Incoming communications forwarding technique utilizing a called party location indicator

A communications system for connecting incoming communications to communication devices, said system comprising

• a pager which indicates arrival of incoming communications for a pager user, said pager including means for developing a plurality of signals, each signal being associated with a user of said pager and with a different communications feature, a first one of these communications features being a call forwarding feature wherein an incoming call destined for said pager user can be redirected to a communications device that is in close proximity to said pager user, a second one of these features being a selective call forwarding feature wherein said call forwarding feature is only provided when said incoming communications originates from one of a predetermined number of sources, and a third one of these communication features being a location feature which upon being activated, provides the identification of the pager used to said communications devices participating in said incoming communications such that said communication devices display the identity of said pager user and which upon being deactivated, the location feature blocks the identification of the pager user to said participating communication devices
• means for receiving each developed signal and in response thereto controlling operation of the communications feature associated with said received signal for said user.