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Short-range wireless transmitter registration for a mobile user of a communications system

  • US 7,003,295 B1
  • Filed: 08/19/2002
  • Issued: 02/21/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating a communication system, wherein a user has a home system that receives communications directed to the user and wherein the user carries a short-range wireless transmitter having a maximum range of less than one-hundred feet, the method comprising:

  • in a remote system, receiving a wireless registration signal from the short-range wireless transmitter, wherein the wireless registration signal identifies the user and the user'"'"'s home system;

    in the remote system, identifying the user'"'"'s home system and transferring a registration message identifying the user to the user'"'"'s home system in response to receiving the wireless registration signal;

    in the home system, receiving the registration message and registering the user with the remote system in response to receiving the registration message;

    in the home system, receiving a communication directed to the user and transferring the communication to the remote system in response to the user registration;

    in the remote system, receiving the communication from the user'"'"'s home system and transferring the communication to a communication device proximate to the user;

    in the remote system, detecting that a time period has elapsed without receiving the wireless registration signal;

    in the remote system, transferring a de-registration message identifying the user to the user'"'"'s home system in response to the detected time period;

    in the home system, receiving the de-registration message and de-registering the user from the remote system in response to receiving the de-registration message; and

    in the home system, receiving another communication directed to the user and transferring the other communication to a communication device in the home system in response to the user de-registration.

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