Appeal No. 2000-0972 Application No. 08/679,848 transmissions from the communications service that have priority over the mobile unit. Claim 1 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it reads as follows: 1. A communication system for permitting the communications of a mobile unit in proximity to a communications service having priority over the communications of the mobile unit, said communication system comprising: a priority service unit for providing communications services including a receiver for receiving signals in a frequency band and a transmitter collocated with the priority service unit receiver for transmitting signals in a frequency band; a mobile communications unit including a transmitter for transmitting in the frequency band in which said priority service unit receives signals; an interference zone surrounding said priority receiver such that the transmission by said mobile unit in said interference zone interferes with the operation of said priority service unit; warning signal means connected to said priority service unit for transmitting a warning signal from the priority service unit transmitter at a frequency band different than the frequency band of the signals received by the priority service unit; warning signal receiver means connected to said mobile communications unit for receiving said warning signal; 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007