Telephone system and method for selectively ringing one or more land phones or portable phones based on the self-detected geographical position of a portable phone
First Claim
1. A telephone system comprising:
- (A) a portable phone that includes a position detector that detects the position of the portable phone;
(B) at least one defined geographical region defined by a user of the portable phone, each defined geographical region having corresponding phone parameters that determine how a call is rung and routed, wherein the user of the portable phone uses the position detector located in the phone to define the defined geographical region;
(C) a mechanism that receives the position of the portable phone from the position detector, and that determines from the position of the portable phone whether the portable phone enters or exits a defined geographical region; and
(D) a call router that rings and routes a telephone call according to the phone parameters for a region.
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Abstract
A portable phone is equipped with a position detector that detects the geographical position of the portable phone, and a telephone system may ring one or more land-based phones or portable phones according to the geographical position of the portable phone. One or more geographical regions are defined, with corresponding telephone parameters defined for each region. When a portable phone enters a defined region, exits a defined region, or changes between two defined regions, the function of one or more land-based phones or portable phones may change. The preferred embodiments thus allow changing the function of one or more other phones based on the self-detected geographical position of a portable phone. In this manner the convenience of using portable phones is greatly enhanced.
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8 Claims
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1. A telephone system comprising:
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(A) a portable phone that includes a position detector that detects the position of the portable phone; (B) at least one defined geographical region defined by a user of the portable phone, each defined geographical region having corresponding phone parameters that determine how a call is rung and routed, wherein the user of the portable phone uses the position detector located in the phone to define the defined geographical region; (C) a mechanism that receives the position of the portable phone from the position detector, and that determines from the position of the portable phone whether the portable phone enters or exits a defined geographical region; and (D) a call router that rings and routes a telephone call according to the phone parameters for a region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A telephone system comprising:
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(A) a portable phone that includes a position detector that detects the position of the portable phone, wherein the position detector comprises a global positioning system (GPS) sensor; (B) at least one defined geographical region defined by a user of the portable phone using the position detector, each defined geographical region having corresponding phone parameters that determine how a call is rung and routed; (C) a mechanism that receives the position of the portable phone from the position detector, and that determines from the position of the portable phone whether the portable phone enters or exits a defined geographical region; and (D) a call router that rings and routes a telephone call according to the phone parameters for a region. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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