Mobile telephone interactive call disposition system
First Claim
1. A method of providing interactive call disposition on a mobile telephone, comprising:
- receiving an indication of an incoming telephone call;
determining whether the called party is available to answer the incoming call;
retrieving information about the incoming call;
retrieving information about the called party;
generating a custom call announcement that notifies a calling party that the called party is not available to answer the incoming call based on information retrieved about the incoming call and based on information retrieved about the called party; and
presenting the custom call announcement to the calling party.
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Abstract
An interactive call disposition system that may operate on a mobile telephone independently of any remote or network-based information or functionality is provided. Upon receiving an incoming telephone call, the interactive call disposition system may automatically dispose of the call (e.g., call forwarding, voicemail, etc.), or the interactive call disposition system may conduct an interactive exchange with the calling party via an interactive voice response (IVR) system or via dual-tone, multi-frequency (DTMF) key input from the calling party. The interactive exchange between the interactive call disposition system and the calling party may accomplish disposition of the call based on calling party and called party information, such as calendar data, free/busy data, contacts information, and the like.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing interactive call disposition on a mobile telephone, comprising:
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receiving an indication of an incoming telephone call; determining whether the called party is available to answer the incoming call; retrieving information about the incoming call; retrieving information about the called party; generating a custom call announcement that notifies a calling party that the called party is not available to answer the incoming call based on information retrieved about the incoming call and based on information retrieved about the called party; and presenting the custom call announcement to the calling party. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method of providing interactive call disposition on a mobile telephone, comprising:
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receiving an indication of an incoming telephone call; determining whether the called party is available to answer the incoming call; generating a custom call announcement that notifies a calling party that the called party is not available to answer the incoming call based on information retrieved about the incoming call and based on information retrieved about the called party; presenting the custom call announcement to the calling party; and receiving a call disposition command from the called party for disposing of incoming call without requiring the called party to answer the incoming call. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A computer readable medium containing computer executable instructions which when executed by a computer perform a method of providing interactive call disposition on a mobile telephone, comprising:
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receiving an indication of an incoming telephone call; retrieving information about the incoming call; retrieving information about the called party; generating a custom call announcement that notifies a calling party that the called party is not available to answer the incoming call based on information retrieved about the incoming call and based on information retrieved about the called party; and presenting the custom call announcement to the calling party; receiving a responsive communication from the calling party; and allowing the called party to monitor the presentation of the custom call announcement to the calling party and the received responsive communication from the calling party without requiring the called party to answer the incoming call.
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