Patent ID: 6993363
Filing Date: 2006-01-31
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A monitor tool for providing a status alert to a user regarding status of the user's separate mobile station, the tool comprising: a wireless receiver for receiving signals on at least one signaling channel of a wireless communication network used by the mobile station; a memory storing identification data for the mobile station used in signaling messages for the mobile station communicated to or from the mobile station via the at least one signaling channel of the wireless communication network; an alert generator for producing an indication of mobile station status perceptible by the user; and a controller, responsive to receipt of one or more signaling messages over the at least one signaling channel by the wireless receiver containing identification data matching the stored identification data for the mobile station, for recognizing occurrence of at least one status of the mobile station and activating the alert generator to output the perceptible indication of mobile station status to the user, wherein: the wireless receiver comprises a receiver for receiving an access channel of the wireless communication network; and the controller causes the alert generator to output the perceptible status indication upon failure of the access channel receiver to receive an access message containing identification data matching the stored identification data of the mobile station for a period of time.