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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:
Feb. 28, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 29, 2014
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Robert T. Moton, Jr., Alpharetta, GA (US);

Mark J. Enzmann, Roswell, GA (US);

Samuel N. Zellner, Dunwoody, GA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/04 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2015.01); H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 4/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/72533 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 63/107 (2013.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method are provided for using location information associated with wireless devices. The system includes a wireless device, a location system, and a feature server. The wireless device includes any wireless apparatus having wireless communications capabilities. The location system can generate location information pinpointing the location of the wireless device. The feature server can use the location information to determine whether to execute an action in accordance with subscriber rules. A large number of applications may be implemented to execute the action via a number of communication channels, including without limitation, a wireless communications network, a computer network, and a public switched telephone system, for example.


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