Wireless visual alerting method and system

A method in a telecommunications network for visually alerting a user of an incoming call, said method comprising the steps of:

• associating at least one visual alerting device with a mobile device associated with a user of said telecommunications network;
• configuring said at least one visual alerting device with a unique identification number;
• recording said unique identification number in a user profile associated with said user;
• and
• informing at least one base station associated with said telecommunications network of said unique identification number in order to assist said at least one base station in location said visual alerting device in association with a call transmitted to said mobile station associated with said user;
• transmitting an alert to said at least one visual alerting device associated with said user, in response to transmitting a call to said mobile device, if said mobile device associated with said is off;
• and
• automatically providing a visual alerting signal via said at least one visual alerting device, in response to transmitting said alert to said at least one visual alerting device associated with said user.

A visual alerting device for use in a telecommunications network, said visual alerting device comprising:

• a housing for maintaining a visual alerting device associated with a user with said telecommunications network
• a visual alerting device maintained with said housing, wherein an alert is transmitted to said visual alerting device in response to transmitting a call to a mobile device associated with said user;
• and
• a visual alerting indicator integrated with said housing, wherein said visual alerting indicator automatically provides a said via visual alerting device, in response to transmitting said alert to said visual alerting device associated with said user.