Patent ID: 6332082
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: H04M,H04Q,H04W,Y10S

Abstract:
A personal telecommunications system, comprising:a telephone switching network connected to a plurality of telephones at locations designated by system subscribers;a personal transceiver assigned to each of the system subscribers, each said personal transceiver including a personal transmitter, a keypad by which associated subscriber can formulate a subscriber instruction signal, and a personal receiver;at least one fixed transmitter which emits a fixed transmitter signal within a transmission range of the fixed transmitter, the fixed transmitter signal being recognizable by the personal receiver of the personal transceiver, the personal transceiver responding to the fixed transmitter signal with a personal transmitter signal emitted by the personal transmitter, the personal transmitter signal being received by a fixed receiver; the fixed receiver outputting a subscriber location signal indicating that the subscriber is present within the range of the fixed transmitter to receive an incoming call dialed to a personal telephone number assigned to a specific subscriber and forwarded to the telephone in proximity to the fixed transmitter designated by the subscriber location signal; the personal transmitter signal being further adapted for containing the subscriber instruction signal specifying an alternate manner of handling the incoming call placed by the caller to the personal telephone number of the subscriber;a telephone control system 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 specific subscriber; said telephone control system selectively forwarding the received incoming call to the subscriber by routing the incoming call through telephone switching network to the telephone in proximity to the fixed transmitter indicated by the received subscriber location signal, or handling the incoming call in the manner specified by the subscriber, in response to the received subscriber instruction signal transmitted by the personal transmitter.