Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
157 words
A personal telecommunications system for enabling a caller communicate with an individual at any location through the dialing of a personal phone number assigned to the individual, comprising: a plurality of telephones, each at a fixed location designated by the individual, each telephone having a different specified telephone number; telephone switching means connected to a plurality of telephones including the telephones at the locations designated by the individual for routing calls to the proper telephone; means for determining the presence of the individual at one of the designated fixed locations; and control means, connected to the telephone switching means and the means for determining, for receiving an incoming call placed by the caller to the personal phone number assigned to the individual and for routing the incoming call through the telephone switching means to the telephone at the designated fixed location where the presence of an individual has been identified as determined by the means for determining.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
114 words
The personal telecommunications system as in Claim 1 wherein the telephone switching means comprises: one or more local exchange switches, each exchange switch coupled for communication with a number of the plurality of telephones, with at least one exchange switch connected to the control means for delivering thereto the incoming call dialed to the personal phone number; and an access tandem switch coupled for communication with each of the local exchange switches and the control means, the tandem switch having means for connecting the incoming call as rerouted by and received from the control means to the telephone number for the phone at present fixed location for the individual through the proper exchange switch.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
84 words
The personal telecommunications system as in Claim 1 wherein the means for determining comprises: central communications means connected to the control means; remote communications means at each fixed location designated by the individual for communications with the central communications means; and personal communications means in communication with an in range remote communications means, the present location of the individual determined the location of the communications means presently communicating with the personal communicator, the present location of the individual being communicated to the control means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The personal telecommunications system as in Claim 3 wherein the central and remote communications means comprise radio base stations for transmitting and receiving location information on the individual.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
The personal telecommunications system as in Claim 3 wherein the personal communications means comprises a microprocessor controlled radio transceiver for transmitting and receiving location information on the individual.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
The personal telecommunications system as in Claim 1 wherein the control means further comprises storage means for storing the present location of the individual as determined by the means for determining, the present location being accessed by the control means to reroute the incoming phone call to the phone at the proper location presently identified with the individual.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
61 words
The personal telecommunications system as in Claim 1 wherein the control means comprises a dedicated service node having an input line for receiving incoming calls from the switching means dialed to the personal telephone number of the individual, and an output line for routing the call to the telephone at the present fixed location of the individual through the switching means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The personal telecommunications system as in Claim 1 further comprising means for notifying the individual through the means for determining of the incoming call to the personal number.