Profile selection and call forwarding based upon wireless terminal GPS location coordinates
First Claim
1. A method for operating a wireless terminal comprising:
- accessing a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the wireless terminal to determine location coordinates of the wireless terminal;
accessing a plurality of location based profile rules, each location based profile rule of the plurality of location based profile rules including location parameters and corresponding profile settings;
selecting a location based profile rule of the plurality of location based profile rules based upon the location coordinates of the wireless terminal; and
enacting profile settings of the selected location based profile rule.
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Abstract
A wireless terminal adjusts its profile settings based upon its GPS coordinates. The wireless terminal accesses its GPS receiver to determine its location coordinates, which may include elevation. The wireless terminal then accesses a plurality of location based profile rules, each of which includes location parameters and corresponding profile settings. The wireless terminal selects a location based profile rule of the plurality of location based profile rules based upon the location coordinates of the wireless terminal. The wireless terminal enacts corresponding profile settings of the selected location based profile rule. The profile settings may cause the wireless terminal to adjust its ringer on/off settings, its ringer volume settings, the number of rings it provides in response to an incoming communication, the ringer cadence, the number of repeat rings for incoming communications, vibration settings, call filtering settings, call forwarding settings, or message receipt settings, for example.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for operating a wireless terminal comprising:
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accessing a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver of the wireless terminal to determine location coordinates of the wireless terminal;
accessing a plurality of location based profile rules, each location based profile rule of the plurality of location based profile rules including location parameters and corresponding profile settings;
selecting a location based profile rule of the plurality of location based profile rules based upon the location coordinates of the wireless terminal; and
enacting profile settings of the selected location based profile rule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless terminal comprising:
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a wireless interface;
a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver;
a user interface; and
a processing unit communicatively coupled to the wireless interface, to the GPS receiver, and to the user interface, wherein the processing unit is operable to;
access the GPS receiver to determine location coordinates of the wireless terminal;
access a plurality of location based profile rules, each location based profile rule of the plurality of location based profile rules including location parameters and corresponding profile settings;
select a location based profile rule of the plurality of location based profile rules based upon the location coordinates of the wireless terminal; and
enact profile settings of the selected location based profile rule. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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