User controllable hold audio in a mobile communication device
OwnerRoger A. Frattiinventor
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Abstract
A mobile communication device comprises memory and at least one processor coupled to the memory. The at least one processor is operative: (i) to control establishment of a call with another communication device via a wireless communication channel; and (ii) to place the call in a hold state subsequent to establishment of the call. A call hold functionality for placing the call in the hold state is implemented substantially entirely within the mobile communication device, without requiring additional hold circuitry external to the device. The at least one processor may be further operative to control playing of an audio signal during at least a portion of a time the call is placed in the hold state.
Claims21
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- memory;
- and
- at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor being operative:
- (i) to control establishment of a call with another communication device via a wireless communication channel;
- and (ii) to place the call in a hold state subsequent to establishment of the call;
- wherein a call hold functionality for placing the call in the hold state is implemented substantially entirely within the mobile communication device, without requiring additional hold circuitry external to the device.
A method for providing a call hold functionality in a mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
- establishing a call between the mobile communication device and another communication device;
- placing the call in a hold state subsequent to establishment of the call;
- wherein the call hold functionality for placing the call in the hold state is implemented substantially entirely within the mobile communication device, without requiring additional hold circuitry external to the device.
An article of manufacture for providing a call hold functionality in a mobile communication device, comprising a machine readable medium containing one or more programs which when executed implement the steps of:
- establishing a call between the mobile communication device and another communication device;
- placing the call in a hold state subsequent to establishment of the call;
- wherein the call hold functionality for placing the call in the hold state is implemented substantially entirely within the mobile communication device, without requiring additional hold circuitry external to the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.