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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2001
Gerhard Siemens, Borken, DE;
Uwe Sydon, Duesseldorf, DE;
Holger Steinbach, Round Rock, TX (US);
Olaf Dicker, Rees, DE;
Juergen Kockmann, Duesseldorf, DE;
Siemens Information & Communication Mobile, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for call screening in a wireless telephone system. When a call is received on an answering machine ( ) associated with a base part ( ), the user at a portable part ( ) may select a call screen button ( ). The resulting signal is received at the base part ( ), which then enters a broadcast mode. The incoming answering machine message is broadcast to all handsets ( ). In a TDMA system, an audio message is broadcast from a base part ( ) during a single time slot of a time division. The user at a particular portable part may then select a pick up button to pick up the call.