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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1998
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a method and means for setting a personal communication station into a selected operational mode, which comprises a pre-selected subset of operational settings within a superset of operational settings. The station is capable of communicating in at least one communication network. The method includes a sequence of steps, which begins with initiating the station (,). A first prompting message is then presented (,) to the user who is then requested to respond to the prompting message. The response (,) is then interpreted (,), whereby a negative response entails setting the station into a stand-by mode (,) and an affirmative response entails presenting a number of prompting messages (,), which requests a user to supply a number of responses (,) which comprise the operational settings in the pre-selected subset of operational settings.