Appeal No. 1999-2841
Application No. 08/655,133
BACKGROUND
The invention is related to radio or radiotelephone systems in which the call
recipient may be addressed by location or status. Representative claims 1, 24, and 25
are reproduced below.
1. Apparatus for establishing communications between a calling station and
one or more called stations based on information stored at a called station, at
least one called station comprising:
a. a memory storing information in a database;
b. a receiver for receiving a communications request including a query
specifying at least one criterion for searching said database;
c. a comparator for comparing information stored in said database with
said at least one criterion, and
d. a transmitter for responding to said communications request only when
said information stored in said database satisfies said at least one criterion.
24. A computer program product comprising:
a. a memory medium, and
b. a computer program stored on said memory medium, said computer
program including:
b1. instructions for sending a communications request from an
originating station to other stations including a query against information stored at
said other stations; and
b2. instructions for receiving a response from only individual
stations at which information stored satisfies said query.
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