Location-based telephone conferences where a conference is associated with a coverage area
First Claim
1. A method for managing a telephone conference with two or more subscribers within a cellular mobile radio network, the method comprising the steps of:
- assigning the telephone conference to a definable coverage area within the cellular mobile radio network,receiving a subscriber into the telephone conference if the subscriber is located within the coverage area at the moment of connection establishment,upon leaving the coverage area, switching the subscriber into another telephone conference assigned to the local position of the subscriber within another coverage area, anddetecting the local position of the subscriber based on the location of the mobile radio cell in which the subscriber is registered in the mobile radio network or by satellite based location finding.
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Abstract
The application relates to location based telephone conferences. In a location based telephone conference, upon request from a user to join a telephone conference, his location is determined and he is joined to a conference according his location. However, in the prior art it is assumed that the user remains in the telephone conference even if he moves and changes his location. The application addresses a situation where a plurality of telephone conferences, each associated with a specific area (1.4), are provided and a user moves between these areas. The telephone conferences are managed in such a way, that when a subscriber leaves an area assigned to a specific conference, he is switched into another telephone conference which is assigned to the area the user is presently located.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for managing a telephone conference with two or more subscribers within a cellular mobile radio network, the method comprising the steps of:
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assigning the telephone conference to a definable coverage area within the cellular mobile radio network, receiving a subscriber into the telephone conference if the subscriber is located within the coverage area at the moment of connection establishment, upon leaving the coverage area, switching the subscriber into another telephone conference assigned to the local position of the subscriber within another coverage area, and detecting the local position of the subscriber based on the location of the mobile radio cell in which the subscriber is registered in the mobile radio network or by satellite based location finding. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A cellular mobile radio network for managing a telephone conference with two or more subscribers within a cellular mobile radio network, the network comprising:
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means for assigning the telephone conference to a definable coverage area within the cellular mobile radio network, means for receiving a subscriber into the telephone conference if the subscriber is located within the coverage area at the moment of connection establishment, means for, upon the subscriber leaving the coverage area, switching into another telephone conference assigned to the local position of the subscriber within another coverage area, and means for detecting the local position of the subscriber based on the location of the mobile radio cell in which the subscriber is registered in the mobile radio network or by satellite based location finding.
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21. A method for managing a telephone conference with two or more subscribers within a cellular mobile radio network, the method comprising the steps of:
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assigning the telephone conference to a definable coverage area within the cellular mobile radio network, receiving a subscriber into the telephone conference if the subscriber is located within the coverage area at the moment of connection establishment, and, after the subscriber has left the coverage area, switching the subscriber for a definable time period into another telephone conference assigned to the local position of the subscriber within another coverage area.
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