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Personal communicator system for identifying a telephone which is disposed proximate a locator transmitter

US5842112A · kind A · utility

38Cited by
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50Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 2, 1995
Grant dateNov 24, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S379/913
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for placing a user and a caller into communication with each other. The user is equipped with a communicator device which has an information receiver and a transmitter. Information related to a present location of the user as the user moves about an environment is automatically transmitted, such information being based on information received by the receiver. The automatically transmitted information related to the present location of the user is receiver by a receiver. A telephone call from the caller intended for the user is processed and rerouted to the user's present location as indicated by the automatically transmitted information.

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