# US 11,310,359 B2 · Options presented on a device other than accept and decline for an incoming call > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,359 B2 - Document ID: US11310359B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/949,381 - Filed: 2020-10-28 - Published: 2021-02-11 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2012-06-05 - Assignees: Apple Inc. - Applicants: Apple Inc. - Inventors: Justin Santamaria; Marcel van Os; Donald W. Pitschel; Elizabeth C. Cranfill; Jeremy Brown - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310359B2 ## CPC - H04M 1/72484: wherein functions are triggered by incoming communication events - G06F 3/0482: Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text - H04M 1/724: User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones - H04M 1/72403: with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality - H04M 1/72436: for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails - H04M 1/72445: for supporting Internet browser applications - H04M 3/42: Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers (specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00) - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04M 1/72454: according to context-related or environment-related conditions - H04M 1/72457: according to geographic location - H04M 2250/22: including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector - H04M 2250/68: with means for recording information, e.g. telephone number during a conversation - H04W 84/042: {Public Land Mobile systems, e.g. cellular systems} - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A data processing system that, in one embodiment, uses smart reminders to allow a user to decline an incoming phone or messaging call and to cause the system to set a smart reminder about the call. In one embodiment, the system can use the system's current state or context (e.g. the system is in a car or is playing a movie) to determine the type of reminder options to present to the user and to determine when to trigger the reminder based on the reminder option that is selected by the user. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: receiving an incoming call on a device having a current context; in response to receiving the incoming call and prior to initiating a decline of the incoming call, concurrently displaying, via a graphical user interface on the device, a plurality of user interface elements, wherein the plurality of user interface elements includes: an accept user interface element, a first decline user interface element, a second decline user interface element, and a third decline user interface element; receiving a user input corresponding to a tap of a user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements; and in response to the user input: in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the accept user interface element, answer the incoming call, in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the first decline user interface element, decline the incoming call, in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the second decline user interface element, initiate a process to decline the incoming call and schedule a reminder to be triggered based on a change in the current context of the device, and in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the third decline user interface element, initiate a process to decline the incoming call and send a textual message. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising declining, in response to the user input, the incoming call. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of user interface elements is displayed based on the current context of the device as the current context exists concurrently with the incoming call. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the current context of the device includes one or more of an operational configured state of the device, a front most application of the device, a specific user activity on the device, or a location of the device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the textual message is to be sent by an electronic messaging application. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the electronic messaging application presents the textual message as an email message to be sent. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the email message to be sent has an email address of a caller of the incoming call as an addressee of the email message. ### Claim 8 A handheld device, comprising: a radio frequency transceiver to receive an incoming call when the handheld device has a current context; a touchscreen display to concurrently display, in response to receiving the incoming call and prior to initiating a decline of the incoming call, a plurality of user interface elements, wherein the plurality of user interface elements includes: an accept user interface element, a first decline user interface element, a second decline user interface element, and a third decline user interface element; and one or more processors to receive a user input corresponding to a tap of a user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements, and in response to the user input: in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the accept user interface element, answer the incoming call, in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the first decline user interface element, decline the incoming call, in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the second decline user interface element, initiate a process to decline the incoming call and schedule a reminder to be triggered based on a change in the current-a context of the handheld device, and in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the third decline user interface element, initiate a process to decline the incoming call and send a textual message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The handheld device of claim 8 further comprising declining, in response to the user input, the incoming call. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The handheld device of claim 8, wherein the current context of the handheld device includes one or more of an operational configured state of the handheld device, a front most application of the handheld device, a specific user activity on the handheld device, or a location of the handheld device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The handheld device of claim 8 further comprising launching an electronic messaging application, in response to the user input. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The handheld device of claim 11, wherein the textual message is to be sent by the electronic messaging application. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The handheld device of claim 12, wherein the electronic messaging application presents the textual message as an email message to be sent. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The handheld device of claim 13, wherein the email message to be sent has an email address of a caller of the incoming call as an addressee of the email message. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory machine readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which when processed by one or more processors of a device cause the device to perform a method comprising: receiving an incoming call on a device having a current context; in response to receiving the incoming call and prior to initiating a decline of the incoming call, concurrently displaying, via a graphical user interface on the device, a plurality of user interface elements, wherein the plurality of user interface elements includes: an accept user interface element, a first decline user interface element, a second decline user interface element, and a third decline user interface element; receiving a user input corresponding to a tap of a user interface element of the plurality of user interface elements; and in response to the user input: in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the accept user interface element, answer the incoming call, in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the first decline user interface element, decline the incoming call, in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the second decline user interface element, initiate a process to decline the incoming call and schedule a reminder to be triggered based on a change in the current context of the device, and in accordance with a determination that the user interface element corresponds to the third decline user interface element, initiate a process to decline the incoming call and send a textual message. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15 further comprising declining, in response to the user input, the incoming call. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 16, wherein each of the plurality of user interface elements is displayed based on the current context of the device as the current context exists concurrently with the incoming call. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the current context of the device includes one or more of an operational configured state of the device, a front most application of the device, a specific user activity on the device, or a location of the device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 15, wherein the textual message is to be sent by an electronic messaging application. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 19, wherein the electronic messaging application presents the textual message as an email message to be sent having an email address of a caller of the incoming call as an addressee of the email message.