CALL ANSWERING
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1. A method of controlling a phone to facilitate answering a call placed from a calling entity to a user of the phone, the method comprising:
- answering the call with an announcement stored on the phone such that the call is answered without the user verbally communicating with the calling entity; and
including instructions within the announcement for instructing the calling entity with respect to establishing verbal communications with the user.
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Abstract
A method, phone, and system for answering phone calls in such a manner as to limit or otherwise ameliorate interruptions to a called party and others in an environment of the called party. The answering optionally including silently answering the phone call with a message instead of requiring the called party to verbally communicate with a calling party.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a phone to facilitate answering a call placed from a calling entity to a user of the phone, the method comprising:
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answering the call with an announcement stored on the phone such that the call is answered without the user verbally communicating with the calling entity; and including instructions within the announcement for instructing the calling entity with respect to establishing verbal communications with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of answering a phone call comprising:
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connecting the phone call to a phone in such a manner that the phone answers the phone call without alerting a calling party to the phone call and without allowing a calling party to hear the called party; and playing an announcement message stored on the phone after connecting the phone call to the phone. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An application for use with a phone to facilitate answering a phone call, the application including instructions for:
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connecting the phone call to a phone in such a manner that the phone answers the phone call without alerting a called party to the phone call and without allowing a calling party to hear the called party; and playing an announcement message stored on the phone after connecting the phone call to the phone.
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26. A phone configured for:
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silently connecting to a phone call; and playing an announcement message stored on the phone after connecting the phone call, the message for instructing a calling party with respect to establishing verbal communications with a called party.
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