Automatic mobile communicator depot system and methodology
First Claim
1. An automatic mobile communicator depot system comprising:
- a mobile communicator acceptor for accepting mobile communicators and providing mobile communicator acceptance inputs;
a mobile communicator dispenser for dispensing substitute mobile communicators in response to substitute mobile communicator dispensing instructions;
a customer interface receiving customer inputs identifying a specific mobile communicator with a specific customer; and
a depot controller responsive at least to said customer inputs and said acceptance inputs and including;
dispenser control functionality for providing dispensing instructions to said mobile communicator dispenser to dispense a specific substitute mobile communicator to a specific customer; and
automatic telephone number transfer functionality for transferring a telephone number from a mobile communicator received by said mobile communicator acceptor from a given customer to said substitute mobile communicator dispensed by said mobile communicator dispenser to said customer.
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Abstract
An automatic mobile communicator depot system including a mobile communicator acceptor for accepting mobile communicators and providing mobile communicator acceptance inputs, a mobile communicator dispenser for dispensing substitute mobile communicators in response to substitute mobile communicator dispensing instructions, a customer interface receiving customer inputs identifying a specific mobile communicator with a specific customer, and a depot controller responsive at least to the customer inputs and the acceptance inputs and including dispenser control functionality for providing dispensing instructions to the mobile communicator dispenser to dispense a specific substitute mobile communicator to a specific customer and automatic telephone number transfer functionality for transferring a telephone number from a mobile communicator received by the mobile communicator acceptor from a given customer to the substitute mobile communicator dispensed by the mobile communicator dispenser to the customer.
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1. An automatic mobile communicator depot system comprising:
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a mobile communicator acceptor for accepting mobile communicators and providing mobile communicator acceptance inputs; a mobile communicator dispenser for dispensing substitute mobile communicators in response to substitute mobile communicator dispensing instructions; a customer interface receiving customer inputs identifying a specific mobile communicator with a specific customer; and a depot controller responsive at least to said customer inputs and said acceptance inputs and including; dispenser control functionality for providing dispensing instructions to said mobile communicator dispenser to dispense a specific substitute mobile communicator to a specific customer; and automatic telephone number transfer functionality for transferring a telephone number from a mobile communicator received by said mobile communicator acceptor from a given customer to said substitute mobile communicator dispensed by said mobile communicator dispenser to said customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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