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Method and apparatus for determining user presence in vehicular communications systems

  • US 5,739,746 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1996
  • Issued: 04/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicular telecommunications system, comprising:

  • a telephone controller comprised in a vehicle and adapted to process a plurality of telephone signals;

    a telephone comprised in said vehicle and operably coupled to said telephone controller, wherein said telephone is adapted for use by a user in said vehicle, wherein said telephone is adapted to receive telephone calls for said user associated with said telephone from sources external to the vehicle in which said telephone is installed; and

    a user detector comprised in said vehicle and operably coupled to said telephone controller, wherein said user detector is configured to provide a signal to said telephone controller indicative of whether said user associated with said telephone is present in a predetermined location of said vehicle proximate to said telephone, wherein said telephone controller directs a received telephone call for said user to said telephone responsive to said signal indicating that said user is present in said predetermined location of said vehicle proximate to said telephone.

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