| 摘要 |
<p>In apparatus for initiating a telecommunications call a plurality of beacons (102), are geographically disposed in a telecommunications system (100). Each beacon (102n) radiates an electromagnetic carrier that is modulated with an identifying address (e.g., a telephone number, an Internet address) for an associated terminal (114,116). An identifying signal is stored in a memory in the beacon, a controller modulates a carrier with the identifying signal, and a transmission element transmits the carrier to allow a communications terminal (104) to initiate a call to the associated communications terminal (114,116). A wireless terminal (104a) includes a directional receiver. To initiate a call, a user points the directional receiver at a beacon. The directional receiver receives the electromagnetic carrier and the wireless terminal recovers the identifying address. Wireless terminal (104) then uses the identifying address to initiate a call, in well-known fashion, to the communications terminal (114,116) associated with the identifying address. <IMAGE></p> |
