Providing and using a media control profile
AssigneeAT&T Mobility II LLC
InventorsRichard Zaffino, Andrew T. Smoak
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Abstract
A media control profile is described herein. The media control profile provides a number of selectable pre-defined and/or user-defined settings to manipulate the functionality of a hybrid telecommunications and entertainment mobile device. Three basic modes of operation, namely a telecommunications-only device mode, an entertainment-only device mode, and a hybrid telecommunications and entertainment device mode are provided. Settings associated with one or more of these basic modes are combined to form a media control profile for the hybrid mobile device.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- determining, by an apparatus using a processor, that a setting of a media control profile associated with a mobile communication device is enabled;
- and
- directing, by the apparatus, in accord with the setting of the media control profile, a call intended for the mobile communication device to a voicemail system,
- wherein
- the setting is a call-routing setting;
- the media control profile further comprises a mode setting to control whether the mobile communication device is in an entertainment-only mode, a telecommunications-only mode, or a hybrid entertainment-and-telecommunications mode;
- and
- the call-routing setting is enabled when the mode setting is set to the entertainment-only mode.
A mobile communication device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining that a setting of a media control profile associated with the mobile communication device is enabled;
- and
- directing, in accord with the setting of the media control profile, a call intended for the mobile communication device to a different device.
A computer-readable storage device, on a mobile communication device having a processor, comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- determining that a setting of a media control profile associated with the mobile communication device is enabled;
- and
- directing, in accord with the setting of the media control profile, a call intended for the mobile communication device to a different device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.