Devices and methods of providing response message in the devices

• US 10,419,605 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2018
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Czarnecki, Piotr, Kedzia, Agata, Wnorowski, Mariusz, Kang, Seung-soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Rampuria, Sharad
• Application Number:
  US16/154,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20190045054A1
• Time in Patent Office: 343 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/651 Text message transmission triggered by call automatic reactions in messaging within packet-switching networks H04L51/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42374 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• 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 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A device includes a communication unit configured to receive a call request from a calling user; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit to provide a response message including information about a current situation based on information about an application currently being executed to the calling user in response to a rejection regarding the call request.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a first communication unit configured to receive a call request from a calling user;

a second communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; and

a control unit configured to,

if the call request from the calling user is received, control the second communication unit to transmit information regarding the call request to the external device,

receive application information regarding an application being currently executed in the external device, from the external device,

automatically generate a response message including current situation information based on the application information received from the external device, and control the first communication unit to automatically transmit the response message to the calling user.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the response message further includes current situation information based on application information about an application being currently executed on the device when the call request is received.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the first communication unit to transmit a message to the calling user in response to the current situation information changing.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the first communication unit to transmit the response message to the calling user via at least one communication medium from among a plurality of communication media.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the application being currently executed in the external device is a navigation application, or the external device is a navigation device.

6. The device of claim 5, the current situation information indicates that a user is driving now.

7. The device of claim 5, the response message further includes information regarding a current location, a point of departure, a destination, a route of a user, an estimated time of arrival at the destination, or a point of time when the user will be available to respond to the call request.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to set a call rejection function in which a user of the device identifies at least one application, from among a plurality of applications, for which an automatic response is provided.

9. A device comprising:

a first communication unit configured to receive a call request from a calling user;

a second communication unit configured to communicate with an external device;

a memory configured to store time information received via an application installed in the external device; and

a control unit configured to,

if the call request from the calling user is received at a time corresponding to the stored time information, automatically generate a response message including current situation information based on application information regarding the application, control the first communication unit to automatically transmit the response message to the calling.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the application information comprises at least one of schedule information and ticket reservation details, which are input via the application, and the stored time information.

11. The device of claim 9, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the first communication unit to transmit a message in response to the current situation information changing.

12. The device of claim 9, wherein the control unit is further configured to set a call rejection function in which a user of the device identifies at least one application, from among a plurality of applications, for which an automatic response is provided.

13. A method of providing a response message from a device, the method comprising:

receiving a call request from a calling user;

transmitting information regarding the call request to an external device;

receiving application information of an application being currently executed in the external device, from the external device;

automatically generating a response message including current situation information based on the application information received from the external device; and

automatically transmitting a response message to the calling user.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving the application information further comprises receiving property information and time information about the application being currently executed, and

the transmitting the response message further comprises including the current situation information based on the property information and the time information.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the response message further includes current situation information based on application information about an application being currently executed on a device at a time when the call request is received.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising transmitting a message to the calling user in response to the current situation information changing.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the application being currently executed in the external device is a navigation application, or the external device is a navigation device.

18. The method of claim 17, the current situation information indicates that a user is driving now.

19. The method of claim 17, the response message further includes information regarding a current location, a point of departure, a destination, a route of a user, an estimated time of arrival at the destination, or a point of time when the user will be available to respond to the call request.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon program instructions executable by a processor for performing the method of claim 13.