Dynamic and configurable response to incoming phone calls
OwnerRubi Paulinventor
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Abstract
A method is provided which comprises: receiving, by a phone, a phone call from a caller device; providing, by the phone, an indication of the phone call to a user of the phone; subsequent to providing the indication of the phone call, receiving (i) a selection of an option to decline the call with a customized audio message and (ii) an indication of a time duration; generating an audio message, the audio message indicating that the user of the phone is likely to call back the caller device within the time duration; and causing the audio message to be transmitted to the caller device.
Claims15
A non-transitory computer-readable storage media to store instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- receive, in a user device, a phone call from a caller device;
- simultaneously display, on a display screen of the user device, (i) an indication of the phone call, (ii) a first option to decline the phone call, and (iii) a second option to decline the call with a customized audio message that is based on a calendar of appointment;
- subsequent to displaying the indication of the phone call, receive a selection of the second option from a user, wherein the selection of the second option indicates that the phone call is to be declined with a customized audio message based on the calendar of appointment,
- receive one or more parameters from the calendar of appointment of a user account of the user device, the calendar being at least in part stored in the user device;
- based on the one or more parameters, facilitate generation of an audio message, wherein at least a part of the audio message is not stored prior to receiving the one or more parameters;
- facilitate transmission of the audio message to the caller device;
- and
- subsequent to the transmission of the audio message to the caller device, disconnect the phone call based on the selection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.