Pre-determined responses for wireless devices

• US 10,085,127 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2017
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Khawand, Charbel
• Primary Examiner(s): Akonai, Olumide Ajibade
• Application Number:
  US15/832,983
• Publication Number:
  US 20180109931A1
• Time in Patent Office: 293 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/36 Memories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42195 Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy H04M3/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53341 Message reply
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

In accordance with one or more aspects, criteria including both a type of communication and a user signal are received. Additionally, a response to be stored as a pre-determined response is received. Both the criteria and the response are stored. When a communication satisfying the criteria (both the type of communication and the user signal) is subsequently received, the pre-determined response is sent to the device from which the communication is received.

Claims

1. A method implemented in a wireless device, the method comprising:

receiving criteria including a user signal;

receiving a response to be stored as a pre-determined response;

storing, in a response collection of the wireless device, for a particular type of communication both the pre-determined response and the user signal, the response collection including multiple pre-determined responses and corresponding criteria for each of the multiple pre-determined responses;

receiving a communication of the particular type from a different device;

receiving the user signal from a user of the wireless device;

identifying, based at least in part on both the particular type of the communication and the received user signal, the pre-determined response; and

sending, to the different device, the pre-determined response.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, the multiple pre-determined responses including an additional pre-determined response and corresponding additional criteria, the method further comprising:

receiving an additional communication of the particular type from the different device;

receiving an additional user signal from the user of the wireless device;

identifying, based at least in part on both the particular type of the communication and the received additional user signal, the additional pre-determined response; and

sending, to the different device, the additional pre-determined response.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, the multiple pre-determined responses including an additional pre-determined response and corresponding additional criteria for an additional type of communication, the method further comprising:

receiving an additional communication of the additional type from the different device;

receiving an additional user signal from the user of the wireless device;

identifying, based at least in part on both the additional type of the communication and the received additional user signal, the additional pre-determined response; and

sending, to the different device, the additional pre-determined response.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, the user signal comprising tapping of a touchscreen of the wireless device.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, the user signal comprising an action recognized by a motion detection component of the wireless device.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, the wireless device comprising a wireless phone.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, the receiving the criteria comprising receiving the criteria from a user of the wireless device.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising displaying a user interface that allows the user to input criteria desired by the user.

9. The method as recited in claim 7, further comprising displaying a user interface that presents possible criteria, and the receiving the criteria comprising receiving a user selection from the possible criteria.

10. One or more computer storage media devices having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first wireless device, cause the one or more processors to:

receive at the first wireless device, from a second device, a communication of a first type;

receive a first signal from a user of the first wireless device;

identify from a response collection in which multiple pre-determined responses are stored and in which corresponding criteria for each of the multiple pre-determined responses are stored, based at least in part on both the first type and the first signal, a pre-determined response to the communication, the stored criteria for a corresponding pre-determined response including, for the first type of communication, the first user signal; and

send, to the second device, the pre-determined response.

11. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 10, the instructions further causing the one or more processors to:

receive a communication of a second type from a third device;

receive a second signal from the user;

identify from the response collection a second pre-determined response based on both the second type and the second signal; and

send, to the third device, the second pre-determined response.

12. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 11, the response collection including at the same time both the pre-determined response and the first signal as well as both the second pre-determined response and the second signal, wherein the first signal and the second signal are the same user signal.

13. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 10, the first user signal comprising tapping of a touchscreen of the wireless device.

14. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 10, the first user signal comprising an action recognized by a motion detection component of the wireless device.

15. One or more computer storage media devices as recited in claim 10, the first user signal comprising a symbol input on a touchscreen of the wireless device.

16. A first wireless device comprising:

a processor; and

one or more computer storage media devices having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;

receive at the first wireless device, from a second device, a communication of a first type;

receive a first signal from a user of the first wireless device;

identify from a response collection in which multiple pre-determined responses are stored and in which corresponding criteria for each of the multiple pre-determined responses are stored, based at least in part on both the first type and the first signal, a pre-determined response to the communication, the stored criteria for a corresponding pre-determined response including, for the first type of communication, the first user signal; and

send, to the second device, the pre-determined response.

17. The first wireless device as recited in claim 16, the multiple instructions further causing the processor to:

receive a communication of a second type from a third device;

receive a second signal from the user;

identify from the response collection a second pre-determined response based on both the second type and the second signal; and

send, to the third device, the second pre-determined response.

18. The first wireless device as recited in claim 17, the response collection including at the same time both the pre-determined response and the first signal as well as both the second pre-determined response and the second signal, wherein the first signal and the second signal are the same user signal.

19. The first wireless device as recited in claim 16, the first user signal comprising tapping of a touchscreen of the wireless device.

20. The first wireless device as recited in claim 16, the first user signal comprising an action recognized by a motion detection component of the wireless device.