Radiotelephone with multiple simultaneous telephone number identities
First Claim
1. A radiotelephone apparatus for use in a radiotelephone system, the radiotelephone system including one or more control channels in which are carried paging signals which identify radiotelephones to which calls are to be connected and in which are also carried acknowledgment signals from the radiotelephones for continuing the set-up of calls to the radiotelephones in response to paging signals identifying the radiotelephones, the radiotelephone apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of first radiotelephone transceivers for receiving paging signals on a control channel;
a plurality of first radiotelephone controllers, each first radiotelephone controller controlling and forming a first radiotelephone with a different first radiotelephone transceiver and each first radiotelephone controller having an alterable telephone number identity;
one of said first radiotelephone controllers acting as a master controller and one or more of the other of said first radiotelephone controllers acting as a slave controller responsive to said master controller;
said master controller commanding each slave controller not to cause an acknowledgement signal to be generated by that slave controller in response to paging signals received by the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that slave controller; and
said master controller, when a paging signal having any particular one of a plurality of predetermined telephone number identities is received by the first radiotelephone transceiver forming a first radiotelephone with said master controller, selecting a slave controller and commanding the selected slave controller to cause the alterable telephone number identity of the slave controller to be the particular one of the plurality of predetermined telephone number identities which the paging signal has and to cause the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that slave controller to transmit an acknowledgment signal, so as to continue with the set-up of a call in response to that paging signal.
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Abstract
A radiotelephone apparatus in which a radiotelephone transceiver monitors a control channel for paging signals and a controller automatically controls a radiotelephone transceiver to generate an acknowledgment signal in response to receipt of a paging signal carrying a telephone number identity which is any one of a plurality of predetermined telephone number identities.
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18 Claims
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1. A radiotelephone apparatus for use in a radiotelephone system, the radiotelephone system including one or more control channels in which are carried paging signals which identify radiotelephones to which calls are to be connected and in which are also carried acknowledgment signals from the radiotelephones for continuing the set-up of calls to the radiotelephones in response to paging signals identifying the radiotelephones, the radiotelephone apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of first radiotelephone transceivers for receiving paging signals on a control channel; a plurality of first radiotelephone controllers, each first radiotelephone controller controlling and forming a first radiotelephone with a different first radiotelephone transceiver and each first radiotelephone controller having an alterable telephone number identity; one of said first radiotelephone controllers acting as a master controller and one or more of the other of said first radiotelephone controllers acting as a slave controller responsive to said master controller; said master controller commanding each slave controller not to cause an acknowledgement signal to be generated by that slave controller in response to paging signals received by the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that slave controller; and said master controller, when a paging signal having any particular one of a plurality of predetermined telephone number identities is received by the first radiotelephone transceiver forming a first radiotelephone with said master controller, selecting a slave controller and commanding the selected slave controller to cause the alterable telephone number identity of the slave controller to be the particular one of the plurality of predetermined telephone number identities which the paging signal has and to cause the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that slave controller to transmit an acknowledgment signal, so as to continue with the set-up of a call in response to that paging signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A radiotelephone apparatus for use in a radiotelephone system, the radiotelephone system including one or more control channels in which are carried paging signals which identify radiotelephones to which calls are to be connected and in which are also carried acknowledgment signals from the radiotelephones for continuing the set-up of calls to the radiotelephones in response to paging signals identifying the radiotelephones, the radiotelephone apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of first radiotelephone transceivers for receiving paging signals on a control channel; a plurality of first radiotelephone controllers, each first radiotelephone controller controlling and forming a first radiotelephone with a different first radiotelephone transceiver and each first radiotelephone controller having an alterable telephone number identity; a master controller; one or more of said first radiotelephone controllers being a slave controller responsive to signals from said master controller; one of said first radiotelephone controllers being a monitor controller to cause each paging signal received by