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Personal mobility communication system
Assignee: AT&T Inc
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Filing: 1996-10-22
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Granted: 1999-07-27
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Expires: 2016-10-22
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides a mobile communication system in a network that receives a location schedule from a subscriber and directs a call to the subscriber based on the location schedule. The network may include a telephone network, a data network and a cable network interconnected together. Each of the networks connects to communication devices. For example, the cable network is connected to fixed location devices such as cable units conventionally provided to cable subscribers. The fixed location devices may be connected to communication devices such as televisions, stereos or mailboxes. When a subscriber location schedule indicates that the subscriber is reachable at a specific fixed location device, the mobility system pages the subscriber at the specific fixed location device when a call is received for the subscriber during the specified date and time found in the location schedule. The subscriber may respond to the page by either making a reverting call commonly used in paging systems or responding directly through the fixed location device if the connected communication device provides for two-way communication.
Inventors
- 👤 Shelley B. Goldman
- 👤 David Phillip Silverman
- 👤 Roy Philip Weber
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 22:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/42229; H04M7/00; H04M7/006
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
66 words
A method for operation of a mobility communication system, comprising: receiving a call from a calling party for a called party; establishing a connection between the mobility communication system and a fixed location device via either a data network or a cable network based on a number dialed by the calling party and a location schedule; and paging the called party through the fixed location device.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
66 words
A method for operation of a mobility communication system, comprising: receiving a call from a calling party for a called party; establishing a connection between the mobility communication system and a fixed location device via either a data network or a cable network based on a number dialed by the calling party and a location schedule; and paging the called party through the fixed location device.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising: cease paging the called party when the called party makes a reverting call to the calling party.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising: retrieving an address of the fixed location device from the location schedule.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the fixed location device includes a cable box connected to the cable network.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the fixed location device is coupled to at least one communication device, the at least one communication device being one of a one-way device and a two-way device.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 5, further comprising: connecting the called party and the calling party through the two-way device when the called party responds to the page through the two-way device.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 5, further comprising: selecting a portion of the at least one communication device to page the called party based on predetermined criteria.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 7, wherein the predetermined criteria include whether the at least one communication device is turned ON, the two-way device, or capable of sound alerts.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one communication device includes one of a television system, a stereo system and a mailbox system.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising: uploading the location schedule by one of a terminal or a pager.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
58 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the mobility system is a plurality of distributed mobility systems, when the location schedule is entered or updated in one of the plurality of distributed mobility systems, the plurality of distributed mobility systems communicating so that the entered location schedule is available to every one of the plurality of distributed mobility systems.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising: updating the location schedule by one of uploading update data to the mobility system via a terminal or a pager.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the location schedule comprises a list, the list including at least one address.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 13, wherein the list further includes at least one of a data and a time that corresponds to the at least one address.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 13, wherein each of the at least one address identifies one of the fixed location device, a terminal, a telephone station, a pager and a cellular phone.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
119 words
A method for operation of a mobility communication system, comprising: receiving a call from a calling party for a called party; establishing a connection between the mobility communication system and a fixed location device via either a data network or a cable network based on a number dialed by the calling party and a location schedule; and paging the called party through the fixed location device, wherein the mobility system is a plurality of distributed mobility systems, when the location schedule is entered or updated in one of the plurality of distributed mobility systems, the plurality of distributed mobility systems communicating so that the entered location schedule is available to every one of the plurality of distributed mobility systems.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
119 words
A method for operation of a mobility communication system, comprising: receiving a call from a calling party for a called party; establishing a connection between the mobility communication system and a fixed location device via either a data network or a cable network based on a number dialed by the calling party and a location schedule; and paging the called party through the fixed location device, wherein the mobility system is a plurality of distributed mobility systems, when the location schedule is entered or updated in one of the plurality of distributed mobility systems, the plurality of distributed mobility systems communicating so that the entered location schedule is available to every one of the plurality of distributed mobility systems.
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