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US 9,854,088 B2Granted
Method to tag a phone call to communicate purpose of the call
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorSachin Ashtikar
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Abstract
Phone calls may be tagged with the importance or the context of the call to be displayed along with the caller ID information on the display of a receiving phone. The context information is thus made available even before the call is answered to aid the user in determining whether or not to answer the call or how long thereafter it would be appropriate to wait before the call is returned.
Claims16
At least one non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause a first mobile device to:
- transmit a call to a second mobile device;
- transmit caller identification information corresponding to the first mobile device;
- and
- transmit a context icon that is to be defined via the first mobile device and that is to include a symbol to graphically depict the nature of the call, wherein the context icon is to be determined via one or more of a touch command or a voice command, wherein the touch command is to include one or more of a menu and a push button, and wherein the caller identification information and the context icon are to be presented on a display of the second mobile device prior to the call being answered.
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A first mobile device comprising:
- a user interface;
- and
- a transmitter to:
- transmit a call to a second mobile device;
- transmit caller identification information corresponding to the first mobile device;
- and
- transmit a context icon that is to be defined via the user interface of the first mobile device and that is to include a symbol to graphically depict the nature of the call, wherein the context icon is to be determined via one or more of a touch command or a voice command, wherein the touch command is to include one or more of a menu and a push button, and wherein the caller identification information and the context icon are to be presented on a display of the second mobile device prior to the call being answered.
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A method comprising:
- transmitting a call from a first mobile device to a second mobile device;
- transmitting caller identification information corresponding to the first mobile device;
- and
- transmitting a context icon that is defined via the first mobile device and that includes a symbol to graphically depict the nature of the call, wherein the context icon is determined via one or more of a touch command or a voice command, wherein the touch command includes one or more of a menu and a push button, and wherein the caller identification information and the context icon are to be presented on a display of the second mobile device prior to the call being answered.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.