Method and apparatus for rejecting call reception in a mobile communication terminal

• US 20070015496A1
• Filed: 07/14/2006
• Published: 01/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Hee-Deog, Yoon, Yeong-Seong
• Application Number:
  US11/487,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20070015496A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/417
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/645 with speech synthesis
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for rejecting call reception in a mobile communication terminal. If the call reception rejecting key is inputted, a CID included in an incoming call is identified. If the CID is identified, it is checked to determine whether the call reception rejecting message is inputted. If the call reception rejecting message is inputted, the call reception rejecting message is transmitted to the caller using identified CID.

Claims

1. A method of rejecting an incoming call in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

initiating a call reception rejecting function;

identifying a caller identification included in the incoming call; and

transmitting a call reception rejecting message to a caller using the identified caller identification.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the call reception rejecting message is inputted by a key manipulation or is selected from among stored messages in the mobile communication terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the call reception rejecting message is one of a short message service message, an email, a multimedia message system message and an enhanced message service message.

4. A method of rejecting an incoming call in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

initiating a call reception rejecting function;

identifying a caller identification included in the incoming call;

inputting a text version call reception rejecting message;

performing a text to speech conversion of the call reception rejecting message; and

transmitting the converted call reception rejecting message to a caller using the caller identification.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the call reception rejecting message is inputted by a key manipulation or is selected from among stored messages in the mobile communication terminal.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the call reception rejecting message is one of a short message service message, an email, a multimedia message system message and an enhanced message service message.

7. A method of rejecting an incoming call in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

initiating a call reception rejecting function;

identifying a caller identification included in the incoming call; and

transmitting an auto-answering message to a caller terminal if the caller identification is not identified.

8. A method of rejecting an incoming call in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

checking whether a call reception rejecting key is inputted when the incoming call is received;

identifying a caller identification included in the incoming call if the call reception rejecting key is inputted;

checking whether a call reception rejecting message is inputted if the caller identification is identified; and

transmitting the call reception rejecting message by using the caller identification if the call reception rejecting message is inputted.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the call reception rejecting message is inputted by a key manipulation or is selected from among stored messages in the mobile communication terminal.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the call reception rejecting message is one of a short message service message, an email, a multimedia message system message and an enhanced message service message.

11. A method of rejecting an incoming call in a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

checking whether a call reception rejecting key is inputted when the incoming call is received;

identifying a caller identification included in the incoming call if the call reception rejecting key is inputted;

checking whether a text type call reception rejecting message is inputted if the caller identification is identified;

performing a text to speech conversion of the call reception rejecting message if the text type call reception rejecting message is inputted; and

transmitting the converted call reception rejecting message to a caller using the caller identification.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the text type call reception rejecting message is inputted by a key manipulation or is selected from among stored messages in the mobile communication terminal.

13. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a call reception rejecting key for initiating a call reception rejecting function; and

a controller for identifying a caller identification included in an incoming call and transmitting a call reception rejecting message to a caller using the identified caller identification.

14. The mobile communication terminal of claim 13, wherein the call reception rejecting message is inputted by a key manipulation or is selected from among stored messages in the mobile communication terminal.

15. The mobile communication terminal of claim 13, wherein the call reception rejecting message is one of a short message service message, an email, a multimedia message system message and an enhanced message service message.

16. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a call reception rejecting key for initiating a call reception rejecting function; and

a controller for identifying a caller identification included in an incoming call, and for controlling input of a text version call reception rejecting message and transmitting the converted call reception rejecting message to a caller using the identified caller identification.

17. The mobile communication terminal of claim 16, wherein the call reception rejecting message is inputted by a key manipulation or is selected from among stored messages in the mobile communication terminal.

18. The mobile communication terminal of claim 16, wherein the call reception rejecting message is one of a short message service message, an email, a multimedia message system message or an enhanced message service message.

19. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a call reception rejecting key for initiating a call reception rejecting function; and

a controller for identifying a caller identification included in an incoming call and transmitting an auto-answering message to a caller terminal if the caller identification is not identified.