholder removably insertable into said notch.
7. The plunger apparatus of claim 6, wherein said grip portion has a notch formed therein and said apparatus further comprises an ashtray removably insertable into said notch.
8. The plunger apparatus of claim 6, wherein said plurality of handles are diametrically disposed along said tube member.
9. The plunger apparatus of claim 6, wherein said connecting means comprises a detent.
10. The plunger apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a base member for receiving said suction member therein during non-operating conditions.
11. An adjustable plunger apparatus comprising:
a plunger portion including an elongate shaft having opposed end portions rigidly connected to a suction portion at one said end portion, said elongate shaft including a depressible pin extending outwardly therefrom adjacent an opposed said end portion;
a tube member having a hollow interior for receiving said shaft therein, said tube member including an aperture for receiving said pin therethrough and for securely connecting said tube member to said plunger portion, said tube member being removable from said plunger portion by pressing said pin out from said aperture, said tube member including a plurality of handles having opposed end portions connected to said tube member respectively;
a grip portion including means for removably connecting same to said tube member, said grip portion having a notch formed therein; and
an ashtray removably insertable into said notch.
12. The plunger apparatus of claim 11, wherein said grip portion has a notch formed therein and said apparatus further comprises an candleholder removably insertable into said notch.
13. The plunger apparatus of claim 11, wherein said plurality of handles are diametrically disposed along said tube member.
14. The plunger apparatus of claim 11, wherein said connecting means comprises a detent.
15. The plunger apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a base member for receiving said suction member therein during non-operating conditions.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method for providing wireless communication, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving, at a first cell site, data for a subscriber, the data including a wired-network address;
(b) determining, based on the wired-network address, whether the subscriber is located in the cell site, wherein said determining step includes:
(i) retrieving a subscriber record;
(ii) matching the wired-network address to the subscriber in the subscriber record;
(c) if the subscriber is located in the cell site, retrieving a wireless-network identifier of the subscriber; and
(d) transmitting the data, using the wireless-network identifier, via a wireless network to the subscriber.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the wireless-network identifier is an electronic serial number (ESN).
3. A method for providing wireless communication, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving, in a first cell site, data for a subscriber, the data including a wired-network address;
(b) determining, based on the wired-network address, whether the subscriber is located in a second cell site, wherein said determining step includes:
(i) retrieving a subscriber record; and
(ii) matching the wired-network address to the subscriber in the subscriber record; and
(c) if the subscriber is located in the second cell site, sending the data, via a tunnel, to a second cell site for wireless transmission to the subscriber.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of:
(d) receiving from the second cell, via a backhaul network, handoff information for the subscriber.
5. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of:
(d) creating a tunnel over the backhaul network from the first cell site to the second cell site.
6. A method for providing wireless communication, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving, via a tunnel from a first cell, data for a subscriber, the data including a dynamically-assigned wired-network address relating to a subscriber;
(b) determining the subscriber to whom the address is assigned;
(c) transmitting the data via the wireless network to the subscriber;
(d) receiving a request for a wired-network address server to renew a wired-network address lease;
(e) determining whether the subscriber has been handed off, if the subscriber has been handed off, denying the received request; and
(f) dynamically assigning a new wired-network address to the subscriber.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein said step of determining the subscriber to whom the address is assigned includes the steps of:
(i) storing the subscriber’s wireless-network identifier in a database; and
(ii) retrieving the subscriber’s wireless-network identifier from the database based on the received wired-network address.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein the subscriber’s wired-network address is received from the first cell.
9. The method of claim 6, wherein the subscriber’s wired-network address is received from the subscriber.
10. An apparatus for providing wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
(a) a processor; and
(b) a memory coupled to said processor, said memory including a database that associates a subscriber’s wired-network address with a subscriber’s wireless-network identifier, and said memory storing instructions adapted to be executed on said processor, said instructions comprising:
(i) receiving, at a first cell site, data for a subscriber, the data including a wired-network address;
(ii) determining, based on the wired-network address, whether the subscriber is located in the cell site;
(iii) if the subscriber is located in the cell site, retrieving a wireless-network identifier of the subscriber;
(iv) transmitting the data, using the wireless-network identifier, via a wireless network to the subscriber;
(v) retrieving a subscriber record; and
(vi) matching the wired-network address to the subscriber in the subscriber record.
11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the wireless-network identifier is an electronic serial number (ESN).
