Enhancing privacy in mobile phone calls by caller controlled audio delivering modes

A method for enhancing mobile cell phone privacy comprising:

• initiating, via an interface at a mobile phone device of a caller, a speaker disabled call with a receiver mobile phone of a called party at a location remote from a location of the caller;
• setting, in response to said initiating, via a processor at the mobile phone device of a caller, a flag bit in a signal used for initiating the speaker disabled phone call with the receiver mobile phone of the called party according to a communications protocol;
• and
• communicating said signal and said flag bit over a communications channel-network for establishing a phone call with the receiver mobile phone device of the called party at the remote location over a network, wherein responsive to reading a flag bit set in the called party mobile device of a called party, activating a processor at said called party mobile phone to modify a mobile phone device setting that disables a speaker and disables an audio extension port;
• wherein a call channel is established with said receiver mobile phone device settings modified to enhance calling party privacy at said called party's mobile phone device at the remote location.

A mobile phone apparatus with enhanced privacy for a calling party, the apparatus comprising:

• a Radio Frequency sub-system for receiving signals from a calling party mobile device communicated over a network, said signals for initiating a phone call with a called party, said received signals including a flag bit set for enhancing privacy of said call received at said mobile phone device;
• a processor of said mobile phone device running program code for determining presence of said set flag bit from said received initiating phone call signals;
• a display at said mobile device, wherein, responsive to determining presence of said set flag bit from said received initiating phone call signals, said processor generating for said display a user-selectable choice of either accepting a call with an enhanced privacy indicator for said calling party or not accepting the call;
• the mobile phone processor, in response to a user selecting accepting the call with said enhanced privacy indicator, modifying the mobile phone device setting that disables a speaker and disables an audio extension port,
• wherein a call set up for the accepted call is established with said mobile phone device settings modified.