Controlling a telecommunications device
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1. A telecommunications device comprising:
- a communication alert system arranged to indicate the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device, by the use of one of a plurality of indicators; and
a controller arranged to detect a user selectable component of a telecommunications signal from said originating device and to control the selection of said one of a plurality of indicators based on said user selectable components,wherein the controller is coupled to an address book within which are listed a user'"'"'s selection of originating devices from which a telecommunications signal may be generated,wherein said originating devices listed within the address book are categorized into two or more authorization levels,the controller being adapted such that the affect on said device which said telecommunications signal can have is a function of the authorization level to which the originating device belongs.
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Abstract
A telecommunications device comprises a communication alert system arranged to inform the user that a telecommunications signal has been received. The communication alert system uses one of a number of different indicators. The controller is arranged to control the selection of the one of a plurality of indicators such that the selection is affected by a user selectable component of the received telecommunications signal.
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19 Claims
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1. A telecommunications device comprising:
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a communication alert system arranged to indicate the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device, by the use of one of a plurality of indicators; and a controller arranged to detect a user selectable component of a telecommunications signal from said originating device and to control the selection of said one of a plurality of indicators based on said user selectable components, wherein the controller is coupled to an address book within which are listed a user'"'"'s selection of originating devices from which a telecommunications signal may be generated, wherein said originating devices listed within the address book are categorized into two or more authorization levels, the controller being adapted such that the affect on said device which said telecommunications signal can have is a function of the authorization level to which the originating device belongs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of indicating the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device at a receiving device, the method comprising:
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seeding control of one or more aspects of the operation of the receiving device to the originating device, wherein the receiving device via a communication alert system indicates the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device by the use of one of a plurality of indicators, and the receiving device via a controller detects a user selectable component of a telecommunications signal from said originating device and controls the selection of said one of a plurality of indicators based on said user selectable component, wherein the controller is coupled to an address book within which are listed a user'"'"'s selection of originating devices from which a telecommunications signal may be generated, wherein said originating devices listed within the address book are categorized into two or more authorization levels, the controller being adapted such that the affect on said device which said telecommunications signal can have is a function of the authorization level to which the originating device belongs; and selecting one of said plurality of indicators for use, based on a user selectable component of the received telecommunications signal. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of indicating the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device at a receiving device, the method comprising:
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seeding control of one or more aspects of the operation of the receiving device to the originating device, wherein the receiving device via a communication alert system indicates the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device by the use of one of a plurality of indicators, and the receiving device via a controller detects a user selectable component of a telecommunications signal from said originating device and controls the selection of said one of a plurality of indicators based on said user selectable component; and selecting one of said plurality of indicators for use, based on a user selectable component of the received telecommunications signal, wherein the receiving device receives; a first telecommunications signal including a user selectable component in the form of an enhanced ā
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card, including information indicative of the desired selection of a specific indicator or indicator group; anda second telecommunication signal in response to which the controller selects an indicator based upon the information within said user selectable component of the received telecommunications signal.
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19. A telecommunications network which is accessible by, at least, an originating device and a receiving device, each device comprising:
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a communication alert system arranged to indicate the receipt of a telecommunications signal from a specific originating device, by the use of one of a plurality of indicators; and a controller arranged to detect a user selectable component of said telecommunications signal and to control the selection of said one of a plurality of indicators based on said user selectable component of the received telecommunications signal, wherein the controller is coupled to an address book within which are listed a user'"'"'s selection of originating devices from which a telecommunications signal may be generated, wherein said originating devices listed within the address book are categorized into two or more authorization levels, the controller being adapted such that the affect on said device which said telecommunications signal can have is a function of the authorization level to which the originating device belongs; and the network comprising means for transmitting said telecommunications signals from the originating device to the receiving device, thus enabling the selection of one of said indicators for use in the receiving device to be affected by the user selectable component of said received signal from the originating device.
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