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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003

Filed:

Apr. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:

Donald Mugar Fye, Marietta, GA (US);

Steven Regitz, Marietta, GA (US);

Assignee:

GTE Wireless Service Corporation, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 ;
Abstract

A wireless telecommunication network communicates with a population of subscriber units. A portion of the subscriber units may be programmed to practice a less desirable service configuration, such as a default 13 kb/s vocoding process, even though capable of practicing a more desirable service configuration, such as enhanced variable rate coding (EVRC). Another portion of the subscriber units may not be capable of performing the more desirable service configuration. The network includes a database used to filter the application of a negotiation process during call setup for calls originating at the subscriber units. The negotiation process requests subscriber units to implement the more desirable service configuration. The database is automatically populated through an exchange of messages which occurs during a call setup process for incoming calls to the subscriber units.


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