Patent ID: 6026153
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: H04M,H04Q,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
A personal telecommunications system, comprising:telephone switching means connected to a plurality of telephones at locations designated by system subscribers;means for determining the presence of a subscriber at one of the designated locations proximate to a telephone connected to the telephone switching means and for outputting a subscriber location signal indicting that the subscriber is present at a certain one of the designated locations to receive an incoming call dialed to a personal telephone number assigned to the subscriber and forwarded to the telephone at the certain designated location indicated by the location signal;personal transceiver means assigned to the subscribers including means for transmitting at any time in response to a subscriber input a subscriber instruction signal specifying an alternative manner of handling the incoming call dialed to the personal telephone number of the subscriber; andcontrol means for receiving the subscriber location signal, the subscriber instruction signal and the incoming call placed by the caller to the personal phone number assigned to the subscriber, said control means including means for either forwarding the received incoming call to the subscriber by routing the incoming call through the telephone switching means to the telephone at the certain designated location indicated by the received subscriber location signal, or for alternatively handling the incoming call in the manner specified by the subscriber in response to the received subscriber instruction signal transmitted by means of the personal transceiver means.