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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Jeffrey D. Smith, Sunrise, FL (US);
Randall A. Moyers, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Ketan Shah, Miami, FL (US);
Alfred A. Wieczorek, Mountain View, CA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A mobile station ( ) contains a local personality database ( ) in a memory ( ) of the mobile station. The local personality database contains information records ( ), at least one of which has a variable personality parameter, such as a directory number ( ). The directory number may change with either the time of day, geographic location, or both. At the appropriate time, the mobile station transmits a request to a central office ( ) to receive an update of the directory number. The central office searches a parameter database ( ) to find the most recent directory number, and returns it to the mobile station, which stores it for use at a later time. The system can also update scan and channel lists in the same manner.