Patent ID: 7313358

Claim:
A communication system for use with a radio communications network broadcasting to a plurality of radio communication devices where incoming signals from the radio communication network alert users to communications on the radio communication devices, the communication system comprising: a signal interference apparatus adapted to interfere with the incoming signals from the radio communications network and having a predetermined border outside of which the effects of the signal interference apparatus are too small to cause non-operation of said radio communication devices; an antenna, separate from both the radio communications network and the radio communication devices, and disposed beyond the predetermined border of the signal interference apparatus; and a receiver, separate from both the radio communications network and the radio communication devices, in electrical communication with the antenna adapted to receive the incoming signals from the radio communication network and to divert the incoming signals from the radio communication network to a device other than the radio communication devices and other than voice mailboxes associated with the radio communication devices, when the radio communication devices are located within the predetermined border but not when the radio communication devices are located outside the predetermined border.