Locale based call forwarding
US7082192B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 25, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 27, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2242/30
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Call forwarding a telephone number, including tracking recent locations of a user with the user's mobile personal communications device and a wireless telecommunications network; identifying a locale for the user in dependence upon the recent locations and upon historical location records for the user; and forwarding a telephone number in dependence upon the locale. In many embodiments, identifying a locale further comprises comparing historical location records and recent locations, wherein the historical location records are related to the locale through a locale identification field used as a foreign key.
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