Location based method of and system for forwarding wireless telephone calls
First Claim
1. A method of processing telephone calls to a wireless telephone number associated with a mobile telephone unit, said mobile telephone unit being located at a geographic location, which comprises the steps of:
- in response to a call placed to a wireless telephone number, determining the geographic location of the mobile unit associated with the wireless telephone number;
determining whether the geographic location of the mobile unit associated with the wireless telephone number corresponds to a geographic location of a registered forwarding telephone number; and
,forwarding the call to a registered forwarding telephone number corresponding to the geographic location of the mobile unit.
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Abstract
A method of and system for processing a telephone call to a wireless telephone number associated with a mobile telephone unit forwards the call to a registered wireline number if the mobile unit is located near the geographic location associated with the wireline number. In response to a call placed to a wireless telephone number, the system determines the geographic location of the mobile unit associated with the wireless telephone number. If the mobile unit is near a registered location, the system forwards the call to the registered wireline number associated with the registered location.
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10 Claims
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1. A method of processing telephone calls to a wireless telephone number associated with a mobile telephone unit, said mobile telephone unit being located at a geographic location, which comprises the steps of:
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in response to a call placed to a wireless telephone number, determining the geographic location of the mobile unit associated with the wireless telephone number; determining whether the geographic location of the mobile unit associated with the wireless telephone number corresponds to a geographic location of a registered forwarding telephone number; and
,forwarding the call to a registered forwarding telephone number corresponding to the geographic location of the mobile unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of processing telephone calls to a wireless telephone number associated with a mobile telephone unit, said mobile telephone unit being located at a geographic location, which comprises the steps of:
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in response to a call placed to a wireless telephone number, querying a network location finding service to determine the geographic location of the mobile unit associated with the wireless telephone number; and
,in response to receiving a location from a network location finding service, searching a list of registered geographic locations to determine whether the geographic location of the mobile unit associated with the wireless telephone number corresponds to a geographic location of a registered wireline telephone number. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A system for processing wireless telephone calls, which comprises:
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a mobile services switching center for routing calls to wireless telephone numbers; a home location register for providing routing information to said mobile services switching center; a location based call forwarding service, said location based call forwarding service maintaining subscriber records including lists of registered forwarding wireline telephone numbers and respective associated registered geographic locations, said location based call forwarding service including; means for receiving requests for routing instructions from said home location register; means for forming location queries; means for comparing mobile unit locations with registered geographic locations in said subscriber records; and
,means for sending location based routing instructions to said home location register; and a location finding system, said location finding system monitoring the location of mobile units associated with wireless telephone numbers, said network location finding service having means for responding to location queries from said location based call forwarding service.
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10. A location based call forwarding service, which comprises:
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means for storing subscriber records including lists of registered forwarding wireline telephone numbers and respective associated registered geographic locations; means for receiving requests for routing instructions from a mobile telephone system home location register; means for sending location based routing instructions to said home location register; means for sending location queries from a network to a mobile unit location finding system; and means for comparing mobile unit locations with registered geographic locations in said subscriber records.
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Specification