Personal communication service registration system and method

摘要

A system and method is provided for effecting registration in a system for routing a call to a subscriber to a personal telephone number service in an integrated wired and wireless communication network by utilizing in association with at least one land line terminal located in a public gathering place such as a restaurant an adjunct registration device which cooperates with portable registration devices capable of being identified by such adjunct registration devices. In a manual version an adjunct registration device is situated at the site of the subscriber premise terminal and registration in the ISCP of the advanced intelligent network (AIN) of the wireline system is effected by subscriber actuation of the manual device. In an automated version the registration device at the site of the terminal includes a transceiver for emitting a periodic low power and limited range scanning signal to detect the presence of a smart portable registration device carried by the subscriber.