Wireless telephone system for accessing multiple stations via a single telephone number
US6449483B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 18, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The wireless telephone system for accessing multiple stations via a single telephone number provides a single telephone number for a group of subscribers who are equipped with a plurality of stations, including at least one mobile subscriber station, to thereby enable call connections to be established to any one of the mobile subscriber stations in the group when the other stations in the group are in an idle state. A plurality of mobile subscriber stations are registered as members of a group that is assigned a single telephone number. The wireless communication system tracks the present location of the plurality of mobile subscriber stations and their present busy/idle status. If a subscriber at one of the plurality of mobile subscriber stations goes off-hook to originate a call connection, the wireless communication system determines whether any other members of the group are presently engaged in an active call connection using the assigned single telephone number. If not, the call connection proceeds as usual. If the single telephone number is presently in use, the wireless communication system can provide one of a number of possible call processing options to indicate the pre…
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