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Adaptive paging signal in cordless telephone

  • US 6,269,257 B1
  • Filed: 01/21/1999
  • Issued: 07/31/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cordless telephone comprising:

  • a base unit, including a paging mechanism; and

    a handset, including an alerting mechanism responsive to the paging mechanism, wherein at least one of the base unit and the handset includes a page adjusting mechanism to affect an alerting signal output from the alerting mechanism based on an estimate of the distance between the base unit and the handset, wherein the estimate is based on at least one measure related to a signal from the base unit to the handset, and at least one measure related to a signal from the handset to the base unit.

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