12. An apparatus for providing wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
(a) a processor; and
(b) a memory coupled to said processor, said memory including a database that associates a subscriber’s wired-network address with a subscriber’s wireless network identifier, and said memory storing instructions adapted to be executed on said processor, said instructions comprising:
(i) receiving, in a first cell site, data for a subscriber, the data including a wired-network address;
(ii) determining, based on the wired-network address, whether the subscriber is located in a second cell site;
(iii) if the subscriber is located in the second cell site, sending the data, via a tunnel, to a second cell site for wireless transmission to the subscriber;
(iv) retrieving a subscriber record; and
(v) matching the wired-network address to the subscriber in the subscriber record.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, said memory storing further instructions adapted to be executed by said processor, said further instructions comprising:
(vi) receiving from the second cell, via a backhaul network, handoff information for the subscriber.
14. The apparatus of claim 13, said memory storing further instructions adapted to be executed by said processor, said further instructions comprising:
(vii) creating a tunnel over the backhaul network from the first cell site to the second cell site.
15. An apparatus for providing wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:
(a) a processor; and
(b) a memory coupled to said processor, said memory including a database that associates a subscriber’s wired-network address with a subscriber’s wireless network identifier, and said memory storing instructions adapted to be executed on said processor, said instructions comprising:
(i) receiving, via a backhaul network from a first cell, data for a subscriber, the data including a dynamically-assigned wired-network address relating to a subscriber;
(ii) determining the subscriber to whom the address is assigned;
(iii) transmitting the data via the wireless network to the subscriber
(iv) receiving a request for a wired-network address server to renew a wired-network address lease;
(v) determining whether the subscriber has been handed off,
(vi) if the subscriber has been handed off, denying the received request; and
(vii) dynamically assigning a new wired-network address to the subscriber.
16. The apparatus of claim 15, said memory and further instructions adapted to be executed on said processor, the instructions including:
(viii) storing the subscriber’s wireless-network identifier in a database; and
(ix) retrieving the subscriber’s wireless-network identifier from the database based on the received wired-network address.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the subscriber’s wired-network address is received from the subscriber.
18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the subscriber’s wired-network address is received from the first cell.
19. A method for assigning a wired-network address to a subscriber, the method comprising the following steps:
(a) receiving a request for a wired-network address:
(b) identifying an originating cell site:
(c) identifying an unoccupied address associated with the originating cell site:
(d) assigning the unoccupied address to the subscriber:
(e) receiving a request to renegotiate a wired-network address lease for a subscriber, the subscriber having a wired-network address assigned in an originating cell site;
(f) determining whether the subscriber is located in the originating cell site;
(g) if the subscriber is not in the originating cell site, denying the request; and
(h) signing the subscriber a new wired-network-address lease based on the subscriber’s current location.
20. The method of claim 19 further comprising:
i storing a wireless-network identifier associated with the unoccupied address; and
j marking the subscriber as being located in the originating cell site.
21. An apparatus for assigning a wired-network address to the subscriber, the apparatus comprising:
(a) a processor;
(b) a memory coupled to said processor, said memory storing instructions adapted to be executed on said processor, the instructions including:
(i) receiving a request for a wired-network address:
(ii) identifying an originating cell site:
(iii) identifying an unoccupied address associated with the originating cell site;
(iv) assigning the unoccupied address to the subscriber;
(v) storing a wireless network identifier associated with the unoccupied address; and
(v) marking the subscriber as located in the originating cell site.
22. A method for assigning a wired-network address, the method comprising the following steps:
(a) receiving a request to renegotiate a wired-network address lease for a subscriber, the subscriber having a wired-network address assigned in a first cell site;
(b) determining the present location of the subscriber; and
(c) if the subscriber is in a second cell site, denying the request.
23. The method of claim 22, further comprising the steps of:
(d) assigning the subscriber a new wired-network-address lease based on the subscriber’s current location.
24. An apparatus for assigning a wired-network address, the apparatus comprising:
(a) a processor;
(b) a memory coupled to said processor, said memory storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor, the instructions comprising:
(i) receiving a request to renegotiate a wired-network-address lease for a subscriber, the subscriber having a wired-network address assigned in a first cell site;
(ii) determining the present location of the subscriber; and
(iii) if the subscriber is in a second cell site, denying the request.
25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein said memory stores further instructions adapted to be executed by said processor, the instructions including:
(iv) assigning the subscriber a new wired-network-address lease based on the subscriber’s current location.
26. A wireless network comprising:
(a) a server containing a pool of wired-network addresses;
(b) a plurality of base stations, each base station containing a database that associates subscriber wired-network addresses with subscriber wireless-network identifiers, and each base station being associated with a subset of the pool of wired-network addresses; and
(c) a backhaul network connecting each of the plurality of base stations with one another.
27. The wireless network of claim 26, wherein the wired-network addresses are Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
28. The wireless network of claim 26, wherein the wireless-network identifiers are electronic serial numbers.
29. The wireless network of claim 27, wherein the wireless-network identifiers are electronic serial numbers.