Patent ID: 6317607
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
An apparatus for rejecting a request for call initializtion to a device capable of multi-mode communications. comprising:a multi-mode communication device capable of communications in at least two modes;means for selecting at least one of said modes as a desired communccation mode by a user of said multi-mode communication device;a memory for storing an indication of said selected communication modes(s);a tramsceiver for reciving a page message and for transmitting a page message reaponse; anda controller connected to said selecting means, to said memory, and to said transceiver, for comparing a communication mode of an incoming call associated with said page message to said indication stored in said memory, and for rejecting said incoming call if said communication mode of said incoming call does not match said indication stored in said memory.