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US 9,756,163 B2Granted
Interface between mobile device and computing device
AssigneeIntelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc.
InventorsOtman A. Basir, William Ben Miners, Yong He, Eric Gordon Hartwell
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Abstract
An interface between mobile devices and computing devices, such as a PC or an in-vehicle system permits a user to use the better user interface of the computing device to access and control the operation of the mobile device.
Claims15
A method of handling a voice call including the steps of:
- a) receiving an incoming voice call;
- b) notifying a user of the incoming voice call;
- c) receiving an indication from the user to respond to the incoming voice call with a non-voice message;
- d) accessing a contact list in response to said step c);
- e) retrieving a contact entry associated with the caller in the incoming voice call in response to said step c);
- and
- f) creating a non-voice message to the caller based upon the contact entry.
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A method of handling a non-voice message including the steps of:
- a) receiving a non-voice message;
- b) listing the message on a display;
- c) receiving a selection of the message from the list;
- d) accessing a contact list in response to said step c);
- e) retrieving a contact entry associated with the sender of the message in response to said step c);
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- f) initiating a new communication to the sender in a different mode from that in which the message was sent based upon the contact entry.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.