Method and apparatus to set and retrieve status in communications devices
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChristopher Doan, Brent Franklin, Dustin Kirkland, Liliana Orozco
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for identifying a caller status. A status for a selected entry in an electronic phone book in a communications device is retrieved. The status of the selected entry is presented prior to initiating the call for the selected entry in response to a selection of the selected entry for a call by a user.
Claims27
A method in a communications device for identifying a caller status, the method comprising:
- retrieving a status for a selected entry in an electronic phone book;
- and
- responsive to a selection of the selected entry for a call by a user, presenting the status of the selected entry prior to initiating the call for the selected entry.
A data processing system in a communications device for identifying a caller status, the data processing system comprising:
- retrieving means for retrieving a status for a selected entry in an electronic phone book;
- and
- presenting means, responsive to a selection of the selected entry for a call by a user, for presenting the status of the selected entry prior to initiating the call for the selected entry.
A computer program product in a computer readable medium in a communications device for identifying a caller status, the computer program product comprising:
- first instructions for retrieving a status for a selected entry in an electronic phone book;
- and
- second instructions, responsive to a selection of the selected entry for a call by a user, for presenting the status of the selected entry prior to initiating the call for the selected entry.
A data processing system comprising:
- a bus system;
- a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes a set of instructions;
- and
- a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes a set of instructions to retrieve a status for a selected entry in an electronic phone book in response to a selection of the selected entry for a call by a user, presenting the status of the selected entry prior to initiating the call for the selected entry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.