Patent · US Expired

Method of remotely changing operating characteristics of a communications device

US7421270B2 · kind B2 · utility

16Cited by

6References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Nokia · FI

Inventors

Reza Serafat · Bochum, DE
Jens-Uwe Sohner · Bochum, DE
Hans-Mathias Glatzer · Dortmund, DE
Amir Imam · Neheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 8, 2002
Grant date	Sep 2, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 2, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04M1/72457
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of remotely changing operating characteristics of a communications device selected for signaling an incoming message or cal to a user. To allow signaling an urgent incoming message or call to a user even if the device to be called is in a mute state, the method comprises the steps of: transmitting control data from a calling device (MS1) to a device (MS2) to called; changing a group of operating characteristics of the device (MS2) to be called in accordance with the transmitted control data; and signaling an incoming message or call in accordance with the operating characteristics set up in the previous step.

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