Personal communicator system for identifying a telephone which is disposed proximate a locator transmitter

DETAILED DESCRIPTION In one aspect the present invention provides a communication system wherein a user carries a paging device for receiving signals broadcast from a paging system, the paging device having a unique identification code assigned to thereto.
The system also includes a plurality of telephones wired to the communication system, and a plurality of locator transmitters, each locator transmitter being disposed proximate at least one of the plurality of telephones and transmitting an information signal identifying the at least one of the plurality of telephones.
The paging device includes a receiver for receiving the information signal from a proximate locator transmitter, and a transmitter for transmitting a signal related to the information signal received by the paging device and the paging device assigned identification code, the communication system thereby being provided with information identifying the one of the plurality of telephones which is disposed proximate the locator transmitter from which the paging device receives its information signal.
In another aspect the present invention provides a communications system having a plurality of telephones physically wired to the communications system whereat a user may receive an incoming telephone call.
The user is provided with a device adapted to receive signals broadcast by the communications system, the device having a receiver; a signal transmitter for transmitting signals to the communications system; and a controller for controlling the signal transmitter, the controller sensing a location signal received by the receiver, which location signal provides information to the communication system identifying at least one of the telephones where incoming telephone calls for the user may be directed, the controller causing the signal transmitter to transmit the information to the communications system.
In another aspect the invention provides a method of placing a user and a caller into telephonic communication with each other