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US 8,478,249 B2Granted
Mobile device and communication method thereof
AssigneesFu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorQiang You
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Abstract
A communication device initiates a telephone call to a called party by dialing a telephone number, detects whether the communication device receives a ringback tone from the called party, displays a variety of application icons for users to make a section if the communication device receives a ringback tone from the called party, and runs a selected application. A related method is also provided.
Claims2
A communication device comprising:
- an input unit;
- a display unit;
- and
- a processor to initiate a telephone call to a called party by dialing a telephone number input through the input unit, detect whether the communication device receives a ringback tone from the called party, display a plurality of application icons on the display unit for a user to make a selection if the communication device receives a ringback tone from the called party, and run a selected application, and further to detect whether the called party answers or hangs up the call within a preset period, and close the running application if the called party answers or hangs up the telephone call within the preset period.
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A communication method applied in a communication device, the method comprising:
- initiating a telephone call to a called party by dialing a telephone number;
- detecting whether the communication device receives a ringback tone from the called party;
- displaying a plurality of application icons for a user to make a section if the communication device receives a ringback tone from the called party;
- running a selected application;
- detecting whether the called party answers or hangs up the telephone call within a preset period after the selected application is run;
- and
- closing the running application if the called party answers or hangs up the telephone call within the preset period.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.