EP0602779A2
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Wireless personalized communications system
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1993-10-20
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-10-20
Abstract
Abstract A facility is provided for allowing a subscriber (25) of wireless communications services (in 100) to associate his/her subscription of features provided by that system with a wired communications system (50, 75, 200, 250, 300). Accordingly, then, the subscriber may place a telephone call via the latter system as though the call were being placed via the former system. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Murthy Kolipakam
- 👤 George Yorke Wyatt
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 18:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/16; H04M; H04M15/00; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/42229; H04M2207/00; H04M2207/18; H04M2207/20; H04M3/38; H04M3/382; H04M7/00; H04M7/12; H04W8/00; H04W8/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
63 words
A method of processing a call originating from a telephone station set associated with a wired telephone system, said call being placed by a caller associated with a wireless communications system in which a data profile defines said caller's subscription of particular wireless communications system calling features, said method CHARACTERIZED BY the step of providing said calling features to said telephone station set.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
82 words
A method of processing a call originating from a telephone station set associated with a wired telephone system, said call being placed by a caller associated with a wireless communications system, said method comprising the steps of in said wireless communications system, associating said caller with a respective data profile defining said caller's subscription of enhanced calling features, and CHARACTERIZED BY when said caller places a call via said telephone station set then associating said data profile with said telephone station set.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
138 words
The method set forth in claim 2 wherein said step of associating said data profile with said telephone station set is FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY the steps of receiving, at a central office associated with said telephone station set, signals indicative of a request to associate said profile with said telephone station set and signals indicative of an identifier associated with said caller, retrieving said profile from a database associated with said wireless communication system as a function of said identifier and storing said profile in memory associated with said central office, processing calls originating from said telephone station set in accordance with the data forming said profile as long as said telephone station set remains off-hook, and billing each of said calls to a wireless telephone terminal associated with said caller rather than to said telephone station set.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method set forth in claim 2 FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY the step of discarding said profile responsive to said telephone station going from an off-hook state to an on-hook state.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method set forth in claim 2 FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT said profile data includes data defining at least speed dialing codes and corresponding telephone numbers.
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