Apparatus, and an associated method, for creating and using a call-screening list to screen calls placed to a communication station
First Claim
1. In a radiotelephonic device operable in a radiotelephonic communication system, an improvement of user interface apparatus for facilitating selectable call screening of a terminating call placed by a calling station and delivered to the radiotelephonic device, said user interface apparatus comprising:
- a calling-group listing formed of a first-group set of dialing numbers, the first-group set of dialing numbers corresponding to a speed-dial set of dialing numbers selectably used at the radiotelephonic device pursuant to a speed dialing procedure;
a comparator adapted to receive indications of the terminating call delivered to the radiotelephonic device together with an originating dialing number associated therewith and to said calling-group listing, said comparator for comparing the originating dialing number with the first-group set of dialing numbers and for determining whether the originating dialing number corrresponds with the first-group set of dialing numbers and for determining whether the originating dialing number matches any of the first-group set of dialing numbers; and
a call acceptor adapted to receive indications of determinations made by said comparator, said call acceptor for selectably accepting the terminating call when said comparator determines the originating dialing number to match any of the first-group set of dialing numbers.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, for creating and using a call-screening list at a radiotelephone. The call-screening list is formed by making use of entries contained in a speed-dialing list also maintained at the radiotelephone. A user of the radiotelephone elects to create the call-screening list based upon the entries of the speed-dialing list. The entries contained in the speed-dialing list are accessed and copied into a call-screening list to form the entries thereof. When a call is subsequently placed to the radiotelephone, the identity of the calling station is determined and the identity of the calling station is compared with the entries in the call-screening list. If a match is found, then an alert is generated to alert the user of the radiotelephone of the terminating call.
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1. In a radiotelephonic device operable in a radiotelephonic communication system, an improvement of user interface apparatus for facilitating selectable call screening of a terminating call placed by a calling station and delivered to the radiotelephonic device, said user interface apparatus comprising:
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a calling-group listing formed of a first-group set of dialing numbers, the first-group set of dialing numbers corresponding to a speed-dial set of dialing numbers selectably used at the radiotelephonic device pursuant to a speed dialing procedure;
a comparator adapted to receive indications of the terminating call delivered to the radiotelephonic device together with an originating dialing number associated therewith and to said calling-group listing, said comparator for comparing the originating dialing number with the first-group set of dialing numbers and for determining whether the originating dialing number corrresponds with the first-group set of dialing numbers and for determining whether the originating dialing number matches any of the first-group set of dialing numbers; and
a call acceptor adapted to receive indications of determinations made by said comparator, said call acceptor for selectably accepting the terminating call when said comparator determines the originating dialing number to match any of the first-group set of dialing numbers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a method for communicating in a radiotelephonic communication system having a radiotelephone, an improvement of a method for facilitating selectable call screening of a terminating call placed by a calling station and delivered to the radiotelephone, said method comprising:
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forming a calling-group listing comprised of a first-group set of dialing numbers, the first-group set of dialing numbers corresponding to a speed-dial set of dialing numbers selectably used at the radiotelephone pursuant to a speed dialing procedure;
detecting delivery of a call request to terminate a call at the radiotelephone, the call request including an originating dialing number at which the call is originated;
comparing the originating dialing number with the first-group set of dialing numbers to determine whether the originating dialing number matches any of the first-group set of dialing numbers; and
accepting the call request when determination is made during said operation of comparing that the originating dialing number matches any of the first-group set of dialing numbers. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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