Voice-controlled wireless communications system and method
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1. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicate using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access points adjacent the badge; and
wherein the badge further comprises an unassigned state and an assigned state such that the badge is initially in the unassigned state when it has not been assigned to a user, the badge enters the assigned state when the badge has been assigned to a user and the badge returns to the unassigned state when the user has finished using the badge so that the badge is dynamically bound to the user while the user is using the badge.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system has a central computer, one or more wireless access points and one or more personal badges that communicate wirelessly with the one or more wireless access points. The badges provide the user with a communications device that permits the user to initiate telephone calls and conferences, receive telephone calls, receive pages and be located within a particular environment.
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56 Claims
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1. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicate using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access points adjacent the badge; and
wherein the badge further comprises an unassigned state and an assigned state such that the badge is initially in the unassigned state when it has not been assigned to a user, the badge enters the assigned state when the badge has been assigned to a user and the badge returns to the unassigned state when the user has finished using the badge so that the badge is dynamically bound to the user while the user is using the badge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A wireless communications system, comprising:
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a central computer;
one or more wireless access points connected to the central computer by a computer network, each access point having a coverage area;
a badge that communicates using a wireless protocol with one of the wireless access adjacent the badge; and
wherein the central computer further comprises a database containing a user profile for each user of the wireless communications system, each user profile containing information about the operation of a badge that has been assigned to a particular user and wherein the user profile for a particular user is capable of being changed so that the operation of the badge currently assigned to the user is also changed based on the user profile. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A system for locating a user of a wireless communications system wherein the wireless communications system has a central computer connected to one or more access points which communicate wirelessly with a badge associated with a user, the system comprising:
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means for determining the current access point being used for communications by the badge of the user being located; and
means for generating a location indicator for the user wherein the location indicator is the name and location of the access point currently being used by the user.
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53. A method for locating a user of a wireless communications system wherein the wireless communications system has a central computer connected to one or more access points which communicate wirelessly with a badge associated with a user, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to locate a user of the wireless communications system;
determining the access point currently being used for communications by the badge of the user; and
generating a location indicator for the user wherein the location indicator is the name and location of the access point being used by the user.
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54. A system for locating a member of a group of a wireless communications system wherein the wireless communications system has a central computer connected to one or more access points which communicate wirelessly with one or more badges associated with one or more members of the group, the system comprising:
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means for determining the current access point(s) being used for communications by the badge(s) of the one or more members of the group specified by a group location request; and
means for generating a location indicator for the member in the group wherein the location indicator is the name and location of the access point currently being used by the member of the particular group.
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55. A method for locating a member of a group of a wireless communications system wherein the wireless communications system has a central computer connected to one or more access points which communicate wirelessly with one or more badges associated with one or more members of the group, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to locate a member of a group of the wireless communications system;
determining the current access point(s) being used for communications by the badge(s) of the one or more members of the group specified by a group location request;
generating a location indicator for the members in the group wherein the location indicator is the name and location of the access point currently being used by the members of the group.
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56. A communications device for communicating wirelessly with a computer system, the device comprising:
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a central processing unit for controlling the operation of the communications device and executing instructions to perform operations of the badge; and
wherein the device further comprises an unassigned state and an assigned state such that the device is initially in the unassigned state when it has not been assigned to a user, the device enters the assigned state when the device has been assigned to a user and the device returns to the unassigned state when the user has finished using the device so that the device is dynamically bound to the user while the user is using the particular device.
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