Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for activating a ring silenced telephone

US6606504B1 · kind B1 · utility

80Cited by

5References

22Claims

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Inventors

Philip D. Mooney · North Wales, US
Syed S. Ali · Allentown, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 22, 2000
Grant date	Aug 12, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/724
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A radio communication system, such as a cellular telephone system, in which the cellular telephones have a ring silenced mode of operation. A user of the system can remotely cause the telephone to exit the ringing silenced mode in case the telephone is misplaced and needs to be located by causing the telephone to ring and then listening for the ringing. The feature is also useful for disabling ring silenced mode when there is an emergency need to contact the owner of the telephone.

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