Calendar-based return communication
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorsWinston Wang, Adam Holt, Feridoon Malekzadeh
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Abstract
Techniques to defer an incoming communication and then schedule a follow up communication are disclosed. A communication recipient can defer an incoming communication and schedule a return communication time. The return communication may be manually deferred by a user and/or automatically deferred based at least in part on availability of a user on an appointment calendar.
Claims42
A method of handling an incoming communication to a telecommunication device, the method comprising:
- receiving the incoming communication on the telecommunication device;
- alerting a user of the telecommunication device to the incoming communication;
- alerting a user to a failed communication;
- selecting a communication time from one or more available times on one or more user appointment calendars;
- and
- scheduling a communication at the selected communication time.
A system comprising:
- a telecommunications device having a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that are executable by the processor to perform acts comprising:
- receiving an incoming communication from an originating device;
- and
- prompting a user of the telecommunications device whether to defer the incoming communication;
- scheduler logic configured, responsive to deferring the incoming communication, to schedule a return communication time based on one or more user appointment calendars.
One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a first telecommunications device, cause the first telecommunications device to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a request for synchronous communication from a second telecommunications device;
- receiving an indication from a user of the first telecommunication device to defer the requested synchronous communication;
- and
- in response to receiving the indication to defer the requested synchronous communication, selecting a return communication time from one or more available times on one or more user appointment calendars;
- and
- scheduling a return synchronous communication at the selected return communication time.
One or more computer-readable storage media comprising computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a telecommunications device, cause the telecommunications device to perform acts comprising:
- alerting a user to a failed communication;
- selecting a communication time in response to the failed communication, the selection of the communication time being from one or more available times on one or more user appointment calendars;
- and
- scheduling a communication at the selected communication time.
The one or more computer-readable storage media, wherein the failed communication comprises a deferred communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.