Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-31
2007-07-31
Gelin, Jean (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S456300, C455S412200
Reexamination Certificate
active
11196877
ABSTRACT:
A portable phone is equipped with a position detector that detects the geographical position of the portable phone, and the function of the phone can be changed according to its geographical position. One or more “regions” may be defined by the user of the portable phone, and the ring parameters for each region may be set independently of the other regions. In this manner a phone in accordance with the preferred embodiments may ring with one tone at home, ring with a different tone at work, ring with a louder volume when on a job site, not ring at all when in church, and ring with a vibration when at the theater. The preferred embodiments further allow assigning a telephone number to a defined geographical region, and ringing the portable phone only when within the geographical region that corresponds to the phone number.
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Publications, Hampshire, GB, vol. 41, No. 410, Jun. 1, 1998, XP002170406.
Bates Cary Lee
Ryan Jeffrey Michael
Santosuosso John Matthew
Gelin Jean
Martin Derek P.
Martin & Associates LLC
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