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US 2006/0223568 A1Published application
System and method for initiating and conducting polite communications
OwnerJohn Harris, Ronald Crockerinventors
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Abstract
A target mobile station (104) is operated in an automatic answer mode. At least one session invitation (106) is received at the target mobile station (104). The session invitation (106) requests that a user manually accept the session invitation (106) thereby, at least temporarily, overriding the automatic answer mode. A determination is made as to whether to manually accept the at least one session invitation (106).
Claims20
A method of politely initiating a communication session comprising:
- operating a target mobile station in an automatic answer mode;
- receiving at least one session invitation at the target mobile station, the session invitation requesting that a user manually accept the session invitation thereby, at least temporarily, overriding the automatic answer mode;
- and
- determining whether to manually accept the at least one session invitation.
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A method of politely initiating a communication session comprising:
- forming at least one session invitation requesting that a user at a target mobile station operating in an automatic answer mode manually accept the session invitation;
- and
- sending the at least one session invitation to the target mobile station.
A mobile station comprising:
- a receiver having a input;
- an input apparatus;
- and
- a controller coupled to the receiver and the input apparatus, the controller programmed to receive at least one session invitation at the input of the receiver, the at least one session invitation requesting that a user at the mobile station manually accept the session invitation thereby, at least temporarily, overriding an automatic answer mode of the mobile station, the controller further programmed to determine whether to accept the at least one session invitation based at least in part upon user input received at the input apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.