Controlling a telecommunications device
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1. A telecommunications device comprising:
- a communication alert system arranged to indicate the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device, by the use of one of a plurality of indicators; and
a controller arranged to detect a user selectable component of a telecommunications signal from said originating device and to control the selection of said one of a plurality of indicators based on said user selectable component.
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Abstract
A telecommunications device comprises a communication alert system arranged to inform the user that a telecommunications signal has been received. The communication alert system uses one of a number of different indicators. The controller is arranged to control the selection of the one of a plurality of indicators such that the selection is affected by a user selectable component of the received telecommunications signal.
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1. A telecommunications device comprising:
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a communication alert system arranged to indicate the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device, by the use of one of a plurality of indicators; and
a controller arranged to detect a user selectable component of a telecommunications signal from said originating device and to control the selection of said one of a plurality of indicators based on said user selectable component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of indicating the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device at a receiving device,
the receiving device comprising: -
a communication alert system arranged to indicate the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device, by the use of one of a plurality of indicators; and
a controller arranged to detect a user selectable component of a telecommunications signal from said originating device and to control the selection of said one of a plurality of indicators based on said user selectable component. the method including the steps of;
seeding control of one or more aspects of the operation of the receiving device to the originating device; and
selecting one of said plurality of indicators for use, based on a user selectable component of the received telecommunications signal. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A telecommunications network which is accessibly by, at least, an originating device and a receiving device, each device comprising:
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a communication alert system arranged to indicate the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device, by the use of one of a plurality of indicators; and
a controller arranged to detect a user selectable component of said telecommunications signal and to control the selection of said one of a plurality of indicators based on said user selectable component of the received telecommunications signal, the network comprising means for transmitting said telecommunications signals from the originating device to the receiving device, thus enabling the selection of one of said indicators for use in the receiving device to be affected by the user selectable component of said received signal from the originating device.
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