User Interface assembly, and associated method, for alerting placement of a call to a mobile station
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorFederico Fraccaroli
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Abstract
A user interface assembly, and an associated method, for a mobile station. An earpiece assembly, worn by a user of a mobile station at which the user interface assembly is implemented, receives local radio signals, such as Bluetooth™-formatted signals, when placement of a call is detected at the mobile station. An annunciator, also positioned at the earpiece, generates an alert to alert the user of placement of the call to the mobile station. The alert forms a private alert instead of a general, public alert. The user of the mobile station is able to accept, or reject, acceptance of the call when privately alerted of delivery of the call to the mobile station.
Claims22
In a mobile station operable in a radio communication system at least to receive a call placed thereto by a calling party, the call originated by an originating station, an improvement of a user interface assembly at least for alerting a user of the mobile station of placement of the call thereto, said user interface assembly comprising:
- an aural annunciator coupled to the mobile station, said aural annunciator, operable responsive to detection at the mobile station of the placement of the call to the mobile station, for aurally annunciating, in a selected manner to the detection thereat of the call;
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- an earpiece for supporting said aural annunciator, said earpiece, together with said aural annunciator wearable by the user, positionable by the user to permit private alert through aural annunciation of said aural annunciator to the user of the detection of the call placed to the mobile station.
In a method for communicating with a mobile station operable in a radio communication system at least to receive a call placed thereto by a calling party, the call originated by an originating station, an improvement of a method at least for alerting a user of the mobile station of placement of the call thereto, said method comprising:
- detecting the placement of the call to the mobile station;
- generating local radio signals representative of detection of the placement of the call to the mobile station;
- receiving the local radio signals at a local radio receiver element worn by the user;
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- aurally annunciating, in a selected manner, reception of the local radio signals at the local radio receiver, at an aural annunciator worn by the user.
In a mobile station operable in a radio communication system at least to receive a call placed thereto by a calling party, the call originated by an originating station, an improvement of a user interface assembly at least for alerting a user of the mobile station of placement of the call thereto, said user interface assembly comprising:
- a local radio receiver element positionable to receive local radio signals representative of call termination at the mobile station, the local radio signals generated responsive to detection at the mobile station of the call thereto;
- an aural annunciator coupled to said local radio receiver element, said aural annunciator, operable responsive to detection at said local radio receiver element of the placement of the call to the mobile station, for aurally annunciating, in a selected manner to the detection thereat of the call;
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- an earpiece for supporting said local radio receiver elment and said aural annunciator, said earpiece, together with said local radio receiver element and said aural annunciator wearable by the user, positionable by the user to permit private alert through aural annunciation of said aural annunciator to the user of the detection of the call placed to the mobile station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.