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Phone hold mechanism

A technology for keeping time and machines, applied in telephone communication, electrical components, devices with voice recognition, etc., can solve problems such as disturbing users

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-03-13
APPLE INC
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The user of the mobile phone being temporarily unavailable to answer the initial incoming call will cause numerous inconveniences which can be frustrating for the user of the mobile phone
This may be useful in situations where both answering a call and listening to a resulting voicemail may disturb the user's current environment

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[0018] figure 1 is a diagram illustrating a communication environment in which the receiver's phone 100 receives a phone call from the originator's phone 98 through a communication network. The term "telephone" herein refers broadly to various two-way real-time communication devices, such as landline Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) terminal stations, Voice over IP terminal stations, cellular handsets, smart phones, and the like. In one embodiment, receiving phone 100 is a portable communication device that provides a two-way real-time mobile phone connection. For example, receiving phone 100 may be a mobile phone or a mobile multifunction device that can send and receive voice signals over a cellular communication network.

[0019] Receiving phone 100 communicates with originating phone 98 over a communication network, such as wireless network 120 , POTS 130 , and VOIP network 140 . Communications between the receiving phone 100 and the wireless network 120 may be in accor...

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Abstract

A portable communication device holds an incoming call for a user when the user is temporarily unavailable to pick up the call. In response to an incoming call signal and an indication from the user to hold the call, the portable communication device answers the call and plays back a pre-recorded message to the caller while holding the call. The call can be held until the user picks up the call. If the user is on another call when the incoming call arrives, the portable communication device answers the incoming call with a pre-recorded message and holds the incoming call, as well as concurrently maintains uninterrupted communication on the in-progress call. The user can also enter an estimated hold time, which is announced to the caller. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

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technical field [0001] Embodiments of the invention relate to a phone hold mechanism for a portable communication device, such as a mobile phone. Other embodiments are also described. Background technique [0002] Incoming calls from mobile phones may sometimes arrive at inconvenient times. For example, a user of a mobile phone may receive a call during a meeting. A user may prefer to pick up a call only when he can remove himself from the conference. However, if the user does not answer the call within a preset period of time (eg, a set number of ring or vibration cycles), the call is automatically redirected to voicemail. [0003] Consider the following scenario which is very typical in everyday mobile phone use. Warn users when they are temporarily unable to answer a call: an incoming call has arrived. Calls are redirected to voicemail before the user can answer the call. The user tries to call back the caller, and the caller is leaving a message on voicemail, so th...

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IPC IPC(8): H04M1/725H04M1/72513H04M1/72436
CPCH04M1/72552H04M1/642H04M1/72513H04M2250/74H04M1/72436H04W4/16H04W4/12H04W4/18H04W88/02
Inventor 克雷格·A·皮特罗
Owner APPLE INC