# US 2013/0157714 A1 · Answering system and method for automatically hanging up or putting through incoming calls > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0157714 A1 - Document ID: US20130157714A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/537,065 - Filed: 2012-06-29 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-17 - Assignees: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.; Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. - Inventors: PAN ZHANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130157714A1 ## CPC - H04M 1/72454: according to context-related or environment-related conditions - H04M 1/72463: to restrict the functionality of the device - H04M 1/663: Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set - H04M 2250/12: including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion - H04M 2250/74: with voice recognition means - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) ## Abstract An answering system including a first mobile phone, the first mobile phone includes a communication unit for communicating with a second mobile phone, a position sensor, a microphone, and a processor. The position sensor detects whether the first mobile phone is flat or tilted (balanced state or unbalanced state). The microphone detects vocal commands given to the first mobile phone. The processor acknowledges any incoming call when the first mobile phone is positioned in an unbalanced state and a conversation is detected in a preset time, and hangs up a call received previously when no command or conversation is detected in the preset time and the first mobile phone is positioned in a balanced state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An answering system comprising a first mobile phone, the first mobile phone comprising: a communication unit configured for communicating with a second mobile phone; a position sensor configured for detecting position states of the first mobile phone, the position states comprising a balanced state and an unbalanced state; a microphone configured for recording sound and generating a sound sample; and a processor configured for putting through an incoming call made by the second mobile phone when the first mobile phone is in the unbalanced state and the sound sample comprises sound which is louder than a reference level of environmental noise in a preset time, and hanging up a current call when the sound sample does not comprise sound which is louder than the reference level of environmental noise in the preset time and the first mobile phone is in the balanced state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The answering system of claim 1, further comprising a light sensor configured for detecting an increase or decrease in light intensity of the environment in front of the first mobile phone, wherein the processor further determines whether the increase or decrease in light intensity is more or less than a reference level of light intensity in a predetermined time before the processor puts through the incoming call or hangs up the current call. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The answering system of claim 2, wherein the predetermined time is within range from five to ten seconds. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The answering system of claim 1, further comprising a storage unit configured for pre-storing the reference level of environmental noise and the reference level of light intensity. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The answering system of claim 4, wherein the storage unit is selected from a group consisting of compact discs (CDs), digital video discs (DVDs), BLU-Ray disks, flash memories, and hard disk drives. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The answering system of claim 1, wherein the first mobile phone comprises a front surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface, a top surface adjacent to the front surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The answering system of claim 6, wherein the balanced state is defined by the processor as being when the first mobile phone is on a horizontal surface with a front surface or a back surface of the first mobile phone resting on the horizontal surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The answering system of claim 6, wherein the balanced state is defined by the processor as being when the first mobile phone resting perpendicularly on the horizontal surface with a top surface or a bottom surface of the first mobile phone resting on the horizontal surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The answering system of claim 6, wherein the unbalanced state is defined by the processor as being when the position sensor detects a first angle between the horizontal surface and one of the front surface, the back surface, the top surface, and the bottom surface as being within a range from five degrees to eighty five degrees. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The answering system of claim 6, wherein the balanced state is defined by the processor as being when the position sensor detects a second angle between the horizontal surface and each one of the front surface, the back surface, the top surface, and the bottom surface as being within a range from zero degree to five degrees. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The answering system of claim 1, wherein the preset time is 0.1 seconds. ### Claim 12 A method of an answering system for automatically putting through an incoming call or hanging up a current call made by a second mobile phone to a first mobile phone, the method comprising: receiving an incoming call by a communication unit of the first mobile phone; detecting position states of the first mobile phone by a position sensor, the position states comprising a balanced state and an unbalanced state; recording sound and generating a sound sample by a microphone; and putting through the incoming call when the first mobile phone is unbalanced and the sound sample comprising sound which is louder than a reference level of environmental noise in a preset time; and hanging up the current call made by the second mobile phone when the sound sample comprising no sound which is louder than the reference level of environmental noise in the preset time and the first mobile phone is balanced. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising a process of detecting increase or decrease in light intensity of the environment in front of the first mobile phone by a light sensor, further determining whether the increase or decrease in light intensity is greater than a reference level of light intensity in a predetermined time by the processor before the incoming call is acknowledged or the current call is hanged up. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the predetermined time is within a range from five to ten seconds. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising a process of pre-storing the reference level of environmental noise and the reference level of light intensity by a storage unit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the first mobile phone comprises a front surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface, a top surface adjacent to the front surface, and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the unbalanced state is defined by the processor as being when the position sensor detects a first angle between the horizontal surface and one of the front surface, the back surface, the top surface, and the bottom surface as being within a range from five degrees to eighty five degrees. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the balanced state is defined by the processor as being when the position sensor detects a second angle between the horizontal surface and each one of the front surface, the back surface, the top surface, and the bottom surface as being within a range from zero degree to five degrees. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the preset time is 0.1 seconds.