Method and apparatus for incoming call pause notification
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorJulian James Orbach
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Abstract
Alerting a calling party of a delay before an incoming call will be answered by a user of a called telecommunication terminal. The incoming call is answered by the telecommunication terminal or a switching system to which the telecommunication terminal is connected in response to an input from the user when the telecommunication terminal is not engaged in another call. An audio path of the answered call is muted from communication with the user. A message is transmitted to the calling party where the message is selected by the user.
Claims24
A method for alerting a calling party of a delay before an incoming call will be answered by a user of a called wireless handset, comprising the steps of:
- answering the incoming call by the wireless handset in response to a predefined amount of movement in a physical location of the wireless handset as detected by the wireless handset when the telecommunication terminal is not engaged in another call with the predefined amount of movement occurring after the incoming call is received by the wireless handset;
- muting an audio path of the answered call from communication with the user;
- and
- transmitting a message that is selected by the user to the calling party.
A processor-readable medium for alerting a calling party of a delay before an incoming call will be answered by a user of a called wireless handset, comprising processor-executable instructions configured for:
- answering the incoming call by the wireless handset in response to a predefined amount of movement in a physical location of the wireless handset as detected by the wireless handset when the telecommunication terminal is not engaged in another call with the predefined amount of movement occurring after the incoming call is received by the wireless handset;
- muting an audio path of the answered call from communication with the user;
- and
- transmitting a message that is selected by the user to the calling party.
An apparatus for alerting a calling party of a delay before an incoming call will be answered by a communication terminal, comprising:
- means for detecting the incoming call while the communication terminal is not engaged in another call;
- means for detecting movement in a physical location of the communication terminal with the detected movement occurring after the detection of the incoming call;
- and
- means for transmitting a message to the calling party upon detection of the incoming call and movement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.