Land-line supported private base station operable in a cellular system
First Claim
1. A private base station for transmitting and receiving communications to and from a plurality of wireless portable stations configured for operation in a public cellular telephone system, the base station comprising:
- means for registering the plurality of portable stations for enabling said portable stations to communicate through said base station, said private base station generating a local unique address during registration and providing said unique address to a private base station location register located in said public cellular telephone system;
means for connecting both said private base station and said private base station location register to a telephone switch in the public switched telephone network; and
means for receiving over said public switched telephone network from said private base station location register said unique address during receipt of an incoming telephone call also over said public switched telephone network for routing said call to an identified portable station.
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Abstract
A private base station supports the registering of multiple mobile stations and provides a personalized call delivery feature for each registered mobile station. Each mobile station registers separately with the base station when within communication range of the base station. When registration of a mobile station with a private base station is performed, the private base station communicates mobile station information to a base station location register along with assignment of a local unique address for each one of the multiple mobile stations registering with the private base station. When the private base station receives an incoming call for a particular one of the mobile stations, this local unique address associated with the particular station is provided by the base station location register as part of the incoming call information also received by the base station thereby allowing the base station to distinctively alert the particular mobile station. By obtaining a local unique address for each of the mobile stations, the private base station is also able to advantageously offer various intelligent features which are personalized according to customer needs. For example, a calling party may have his or her name displayed on he reached mobile station for the convenience of the user at this mobile station.
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15 Claims
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1. A private base station for transmitting and receiving communications to and from a plurality of wireless portable stations configured for operation in a public cellular telephone system, the base station comprising:
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means for registering the plurality of portable stations for enabling said portable stations to communicate through said base station, said private base station generating a local unique address during registration and providing said unique address to a private base station location register located in said public cellular telephone system; means for connecting both said private base station and said private base station location register to a telephone switch in the public switched telephone network; and means for receiving over said public switched telephone network from said private base station location register said unique address during receipt of an incoming telephone call also over said public switched telephone network for routing said call to an identified portable station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A private base station for transmitting and receiving communications to and from a plurality of wireless portable stations configured for operation in a public cellular telephone system, the base station comprising:
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means for registering the plurality of portable stations for enabling said portable stations to communicate through said base station, said private base station providing information indicative of registering the plurality of portable stations to a private base station location register located in said public cellular telephone system; means for connecting both said private base station and said private base station location register to a telephone switch in the public switched telephone network; and means for receiving over said public switched telephone network from said private base station location register ordered position information indicative of an ordered position for an identified one of the plurality of wireless portable stations, said ordered position information also being associated with an incoming telephone call received over said public switched telephone network and being indicative of a respective order in which said identified one of the plurality of wireless portable stations is registered with the private base station. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A private base station for transmitting and receiving communications to and from a plurality of wireless portable stations configured for operation in a public cellular telephone system, the base station comprising:
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means for registering the plurality of portable stations for enabling said portable stations to communicate through said base station, said private base station providing information indicative of registering the plurality of portable stations to a private base station location register located in said public cellular telephone system; means for connecting both said private base station and said private base station location register to a telephone switch in the public switched telephone network; and means for receiving over said public switched telephone network from said private base station location register ordered position information indicative of an ordered position for an identified one of the registered plurality of wireless portable stations, said ordered position information being associated with said identified one of the registered plurality of wireless portable stations by said private base station upon receipt of an incoming call over a telephone line connected to said public switched telephone network. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of operation for a private base station in transmitting and receiving communications to and from a plurality of wireless portable stations configured for operation in a public cellular telephone system, the method comprising the steps of:
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registering the plurality of portable stations in the private base station for enabling said portable stations to communicate through said private base station; providing from said private base station information indicative of registering the plurality of portable stations to a private base station location register located in said public cellular telephone system; connecting both said private base station and said private base station location register to a telephone switch in the public switched telephone network; and receiving over said public switched telephone network from said private base station location register ordered position information for an identified one of the registered plurality of wireless portable stations, said ordered position information also being associated with an incoming telephone call received over said public switched telephone network and being indicative of a respective order in which said identified one of the plurality of wireless portable stations is registered with the private base station. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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