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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:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stefan Becker, Salo, FI;
Juha Kurkilahti, Piispanristi, FI;
Assignee:
Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd., Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/38 ; H04M 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for handling phone numbers in a mobile station and a mobile station. According to the invention, numbers ( ) are handled in groups ( ) which have different attributes ( ). The attributes ( ) mean e.g. rights to generate a ringing tone. In a certain operating mode, only a call belonging to a group ( ) which in that operating mode has the right to call the mobile station, will generate a ringing tone. The attributes ( ) also mean group-specific ringing tones which represent the type of the group ( ). The attributes ( ) further mean symbols on the display of a mobile station.