Method and apparatus for indicating a caller's intent
OwnerBessy Wen-Han LIANG, Alice Wen-Chi LIANG +2inventors
InventorsBessy Wen-Han LIANG, Alice Wen-Chi LIANG, Anna P. LIANG, Barry C. LIANG
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Abstract
When a number of users share one telephone number, the present invention indicates who the callee (the person the caller wants to talk to) is, with personalized rings and information shown on a display, so as to allow each user to quickly identify calls directed to him/her. A mobile phone user could inform the callee his/her intent and/or the urgency level of the call by selecting from options provided by the callee reflecting the callee's preferences.
Claims36
1-26. (canceled)
A mobile telephone, comprising:
- a display;
- an audio device;
- memory, the memory being configured to store instructions-to-caller;
- a processor in communication with the memory, the display and the audio device, the processor being configured to:
- selectively play the instructions-to-caller upon receipt of a telephone call from a caller, the instructions-to-caller being configured to enable the caller to select at least one of a plurality of choices based on an intent of the caller;
- receive at least one selection, by the caller, of at least one of the plurality of choices communicated to the caller by the instructions-to-caller;
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- access pre-stored callee attribute data reflective of preferences of a callee and selectively actuate at least one of the display and the audio device based upon the accessed callee attribute data and the intent of the caller indicated by the at least one selection.
A non-volatile memory for a mobile device comprising a display, an audio device and a processor, the non-volatile memory being configured to store control instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to:
- play instructions-to-caller upon receipt of a call to the mobile device from a caller, the instructions-to-caller being configured to enable the caller to select at least one of a plurality of choices based on an intent of the caller;
- receive and store in a memory at least one selection by the caller, the at least one selection comprising at least one of the plurality of choices communicated to the caller by the instructions-to-caller;
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- access pre-stored callee attribute data reflective of preferences of a callee and cause a selective actuation of at least one of the display and the audio device based upon the accessed callee attribute data and the intent of the caller as indicated by the at least one selection.
A method implemented by a callee's mobile device comprising a display, an audio device and a processor, the method comprising:
- playing instructions-to-caller upon receipt of a call to the mobile device from a caller, the instructions-to-caller being configured to enable the caller to select at least one of a plurality of choices based on an intent of the caller;
- receiving and storing in a memory at least one selection by the caller, the at least one selection comprising at least one of the plurality of choices communicated to the caller by the instructions-to-caller;
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- accessing pre-stored callee attribute data reflective of preferences of a callee and selectively actuating at least one of the display and the audio device based upon the accessed callee attribute data and the intent of the caller indicated by the at least one selection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.