System and method for initiating and conducting polite communications

• US 20060223568A1
• Filed: 03/30/2005
• Published: 10/05/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Technology Holdings LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Harris, John M., Crocker, Ronald T.
• Application Number:
  US11/093,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20060223568A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/550.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/64 Automatic arrangements for answering calls; Automatic arrangements for recording messages for absent subscribers; Arrangements for recording conversations centralised dictation systems H04M11/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/10 Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-On-Call services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/30 Resource management for broadcast services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/45 for Push-to-Talk [PTT] or Push-to-Talk over cellular [PoC] services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/08 Trunked mobile radio systems

Abstract

A target mobile station (104) is operated in an automatic answer mode. At least one session invitation (106) is received at the target mobile station (104). The session invitation (106) requests that a user manually accept the session invitation (106) thereby, at least temporarily, overriding the automatic answer mode. A determination is made as to whether to manually accept the at least one session invitation (106).

Claims

1. A method of politely initiating a communication session comprising:

operating a target mobile station in an automatic answer mode;

receiving at least one session invitation at the target mobile station, the session invitation requesting that a user manually accept the session invitation thereby, at least temporarily, overriding the automatic answer mode; and

determining whether to manually accept the at least one session invitation.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the at least one session invitation comprises receiving an automatic answer override message.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving media in addition to the at least one session invitation.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein receiving media comprises receiving an audio message.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the media is only rendered when a user manually accepts the at least one session invitation.

6. The method of claim 3 further comprising sending an alert when the target mobile station completes rendering the media delivered with the at least one session invitation.

7. The method of claim 3 further comprising, when the determining results in the user at the target mobile station manually accepting the at least one session invitation, rendering the media to the user substantially immediately after the user at the target mobile station accepts.

8. The method of claim 3 further comprising, when the determining results in the user at the target mobile station not manually accepting the at least one session invitation, storing the media in a memory for potential later use.

9. The method of claim 3 further comprising, when the determining results in the user at the target mobile station not manually accepting the at least one session invitation, discarding the media.

10. The method of claim 3 further comprising, when the determining results in the user at the target mobile station manually accepting the at least one session invitation, determining whether to render the media substantially immediately based upon a condition, the condition selected from a group comprising:

whether the target mobile station is using a speaker phone;

whether the target mobile station is using a headset;

a value of a current present state of the target mobile station; and

, whether the target mobile station is positioned in playback venue where more than a predetermined percentage of calls use a speaker phone.

11. The method of claim 3 further comprising sending the media to the target mobile station with a lower Quality of Service (QoS) until the at least one session invitation is manually accepted.

12. The method of claim 4 further comprising sending the media to the target mobile station with a higher Quality of Service (QoS) after the at least one session invitation is manually accepted.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising informing an originating user that the target mobile station does not accept the at least one session invitation.

14. A method of politely initiating a communication session comprising:

forming at least one session invitation requesting that a user at a target mobile station operating in an automatic answer mode manually accept the session invitation; and

sending the at least one session invitation to the target mobile station.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising recording media, and transmitting the media along with the at least one session invitation to the target mobile station.

16. The method of claim 15 further comprising querying the target mobile station to determine whether the media can be rendered immediately.

17. A mobile station comprising:

a receiver having a input;

an input apparatus; and

a controller coupled to the receiver and the input apparatus, the controller programmed to receive at least one session invitation at the input of the receiver, the at least one session invitation requesting that a user at the mobile station manually accept the session invitation thereby, at least temporarily, overriding an automatic answer mode of the mobile station, the controller further programmed to determine whether to accept the at least one session invitation based at least in part upon user input received at the input apparatus.

18. The mobile station of claim 17 wherein the receiver additionally receives media with the at least one session invitation.

19. The mobile station of claim 18 wherein the controller is further programmed to render the media to the user substantially immediately after the user accepts.

20. The mobile station of claim 18 wherein the controller is further programmed to take an action selected from a group comprising:

store at least a portion of the media and discard the media.