Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
49 words
A cellular radio telephone having plural telephone numbers, wherein in a first mode of operation all of said telephone numbers are concurrently enabled for incoming calls, and in a second mode of operation at least one of said telephone numbers may be selectively disabled for incoming or outgoing calls.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
39 words
A cellular radio telephone as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of said telephone numbers may be selectively enabled for outgoing calls, all of the other telephone numbers automatically being disabled for outgoing calls in both modes of operation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
53 words
A cellular radio telephone as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, including a visual display, means for identifying an incoming call intended for any of said plural telephone numbers, and means responsive to said identifying means for displaying on the visual display the telephone number for which the incoming call is intended.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A cellular radio telephone as claimed in claim 3 including a programmable read only memory (PROM) for storing said plural telephone numbers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
A cellular radio telephone as claimed in claim 4, wherein the identifying means includes means for comparing the telephone number of an incoming call with the telephone numbers stored in the programmable read only memory.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
52 words
A cellular radio telephone as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a random access memory (RAM), and means for transferring the telephone numbers from the PROM to the RAM, wherein the identifying means includes means for comparing the telephone number of an incoming call with the telephone numbers stored in the RAM.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
51 words
A cellular radio telephone as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein means are provided for selecting an appropriate one of a set of predetermined operating instructions stored in memory and indicated on a visual display, whereby said at least one telephone number may be selectively disabled for incoming calls.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
46 words
A cellular radio telephone as claimed in claim 2, wherein means are provided for selecting an appropriate one of a set of predetermined operating instructions stored in memory and indicated on a visual display, whereby said one telephone number may be selectively enabled for outgoing calls.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A cellular radio telephone as claimed in claim 7 or claim 8, wherein the operating instructions are indicated on the visual display in the form of a menu.