Telephone communication system having a locator and a scheduling facility
First Claim
1. A scheduling and communication system, comprising:
- (a) at least one communication device for communication between said system and a user;
(b) a scheduling unit for storing user schedule information;
(c) a locator system connected to the scheduling unit, the locator system including;
a portable badge associated with the user for transmitting user information including an identification of the user; and
a plurality of transceivers, each adapted for receiving the user information transmitted from the portable badge and for electrically forwarding at least a portion of the user information to a processing unit to determine location information of the user;
(d) schedule notification means for accessing the user schedule information of the user, for retrieving location information including a specific location associated with the user, and for generating a schedule notification signal for communication to the user at the specific location thereof; and
(e) means for selectively activating the at least one communication device for use in conjunction with the location information for communicating with the user.
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Abstract
A telephone communication system having a locator and a scheduling facility includes: a PBX connected to telephones for facilitating communication between users; a scheduling unit for storing user schedule information for the users; and a locator system for providing location information. The locator system includes portable units associated with respective users which transmits an identification signal for identifying the user. The portable units include portable computing devices for interactively processing scheduling information with the scheduling unit. Transceivers receive the unit information from the portable units for forwarding the unit information to the PBX to determine location information of the users. The PBX activates telephone functions for use in conjunction with the location information for communicating with a called user, and the PBX accesses the user schedule information of a first user, for retrieving a specific location associated with the first user for generating a schedule notification message for communication to the first user at the specific location thereof.
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22 Claims
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1. A scheduling and communication system, comprising:
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(a) at least one communication device for communication between said system and a user; (b) a scheduling unit for storing user schedule information; (c) a locator system connected to the scheduling unit, the locator system including; a portable badge associated with the user for transmitting user information including an identification of the user; and a plurality of transceivers, each adapted for receiving the user information transmitted from the portable badge and for electrically forwarding at least a portion of the user information to a processing unit to determine location information of the user; (d) schedule notification means for accessing the user schedule information of the user, for retrieving location information including a specific location associated with the user, and for generating a schedule notification signal for communication to the user at the specific location thereof; and (e) means for selectively activating the at least one communication device for use in conjunction with the location information for communicating with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A scheduling system for coordinating scheduling between a plurality of users, comprising:
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(a) communication means for facilitating communication between a plurality of users; (b) a scheduling unit for storing user schedule information for each of the plurality of users; (c) locator means connected to the communication means for providing location information, the locator means including; a set of portable units each associated with a respective one of a plurality of users and transmits unit information including an identification signal for identifying the user associated with the respective unit, the set of portable units including a set of portable computing devices operating a scheduling program and a graphic user interface (GUI) for interactively processing scheduling information with the scheduling unit; and a plurality of transceivers, each operatively connected to the communication means and each adapted for receiving the unit information transmitted from the set of portable units and for electrically forwarding at least a portion of the unit information to the communication means to determine location information of the users; and (d) schedule notification means for accessing the user schedule information of a first user, for retrieving location information including a specific location associated with the first user using the locator means, and for generating a schedule notification message for communication to the first user at the specific location thereof. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for facilitating scheduling among a plurality of users comprising the steps of:
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receiving unit information at locating means; processing the unit information to determine location information associated with respective users; receiving user schedule information at a scheduling unit from a set of portable computing devices associated with respective users; storing the user schedule information for each of the users; accessing the user schedule information of a first user; selectively accessing the locator means for retrieving the location information including a specific location associated with the first user; communicating the user schedule information of the first user to a first telephone of a plurality of telephones at a specific location determined by the corresponding location information of the first user; and generating a schedule notification message; and communicating the schedule notification message to the first user at the specific location thereof. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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