Call reminder

• US 20040018830A1
• Filed: 07/11/2003
• Published: 01/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Agere Systems Incorporated (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Agere Systems Incorporated (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Pugliese, Pierluigi
• Application Number:
  US10/618,152
• Publication Number:
  US 20040018830A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2749 Automatic dialling or redialling systems, e.g. on off-hook or redial on busy
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/432 Arrangements for calling a subscriber at a specific time, e.g. morning call service
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/48 Arrangements for recalling a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy

Abstract

The invention relates to a reminder functionality in respect to a call that should be established. An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved approach for assisting the user of a phone, especially of a mobile phone in reminding him that a certain number or a certain person should be called. The invention proposes to remind for a certain call which should be established, by activating a reminder functionality for indicating in advance at a phone means, especially a mobile phone, from which said call should be established, that said call should be established.

Claims

1. A method of reminding for a certain call which should be established, comprising the step of activating a reminder functionality for indicating in advance at a mobile phone, from which said call should be established, that said call should be established.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the step of activating is based on a programmable time and/or is automatically activated in regularly time intervals.

3. A method of claim 1, wherein the step of indicating comprises the indication of the time at which said call should be established, and are of the subscriber number and the subscriber name to which said call should be established.

4. A method of claim 1, wherein the step of indication is performed in at least one of an optic and/or acoustic way and/or by means of vibrations.

5. A method of claim 1, further characterized in that the call reminder is activated by a remote device designed to communicate with said phone at least a moment prior to or at the time at which said call should be established, especially by means of E-mail and/or SMS.

6. A method of claim 1, further characterized in that at least the last time according to which it was tried to carry out a certain call is indicated.

8. A method of claim 1, wherein the phone (1) is switched on in response to an activation of said call reminding functionality.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the step of establishing said certain call is automatically activated in response to at least one of the step of indicating confirmation by the user.

7. A method of 1, further characterized by requesting the user in response to an unsuccessful call attempt, in particular be means of an interactive menu procedure, if said call should be established after a certain time again.

10. A system, comprising:

means for establishing a call, and

means for reminding a user to establish the call.

11. A system of claim 10, wherein the means for reminding is programmable, and adapted to automatically activate the means for indication in regular time intervals.

12. A system of claim 10, characterized by a storage associated to the means for reminding, wherein the storage is designed for storing at least one of a reminding time and at least one subscriber number to which a call has to be generated at a determinable time.

13. A system of any of claim 10, characterized in that said system is incorporated within a mobile phone adapted to operate on at least one of a GSM-standard and/or a UMTS-standard.

14. A system of any of claim 10, wherein the means for establishing a call is incorporated within a mobile phone, and the means for reminding at least is partially incorporated within a further electronic device, adapted to communicate with the mobile phone, especially, via E-Mail and/or SMS.

15. A system of claim 10, wherein the means for indication adapted to indicate at least one of the time at which said call should be established, the subscriber number and the subscriber name to which said call should be established.

16. A system of claim 10, wherein the means for indication reminding comprises a display, an acoustic indication means designed for signalling a specific tone or melody or voice output and an indication means adapted to generate a vibration of the phone means.

17. A system of claim 10, wherein the reminding means is adapted to request the user in response to a failed call attempt, if the said call should be established after a certain time again.

18. A system of claim 10, wherein the means for reminding is switching on the means for establishing in case the means for establishing is switched off during a reminding condition.

19. A system of claim 10, adapted to indicate at least the last time according to which a certain call was tried to be established.

20. A system of claims 10, wherein the means for reminding is designed to remind in regularly time intervals in response to a call which could not be established.

21. A system of any of claims 10, wherein the phone means for establishing a call is automatically activated by the reminding means.