Telephone communication system having a locator
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1. A telephone communication system, comprising:
- (a) a private branch exchange (PBX) having a processing unit and a plurality of telephones for facilitating telephone communication between a plurality of telephone users; and
(b) a locator system electrically connected to said PBX for providing location information, said locator system comprising;
a plurality of portable badges, each associated with a respective one of a plurality of telephone users and transmits badge information including an identification signal for identifying the telephone user associated with said respective badge; and
a plurality of transceivers, each electrically connected to said PBX and each adapted for receiving said badge information transmitted from said badges and for electrically forwarding at least a portion of said badge information to said processing unit of said PBX to determine location information of said telephone users;
said PBX further having a memory for storing said location information and stored programs for implementing a plurality of telephone functions in conjunction with said location information;
each of said telephones having a keypad for selectively accessing said locator system and said telephone functions, a data receiver for receiving location information from said PBX, and a display for displaying said location information received from said PBX upon access of said locator system from said keypad.
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Abstract
A telephone communication system having a locator system for locating telephone users and generating location information. The telephone communication system includes a plurality of telephone functions which are user accessible for usage in conjunction with the location information. Each telephone of the system may be configured to facilitate interactive control and selection of the system features by the users.
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1. A telephone communication system, comprising:
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(a) a private branch exchange (PBX) having a processing unit and a plurality of telephones for facilitating telephone communication between a plurality of telephone users; and (b) a locator system electrically connected to said PBX for providing location information, said locator system comprising; a plurality of portable badges, each associated with a respective one of a plurality of telephone users and transmits badge information including an identification signal for identifying the telephone user associated with said respective badge; and a plurality of transceivers, each electrically connected to said PBX and each adapted for receiving said badge information transmitted from said badges and for electrically forwarding at least a portion of said badge information to said processing unit of said PBX to determine location information of said telephone users; said PBX further having a memory for storing said location information and stored programs for implementing a plurality of telephone functions in conjunction with said location information;
each of said telephones having a keypad for selectively accessing said locator system and said telephone functions, a data receiver for receiving location information from said PBX, and a display for displaying said location information received from said PBX upon access of said locator system from said keypad. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A communication system for wireless communication of personal information including identification information between a plurality of telephones and a private-branch exchange, which comprises:
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a private-branch exchange; and a plurality of telephones, each of said plurality of telephones having a wireless receiver located at least partially therein for receiving wireless transmitted data, including remote transmitter identification from a remote transmitting device, said plurality of telephones having a processor coupled to voice and data transmission and receiving circuitry to facilitate bidirectional telephone communication with said private-branch exchange to provide telephone communications between said plurality of telephones; wherein information received from said remote transmitting device is transferred to said private-branch exchange by said voice and data transmission circuitry, and wherein said private-branch exchange processes said information received from said remote transmitting device to determine the location of an object or person associated with said remote transmitting device. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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