Apparatus and Method Pertaining to the Obtainment and Use of Call Information
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsGregory Jason FIELDS, Ahmed ABDELSAMIE, Mohammed Nawaf SMADI, Ana ZEHTABIOSKUIE
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Abstract
An apparatus, such as a portable communication device, has a wireless transceiver configured to conduct voice calls, a close-proximity reader (such as, but not limited to, a near-field communications (NFC) reader), and a control circuit that operably couples to the wireless transceiver and the close-proximity reader. The control circuit uses the close-proximity reader to obtain call information from another device and uses the wireless transceiver to initiate a call using the call information to thereby permit joining, or establishing, a conference call with three or more access points.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a wireless transceiver configured to conduct voice calls;
- a close-proximity reader;
- a control circuit operably coupled to the wireless transceiver and the close-proximity reader and configured to:
- use the close-proximity reader to obtain call information from another device;
- use the wireless transceiver to initiate a call using the call information.
A method comprising:
- by a control circuit that operably couples to a wireless transceiver configured to conduct voice calls and to a close-proximity reader:
- using the close-proximity reader to obtain call information from another device;
- using the wireless transceiver to initiate a call using the call information.
A non-transitory memory having computer instructions stored therein, the computer instructions, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to:
- use a close-proximity reader to obtain call information from another device;
- use a wireless transceiver to initiate a call using the call information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.