Communication reminders
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorGiridhar Kalpathy Narayanan
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Abstract
Embodiments are configured to provide reminders associated with communications and other events. In an embodiment, components of a communication system can operate to generate, maintain, and implement reminders associated with communications and other events. A reminder can be automatically generated and scheduled for one or more users of the communication system when a user is unavailable or unable to take a call. Reminders can be generated to include information which can be used to establish a communication event for a subsequent communication associated with each reminder.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for communicating between two or more devices comprising:
- receiving an incoming call at a first device associated with a called party from a caller using a second device, wherein the incoming call includes an identifier comprising one or more of:
- an identifier for the caller and an identifier for the second device;
- determining a status of the incoming call, wherein the status is one of:
- complete and uncomplete;
- when the status of the incoming call is uncomplete, automatically creating a call reminder for the incoming call having a two-way reminder type;
- and,
- using the call reminder to schedule a subsequent call between the caller and the called party.
A mobile communication device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory storing computer-readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the mobile communication device to:
- initiate an outgoing call from a caller at the mobile communication device to a called party at a remote device;
- automatically create a call reminder for the caller when a status of the outgoing call is uncomplete;
- and
- use the call reminder to schedule a subsequent call between the caller and the called party.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.