Context-appropriate answering responses for a mobile communications device
First Claim
1. A method implemented in a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
- determining an ambient environmental context of the mobile communications device;
selecting an answer to an incoming-communication that is at least substantially responsive to the determined environmental context of the mobile communications device; and
facilitating a delivery of the selected answer in reply to an incoming communication to the mobile communications device.
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Abstract
Embodiments provide an apparatus, a system, a device, a computer program product, and a method. A method embodiment provides method implemented in a mobile communications device. The method includes determining an ambient environmental context of the mobile communications device. The method also includes selecting an answer to an incoming-communication that is at least substantially responsive to the determined environmental context of the mobile communications device. The method further includes facilitating a delivery of the selected answer in reply to an incoming communication to the mobile communications device.
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31 Claims
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1. A method implemented in a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
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determining an ambient environmental context of the mobile communications device; selecting an answer to an incoming-communication that is at least substantially responsive to the determined environmental context of the mobile communications device; and facilitating a delivery of the selected answer in reply to an incoming communication to the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A handheld mobile communications device comprising:
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a circumstance analyzer circuit operable to determine an ambient surrounding of the handheld mobile communications device; a response circuit operable to facilitate a delivery of a chosen reply to an originator of an incoming-communication; and an answer selector circuit operable to choose the reply to the incoming-communication that is at least substantially responsive to the determined ambient surrounding of the handheld mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 23, 24, 25)
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22. (canceled)
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26. A computer program product comprising:
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(a) program instructions operable to perform a process in a mobile communications device, the process comprising; determining an ambient environmental context of the mobile communications device; selecting an answer to an incoming-communication that is at least substantially responsive to the determined environmental context of the mobile communications device; and facilitating a delivery of the selected answer in reply to an incoming communication to the mobile communications device; and (b) a computer-readable signal-bearing medium bearing the program instructions. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. (canceled)
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29. A mobile communications device comprising:
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means for determining an ambient environmental context of the mobile communications device; means for selecting an answer to an incoming-communication that is at least substantially responsive to the determined environmental context of the mobile communications device; and means for facilitating a delivery of the selected answer in reply to an incoming communication to the mobile communications device.
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30. A method implemented in a computing system providing a mobile communications service, the method comprising:
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receiving data indicative of an environmental context of a mobile communications device; receiving an indication of an incoming communication addressed to the mobile communications device and originating from another communications device; selecting a reply to the incoming communication that is consistent with the environmental context of the mobile communications device; and facilitating a delivery of the selected reply to the another communications device.
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31. (canceled)
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