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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Dwight Randall Smith, Grapevine, TX (US);
Thomas Casey Hill, Trophy Club, TX (US);
Slim Souissi, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Carl Bernard Olson, San Carlos, CA (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A wireless communication system receives ( ) a communication specifying a portable subscriber unit ( ) for which the communication is intended, and further indicating an originator location at which an originator of the communication is positioned. The system determines ( ) a recipient location at which the portable subscriber unit is positioned. The system then calculates ( ) a distance between the originator location and the recipient location, and routes ( ) the communication to the portable subscriber unit when the distance meets a distance criterion.