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Method for controlling a mobile terminal and mobile terminal

  • US 20040132426A1
  • Filed: 12/22/2003
  • Published: 07/08/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Method for controlling a mobile wireless terminal such as a cordless or a cellular mobile station in order to limit or completely avoid disturbances the mobile terminal may cause during the receipt of a call which in a first or a second stage is acoustically or mechanically signalled to the user of the mobile terminal, comprising the steps of a) detecting a mechanical stimulus at least during the time an incoming call is signalled;

  • b) stopping acoustical or mechanical signalling in case that a mechanical stimulus is detected and subsequently c1) switching the system to a status in which incoming calls are exclusively signalled by optical means or c2) automatically accepting the call and sending a recorded message to the calling party or c3) switching the mobile wireless terminal off c3-1) instantaneously or c3-2) after receipt of a further mechanical stimulus.

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