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Method of muting a non-speaking cellular telephone caller participating in a conference call
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1997-11-20
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Granted: 1999-11-30
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Expires: 2017-11-20
Abstract
Abstract A facility is provided in wireless communications system which causes a base station to substitute predetermined signals for speech and/or noise signals that are received from a wireless station that has entered a muting request, in which the predetermined signals, may be, for example, silence.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Dennis Gitlin
- 👤 Sanjay Kasturia
- 👤 Sayandev Mukherjee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 01:46
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/56
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
A wireless station set comprising a microphone, a facility for requesting muting of signals received via the microphone, a transmitter section that generates and transmits a control message over a wireless link in response to a muting request, said control message being operative for causing a base station that receives the control message to output to a transmission facility predetermined signals in place of signals thereafter received from the wireless station.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
71 words
A wireless station set comprising a microphone, a facility for requesting muting of signals received via the microphone, a transmitter section that generates and transmits a control message over a wireless link in response to a muting request, said control message being operative for causing a base station that receives the control message to output to a transmission facility predetermined signals in place of signals thereafter received from the wireless station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
The wireless station set of claim 1 wherein said predetermined signals characterize silence.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The wireless station set of claim 1 wherein said predetermined signals characterize one of a plurality of different signals, in which said plurality of different signals include, silence and background noise.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The wireless station set of claim 1 wherein said wireless station set and said base station operate according to one of a plurality of different operational standards, in which said plurality of different operational standards include an IS-136, CDMA and GSM standards.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The wireless station set of claim 1 wherein said transmission facility extends to a conference connection.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
83 words
A wireless base station comprising an antenna for receiving information from a wireless station, and a receiver connected to the antenna for processing signals received from the wireless station and outputting the processed signals to an output for transmission to an intended recipient, said receiver being operable, responsive to such received signals characterizing a request to enter a muting mode, to substitute predetermined signals for signals thereafter received from the wireless station and output the predetermined signals for transmission to the intended recipient.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
83 words
A wireless base station comprising an antenna for receiving information from a wireless station, and a receiver connected to the antenna for processing signals received from the wireless station and outputting the processed signals to an output for transmission to an intended recipient, said receiver being operable, responsive to such received signals characterizing a request to enter a muting mode, to substitute predetermined signals for signals thereafter received from the wireless station and output the predetermined signals for transmission to the intended recipient.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
The wireless base station of claim 5 wherein the intended recipient is a conference connection.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
13 words
The wireless station set of claim 6 wherein said predetermined signals characterize silence.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
31 words
The wireless station set of claim 6 wherein said predetermined signals characterize one of a plurality of different signals, in which said plurality of different signals include, silence and background noise.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
42 words
The wireless station set of claim 6 wherein said wireless station set and said base station operate according to one of a plurality of different operational standards, in which said plurality of different operational standards include an IS-136, CDMA and GSM standards.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
76 words
A wireless communications system comprising at least one wireless station set operative for transmitting voice and control messages over a wireless link, in which such control messages include a request to mute transmission from said wireless station set, and at least one base station operative, responsive to receipt of a muting request from the wireless station set to output to a transmission facility predetermined signals in place of voice messages thereafter received from the wireless station.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
76 words
A wireless communications system comprising at least one wireless station set operative for transmitting voice and control messages over a wireless link, in which such control messages include a request to mute transmission from said wireless station set, and at least one base station operative, responsive to receipt of a muting request from the wireless station set to output to a transmission facility predetermined signals in place of voice messages thereafter received from the wireless station.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
13 words
The wireless communications system of claim 11 wherein the predetermined signals characterize silence.
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