# US 9,438,727 B2 · System and method to track and log mobile communication device call status when the device is not in possession > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,438,727 B2 - Document ID: US9438727B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/974,857 - Filed: 2015-12-18 - Published: 2016-04-14 - Granted: 2016-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2013-09-03 - Assignees: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. - Applicants: EchoStar Technologies L.L.C. - Inventors: Phuc H. Nguyen; Christopher William Bruhn - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9438727B2 ## CPC - H04M 3/42263: {where the same subscriber uses different terminals, i.e. nomadism} - H04L 12/2803: {Home automation networks} - H04M 1/006: {Call diverting means} - H04M 1/57: Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set (at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20) - H04N 21/00: Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD] (real-time bi-directional transmission of motion video data H04N7/14 {; broadcast or conference over packet switching networks H04L12/18}) - H04N 21/4131: {home appliance, e.g. lighting, air conditioning system, metering devices (home automation data switching networks exchanging configuration information on appliance services H04L12/2807)} - H04N 21/41407: {embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop (constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57)} - H04N 21/43615: {Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals (home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805)} - H04N 21/43637: {involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth®, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] (arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114)} - H04N 21/4882: {for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders (arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895)} - H04W 4/16: Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A mobile device logging and tracking system permits a communicative association between a mobile device and a receiving device. When the mobile device communicates data including an indication of an unanswered call to the receiving device, the receiving device is configured to store the data in a memory. The memory may be local or remote from the receiving device. The receiving device may then communicate information associated with the unanswered call to a first electronic device, which may be an appliance, a gaming system, another mobile communication device, or some other device having computing capability. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method to log calls to a mobile device, comprising: communicatively associating the mobile device with a receiving device; receiving data with the receiving device from the mobile device, the data including an indication that a call to the mobile device was not answered; storing the data in a memory associated with the receiving device; and communicating information associated with the data from the receiving device via a local network to a smart appliance. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the act of receiving data is conditioned on the mobile device being inactive during a time that an indication of the call to the mobile device was available on the mobile device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the communicative associating, the receiving, and the storing acts are performed when the receiving device appears to be in a powered off mode, a sleep mode, or a standby mode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: communicating information associated with the data to a second electronic device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 wherein the second electronic device is a display. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4 wherein the smart appliance is drawn from a set of smart appliances including a refrigerator, a freezer, a cooking appliance, a cleaning appliance, an automotive apparatus, a building system, an entertainment device, a home automation device, and a wearable computing device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: receiving information representing a location of a person in a first location; selectively communicating information associated with the data from the receiving device to a first smart appliance associated with the first location. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: receiving information representing a location of a first person in a first location; receiving information representing a location of a second person in a second location; based on which of the first person and the second person is associated with the mobile device, communicating information associated with the data from the receiving device to a selected smart appliance associated with the first location or the second location. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 wherein the memory is a network accessible memory arranged for access via a networked computing device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: upon receiving the data from the mobile device including the indication that the call to the mobile device was not answered, communicatively disassociating the mobile device with a receiving device. ### Claim 11 A receiving device, comprising: a first transceiver configured to be communicatively coupled to at least one mobile device; a second transceiver configured to communicate data to a smart appliance, the data indicating that a call to the at least one mobile device is unanswered; a processing unit configured to direct the receiving device to: accept a communication request from the at least one mobile device via the first transceiver; accept information from the at least one mobile device via the first transceiver, the information associated with the call to the at least one mobile device that is unanswered; and transmit an indication of the unanswered call to the smart appliance via the second transceiver. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The receiving device of claim 11 wherein the smart appliance is drawn from a set of devices including a refrigerator, a freezer, a cooking appliance, a cleaning appliance, an automotive apparatus, a building system, an entertainment device, a home automation device, and a wearable computing device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The receiving device of claim 11 wherein the processing unit is configured to further direct the receiving device to: operate as a pass-thru device wherein the call to the at least one mobile device that is unanswered is answered by the smart appliance. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The receiving device of claim 11 wherein the smart appliance comprises: an audio input device; and an audio output device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The receiving device of claim 11, further comprising: a remote control device, the remote control device enabled to receive direction from the mobile device to provide an indication of the unanswered call. ### Claim 16 A system, comprising: a receiving device arranged to communicate with at least one mobile device; and a smart appliance arranged to communicate with the receiving device, wherein upon receiving an indication from the mobile device that a call to the at least one mobile device was not answered, the receiving device is arranged to communicate data associated with the indication to the smart appliance. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16 wherein the smart appliance is drawn from a set of devices including a refrigerator, a freezer, a cooking appliance, a cleaning appliance, an automotive apparatus, a building system, an entertainment device, a home automation device, and a wearable computing device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, comprising: a plurality of smart appliances including the smart appliance, the plurality of smart appliances operable at different locations. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, comprising: a memory associated with the receiving device, the memory arranged to store plurality of smart appliance profiles, at least one of the smart appliance profiles associated with each of the plurality of smart appliances, wherein a smart appliance profile identifies communication capabilities of its associated smart appliance. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19 wherein the communication capabilities include at least one of audio capability information, video capability information, and tactile capability information.