SYSTEM FOR USING A LOCAL WIRELESS NETWORK TO CONTROL A DEVICE WITHIN RANGE OF THE NETWORK

摘要

This invention provides a communication device that is capable of interacting with a local wireless communication system when the communication device is within range of the local wireless communication system for controlling operating characteristics of the communication device. The local wireless communication system may be located in any site such as an office building, home, hotel, concert hall, movie theater, restaurant, conference room, or public transportation systems. When the local wireless communication system determines that a command is to be sent, the system may transmit a command to all communication devices that are within range of the local wireless communication system, or to a subset of them. In another alternative, a wireless communication device such as a cell phone may receive information about a user's hearing aid and its "prescription" from a local wireless communication system and change its output characteristics to emulate the hearing aid so that the user can use the wireless communication device without the hearing aid. Also, wireless communication device may communicate with a local wireless communication system to turn off a user's headphone when the wireless communication device receives an incoming call or data signal.