Call operation method for a communication device
AssigneeSharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
InventorAtsushi Ishii
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Abstract
A call operation method for a wireless communication device answers an incoming call in response to a user interaction with a user interface or connection of headset to the device and checks a connection state of a headset before initiating an outgoing call.
Claims6
A method of answering an incoming call with a communication device having a selectively connectable voice interface and a user interface, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) detecting said incoming call;
- (b) detecting a connection state of said selectively connectable voice interface;
- (c) connecting to said incoming call in response to an interaction at said user interface, if said connection state is connected;
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- (d) if said connection state is disconnected, answering said incoming call in response to at least one of an interaction at said user interface and a change in said connection state.
A method of initiating a call with a communication device having a selectively connectable voice interface and a user interface, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) originating a request for said call in response to a user command;
- (b) detecting a connection state of said voice interface;
- (c) initiating said call in response to a command at said user interface, if said connection state is connected;
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- (d) if said connection state is disconnected, alerting said user of said disconnected state.
A method of initiating a call with a communication device having a selectively connectable voice interface and a user interface, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) detecting a connection state of said voice interface;
- (b) displaying a dialing interface if said connection state is connected,
- (c) if said connection state is disconnected, displaying said dialing interface in response to user interaction with said user interface.
- (d) originating a request for said call in response to a user command;
- (e) detecting a connection state of said voice interface;
- (f) initiating said call in response to a command at said user interface, if said connection state is connected;
- (g) if said connection state is disconnected, alerting said user of said disconnected state;
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- (h) thereafter, initiating said call in response to a change in said connection from a disconnected state to a connected state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.