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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel Francis Tell, Lake Forest, IL (US);
William R. Bayer, Palatine, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/100 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a communication system (,) and a method for determining when a communication unit (,) is located within a preferred zone in the cellular communication system (,). The cellular communication system (,) includes a plurality of cells. A preferred zone for a communication unit (,) is created. Radio characteristics associated with the preferred zone, such as pilot signal, cell ID, and distance, are obtained. It is then determined, based at least in part upon the radio characteristics, when the communication unit (,) is located within the preferred zone.