Device operation when a user does not answer a call
AssigneeMotorola Solutions, Inc.
InventorsJOSEPH NAMM, EMILY NAMM
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for operating a device when a user does not answer a call is provided herein. During operation a wake word for the device is identified as a user's call sign (a combination of identifying letters, letters and numbers, or words assigned to an officer for use in communication (as in the address of a message sent by radio). The call sign does not comprise a sender or receiver's actual name. When a device detects the wake word as an over-the-air transmission, the device will determine if a user answered the call. If not, sensor data will be provided to the caller and a digital assistant will periodically remind the user of the unanswered call.
Claims15
A method comprising the steps of:
- determining that a wake word has been received by an over-the-air transmission from a caller, wherein the wake word comprises a call sign;
- determining that a user has not responded to the over-the-air transmission comprising the wake word;
- and
- providing sensor data to the caller in response to the determination that the user has not responded to the over-the-air transmission.
A method comprising the steps of:
- associating a wake word for a digital assistant to a user's call sign so that a digital assistant will wake upon receiving the call sign;
- determining that a wake word has been received by an over-the-air transmission from a caller, wherein the wake word comprises the call sign;
- determining that a user has not responded within a predetermined period of time to the over-the-air transmission comprising the wake word;
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- utilizing the digital assistant to periodically remind the user that the user has not responded to the call.
An apparatus comprising:
- logic circuitry configured to:
- determine that a wake word has been received by an over-the-air transmission from a caller, wherein the wake word comprises a call sign;
- determine that a user has not responded to the over-the-air transmission comprising the wake word;
- and
- provide sensor data to the caller in response to the determination that the user has not responded to the over-the-air transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.