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US 2002/0164979 A1Published application
Wireless phone forwarding based on phone location
AssigneeAgere Systems Inc.
InventorsPhilip D. Mooney, Joseph M. Cannon, James A. Johanson
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically forwarding calls directed to a wireless telephone device is disclosed. A call forwarding operation is automatically enabled in response to the wireless telephone device being at a particular location and is automatically disabled in response to the wireless telephone device leaving said predetermined location.
Claims20
A wireless telephone device comprising:
- a transceiver for transmitting and receiving wireless signals;
- a control circuit for determining when said wireless telephone device is at a location where a call forwarding operation should occur;
- said control circuit automatically operating said transceiver to initiate a connection between said telephone device and a service provider when said telephone device is at said location and instructing said service provider to enable a call forwarding operation, said control circuit further operating said transceiver to send a forwarding number to said service provider.
A method of operating a wireless telephone device comprising:
- determining when said wireless telephone device is at a location where a call forwarding operation should occur;
- automatically establishing a connection to a service provider in response to said determination, and during said connection:
- instructing said service provider to initiate a call forwarding operation;
- and
- sending a forwarding number to said service provider.
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