the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that monitor controller to be transmitted to the master controller without an acknowledgment signal responding to the paging signal being caused to be generated by that monitor controller; and said master controller, when a paging signal having any particular one of a plurality of predetermined telephone number identities is transmitted to said master controller by said monitor controller, selecting a slave controller and commanding the selected slave controller to cause the alterable telephone number identity of the selected slave controller to be the particular one of the plurality of predetermined telephone number identities which that paging signal has and to cause the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that slave controller to transmit an acknowledgment signal so as to continue with the set-up of a call in response to that paging signal. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A telephone system comprising:
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a radiotelephone system operating in cells of a region including;
one or more radiotelephones;
a radiotelephone apparatus;
one or more base stations for radio communicating with the radio telephones and radiotelephone apparatus;
a radio telephone switching office for linking said base stations;
one or more control channels in which are carried paging signals which identify the ones of said radiotelephones and radiotelephone apparatus to which calls are to be connected and in which are also carried acknowledgment signals from the radiotelephones and radiotelephone apparatus for continuing the set-up of calls to the radiotelephones and radiotelephone apparatus in response to paging signals identifying the radiotelephones and radiotelephone apparatus;said radiotelephone apparatus including;
a plurality of first radiotelephone transceivers for receiving paging signals on a control channel;
a plurality of first radiotelephone controllers, each first radiotelephone controller controlling and forming a first radiotelephone with a different first radiotelephone transceiver and each first radiotelephone controller having an alterable telephone number identity;
one of said first radiotelephone controllers acting as a master controller and one or more of the other of said first radiotelephone controllers acting as slave controller responsive to said master controller;
said master controller commanding each slave controller not to cause an acknowledgement signal to be generated by that slave controller in response to paging signals received by the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that slave controller; and
said master controller, when a paging signal having any particular one of a plurality of predetermined telephone number identities is received by the first radiotelephone transceiver forming a first radiotelephone with said master controller, selecting a slave controller and commanding the selected slave controller to cause the alterable telephone number identity of the slave controller to be the particular one of the plurality of predetermined telephone number identities which that paging signal has and to cause the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that slave controller to transmit an acknowledgment signal, so as to continue with the set-up of a call in response to that paging signal. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A telephone system comprising:
a radiotelephone system operating in cells of a region including;
one or more radiotelephones;
a radiotelephone apparatus;
one or more base stations for radio communicating with the radio telephones and radiotelephone apparatus;
a radio telephone switching office for linking said base stations;
one or more control channels in which are carried paging signals which identify the ones of said radiotelephones and radiotelephone apparatus to which calls are to be connected and in which are also carried acknowledgment signals from the radiotelephones and radiotelephone apparatus for continuing the set-up of calls to the radiotelephones and radiotelephone apparatus in response to paging signals identifying the radiotelephones and radiotelephone apparatus;said radiotelephone apparatus including;
a plurality of first radiotelephone transceivers for receiving paging signals on a control channel;
a plurality of first radiotelephone controllers, each first radiotelephone controller controlling and forming a first radiotelephone with a different first radiotelephone transceiver and each first radiotelephone controller having an alterable telephone number identity;
a master controller;
one or more of said first radiotelephone controllers being a slave controller responsive to signals from said master controller;
one of said first radiotelephone controllers being a monitor controller to cause each paging signal received by the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that monitor controller to be transmitted to the master controller without an acknowledgment signal responding to the paging signal being caused to be generated by that monitor controller; and
said master controller, when a paging signal having any particular one of a plurality of predetermined telephone number identities is transmitted to said master controller by said monitor controller, selecting a slave controller and commanding the selected slave controller to cause the alterable telephone number identity of the selected slave controller to be the particular one of the plurality of predetermined telephone number identities which that paging signal has and to cause the first radiotelephone transceiver which forms a first radiotelephone with that slave controller to transmit an acknowledgment signal, so as to continue with the set-up of a call in response to that paging signal.- View Dependent Claims (18)
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