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Network based muting of a cellular telephone

  • US 6,597,667 B1
  • Filed: 08/18/1999
  • Issued: 07/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of selectively muting a user signal produced in a wireless communication device of a wireless communication system during a wireless phone call to a conference bridge, the method comprising:

  • activating a mute key on a wireless communication device;

    receiving at the wireless communication system a first predetermined control signal from the wireless communication device;

    stopping at the wireless communication system the communication of the user signal in response to activating the mute key;

    wherein the first predetermined control signal is an error-checked signaling message in a communication protocol.

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