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Controlling a telecommunications device

  • US 7,376,395 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2005
  • Issued: 05/20/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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