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US 8,412,170 B2Granted
Apparatus for a receiving party
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorTimo Tokkonen
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Abstract
Apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to compare an identifier of a calling party with one or more contacts of a receiving party to determine privilege information associated with the calling party, the privilege information providing one or more authorised receiving party location-based responses. The apparatus further comprising at least one processor configured to determine a location of the receiving party and provide an associated authorised response to the calling party.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- at least one memory including computer program code;
- the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
- in response to receiving a call at a receiving party from a calling party,
- compare an identifier of a calling party with one or more contacts of the receiving party to determine privilege information associated with the calling party, the privilege information associated with one or more authorised receiving party responses;
- and
- determine a location of the receiving party;
- and
- provide a said authorised receiving party response to the calling party based on the determined location of the receiving party, wherein said authorised receiving party response comprises one or more options, the one or more options comprising:
- functionality for the calling party to send a message to the receiving party;
- functionality for the calling party to request an appointment in a calendar application associated with the receiving party;
- functionality for the calling party to set an appointment in a calendar application associated with the receiving party;
- functionality for the calling party to set an alarm for the calling party to try to call the receiving party again;
- functionality for the calling party to set an alarm for the receiving party to return the calling party's call;
- and
- a macro or a piece of software that a device can interact with, the device being associated with the calling party.
14 more elements
A method of using an apparatus, the method comprising:
- in response to receiving a call at a receiving party from a calling party,
- comparing, using the apparatus, an identifier of the calling party with one or more contacts of a receiving party to determine privilege information associated with one or more authorised receiving party responses;
- and
- determining, using the apparatus, a location of a receiving party;
- and
- providing, using the apparatus, an associated authorised response to the calling party based on the determined location of the receiving party, wherein said authorised response comprises one or more options, the one or more options comprising
- functionality for the calling party to send a message to the receiving party;
- functionality for the calling party to request an appointment in a calendar application associated with the receiving party;
- functionality for the calling party to set an appointment in a calendar application associated with the receiving party;
- functionality for the calling party to set an alarm for the calling party to try to call the receiving party again;
- functionality for the calling party to set an alarm for the receiving party to return the calling party's call;
- and
- a macro or a piece of software that a device can interact with, the device being associated with the calling party.
10 more elements
A computer-readable non-transitory medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform:
- in response to receiving a call at a receiving party from a calling party,
- comparing an identifier of the calling party with one or more contacts of a receiving party to determine privilege information associated with one or more authorised receiving party responses;
- determining a location of a receiving party;
- and
- providing an associated authorised response to the calling party based on the determined location of the receiving party, wherein said authorised response comprises one or more options, the one or more options comprising
- functionality for the calling party to send a message to the receiving party;
- functionality for the calling party to request an appointment in a calendar application associated with the receiving party;
- functionality for the calling party to set an appointment in a calendar application associated with the receiving party;
- functionality for the calling party to set an alarm for the calling party to try to call the receiving party again;
- functionality for the calling party to set an alarm for the receiving party to return the calling party's call;
- and
- a macro or a piece of software that a device can interact with, the device being associated with the calling party.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.