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US 12,489,721 B2Granted
Devices and methods of providing response message in the devices
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsPiotr Czarnecki, Agata Kedzia, Mariusz Wnorowski, Seung-Soo Kang
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Abstract
A device includes a communication unit configured to receive a call request from a calling user; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit to provide a response message including information about a current situation based on information about an application currently being executed to the calling user in response to a rejection regarding the call request.
Claims15
A device comprising:
- a communication interface;
- and
- at least one processor configured to:
- activate a reception rejection function;
- receive a call request from an external device through the communication interface during the reception rejection function is activated;
- in response to the received call request,
- obtain time information based on information provided by an application being executed in the device and generate a response message including the obtained time information,
- wherein the obtained time information indicates a time when a user of the device becomes available to respond to the received call request;
- and
- control the communication interface to provide the response message to the external device,
- wherein the response message includes a current situation of the user of the device,
- wherein the reception rejection function is automatically activated in response to the execution of a particular application.
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A method of providing a response message from a device, the method comprising:
- activating a reception rejection function;
- receiving a call request from an external device;
- in response to the received call request,
- obtaining time information based on information provided by an application being executed in the device and generating a response message including the obtained time information,
- wherein the obtained time information indicates a time when a user of the device becomes available to respond to the received call request;
- and
- providing the response message to the external device,
- wherein the response message includes a current situation of the user of the device,
- wherein the reception rejection function is automatically activated in response to the execution of a particular application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.