System and method for identifying the incoming directory number when multiple directory numbers are assigned to one wireless device
First Claim
1. In a wireless telecommunications system, said system including a switching system and a plurality of cells, a method for identifying a called director number at a wireless communications device when multiple directory numbers are assigned to said wireless communications device, said wireless communications device usable in any of said plurality of cells and movable from cell to cell while in use, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, in said switching system, terminating calling line identification (TCLID) signals identifying which one of the multiple directory numbers assigned to said wireless communications device has been called;
responsive to receipt of said TCLID signals identifying said one of said multiple directory numbers, said switching system using said signals to set up a call directly to said wireless communications device, and also transmitting said TCLID signals directly to said wireless communications device; and
indicating at said wireless communications device which of said multiple directory numbers is the called directory number.
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Abstract
A system and method for delivering called party identification to a called telephone wireless station set during paging of the called wireless telephone, or, advantageously, after call set up but before ringing starts. A control unit then may cause the called line to be displayed, may cause a distinctive ring to be made, or take other action depending upon its program.
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15 Claims
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1. In a wireless telecommunications system, said system including a switching system and a plurality of cells, a method for identifying a called director number at a wireless communications device when multiple directory numbers are assigned to said wireless communications device, said wireless communications device usable in any of said plurality of cells and movable from cell to cell while in use, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, in said switching system, terminating calling line identification (TCLID) signals identifying which one of the multiple directory numbers assigned to said wireless communications device has been called; responsive to receipt of said TCLID signals identifying said one of said multiple directory numbers, said switching system using said signals to set up a call directly to said wireless communications device, and also transmitting said TCLID signals directly to said wireless communications device; and indicating at said wireless communications device which of said multiple directory numbers is the called directory number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. In a cellular telephone network, said cellular telephone network communicating with a plurality of cellular communications devices, wherein each of said cellular communications devices has a plurality of directory numbers (DNs) assigned to it, said cellular telephone network including a switching system, and a plurality of cells served by a plurality of cell sites, said plurality of cellular communications devices being usable in any of said cells, a method for delivering calls to said plurality of cellular devices comprising the steps of:
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said cellular telephone network receiving an incoming call at said switching system, said incoming call including a terminating calling line identification (TCLID) signal, said switching system delivering said TCLID signal to one or more of said plurality of cellular devices via one of said cell sites; said one ore more of said plurality of cellular devices indicating that the incoming call is for one of said plurality of directory numbers; and said cellular telephone network connecting said call to a first of said one or more of said plurality of cellular devices to indicate to said cellular telephone network to deliver said incoming call.
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11. In a cellular telephone network, said cellular telephone network including a switching system and a plurality of cell sites serving a plurality of cells, said cellular telephone network supporting a plurality of cellular devices each having a plurality of directory numbers (DNs) assigned to it, said plurality of cellular devices being usable in any of said cells, and said cellular devices being organized by said switching system as a plurality of hunt groups, wherein when an incoming call is for one of said cellular devices in a hunt group and that cellular device is busy, another of said cellular devices in said hunt group is alerted to said incoming call, a method for delivering calls to said plurality of cellular devices comprising the steps of:
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said cellular telephone network receiving an incoming call at said switching system, said incoming call including a terminating calling line identification (TCLID); said switching system delivering said TCLID directly to one ore more of said plurality of cellular devices; said cellular telephone network delivering to said one or more of said plurality of cellular devices an indication of the hunt group assigned to said call; said one or more of said plurality of cellular devices alerting a user of said incoming call by informing said user of said TCLID and said hunt group; and said switching system connecting said incoming call to one or more of said plurality of cellular devices that signals acceptance to said cellular telephone network of said incoming call. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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