CONTENT SENSITIVE DO-NOT-DISTURB (DND)
First Claim
1. A method of processing an incoming telephone call, the method comprising:
- at a recipient telephone system, receiving the incoming call including speech;
identifying when a Do-Not-Disturb option is set, the Do-Not-Disturb option identifying that a user has requested not to receive telephone calls;
performing content analysis to identify content of the speech;
interrogating a reference database based on the content to identify an associated rule; and
selectively overriding the Do-Not-Disturb option based on the associated rule.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is described to process an incoming telephone call. The method may comprise, at a recipient telephone system, receiving the incoming call including speech and identifying when a Do-Not-Disturb option is set. The Do-Not-Disturb option may identify that a user has requested not to receive telephone calls. Content analysis may be performed to identify content of the speech and a reference database may be interrogated based on the content to identify an associated rule. Thereafter, the Do-Not-Disturb option may be selectively overridden based on the associated rule. The content analysis may comprise performing speech recognition on the speech to obtain a reference word/phrase and interrogating the reference database with the word/phrase to identify the associated rule. A method of configuring a Do-Not-Disturb option in a telephone system is also described that allows a user to define reference words and associated rules.
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32 Claims
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1. A method of processing an incoming telephone call, the method comprising:
at a recipient telephone system, receiving the incoming call including speech;
identifying when a Do-Not-Disturb option is set, the Do-Not-Disturb option identifying that a user has requested not to receive telephone calls;
performing content analysis to identify content of the speech;
interrogating a reference database based on the content to identify an associated rule; and
selectively overriding the Do-Not-Disturb option based on the associated rule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of configuring a Do-Not-Disturb option in a telephone system, the method comprising:
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receiving at least one reference word and an associated rule from a user, the Do-Not-Disturb option identifying when a user has requested not to receive telephone calls and the associated rule selectively modifying operation of the Do-Not-Disturb option; and
storing the reference word and associated rule received from the user in the reference database for subsequent interrogation.
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16. Apparatus to process an incoming telephone call, the apparatus comprising:
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a telephony interface to receive the incoming call including speech;
an Do-Not-Disturb identification module to identify when a Do-Not-Disturb option is set, the Do-Not-Disturb option identifying that a user has requested not to receive telephone calls;
an analysis module to identify content of the speech;
a reference database; and
an interrogation module to interrogate the reference database based on the content to identify an associated rule, the Do-Not-Disturb option being selectively overridden based on the associated rule. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A apparatus of configuring a Do-Not-Disturb option in a telephone system, the apparatus comprising:
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a user interface to receive at least one reference word and an associated rule from a user, the Do-Not-Disturb option identifying when a user has requested not to receive telephone calls and the associated rule selectively modifying operation of the Do-Not-Disturb option; and
a reference database to store the reference word and associated rule received from the user in the reference database for subsequent interrogation.
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31. A machine-readable medium embodying instructions to process an incoming telephone call, the instructions when executed by a machine causes the machine to:
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receive the incoming call including speech;
identify when a Do-Not-Disturb option is set, the Do-Not-Disturb option identifying that a user has requested not to receive telephone calls;
perform content analysis to identify content of the speech;
interrogate a reference database based on the content to identify an associated rule;
selectively override the Do-Not-Disturb option based on the associated rule.
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32. Apparatus to process an incoming telephone call, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving the incoming call including speech;
means for identifying when a Do-Not-Disturb option is set, the Do-Not-Disturb option identifying that a user has requested not to receive telephone calls;
means for identifying content of the speech;
a reference database; and
means to interrogate the reference database based on the content to identify an associated rule, the Do-Not-Disturb option being selectively overridden based on the associated rule.
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