Method of notifying a caller of a telephone profile status

• US 20050002498A1
• Filed: 07/01/2003
• Published: 01/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Inventors: Kao, Yi-Ming
• Application Number:
  US10/609,531
• Publication Number:
  US 20050002498A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/88.120
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/642 storing speech in digital form
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42059 Making use of the calling party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42365 Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/487 Arrangements for providing information services, e.g. recorded voice services or time announcements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/50 Centralised arrangements for answering calls; Centralised arrangements for recording messages for absent or busy subscribers H04M3/487 takes precedence; centralised dictation systems H04M11/10; Centralised arrangements for recording messages

Abstract

A method for notifying a caller to a telephone of a profile status of the telephone. The telephone is connected to a telephone network. The method includes selecting a profile status of the telephone, transmitting the selected profile status of the telephone to the telephone network in response to selection of the profile status, and the telephone network notifying a caller of the selected profile status of the telephone when the caller calls the telephone and the user does not answer.

Claims

1. A method of notifying a caller to a telephone of a profile status of the telephone, the telephone being connected to a telephone network, the method comprising:

selecting a profile status of the telephone;

transmitting the selected profile status of the telephone to the telephone network in response to selection of the profile status; and

the telephone network notifying a caller of the selected profile status of the telephone when the caller calls the telephone and the user does not answer.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the telephone is a mobile phone.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the telephone network is a mobile phone network.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the telephone transmits the selected profile status to the telephone network as an identification code.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the telephone network translates the identification code into a corresponding voice message for notifying the caller of the selected profile status of the telephone.