METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RESPONDING TO MOBILE PHONE SHORT MESSAGES

• US 20110077033A1
• Filed: 02/05/2010
• Published: 03/31/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Shuai, Jun
• Granted Patent: US 8,385,954 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/08 menus for interactive user guidance
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/66 user interface aspects for indicating selection options for a communication line
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42068 where the identifier is used to access a profile
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42153 by subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5322 for recording text messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53383 Message registering commands or announcements; Greetings
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53391 dependent on calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for automatically responding to mobile phone short messages, comprising the following steps: step a, set a short message auto responding number and auto responding content; step b, when receiving a new message, judge whether the sender number of the new message needs an auto response; step c, if the number needs an auto response, respond the auto responding message to the sender of the short message. The method for automatically responding to mobile phone short messages provided in the invention can auto respond short messages to one or some phone numbers according to the requirement of a user, and can input auto responding content according to the requirement of the user, thus greatly helping the user respond a short message in time on special occasions.

Claims

1. A method for automatically responding to mobile phone short messages, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:

step a, set a short message auto responding number and auto responding content;

step b, when receiving a new short message, judge whether the sender number of the new short message needs an auto response; and

step c, if the number needs an auto response, respond the auto responding short message to the sender of the short message.

2. The method for automatically responding to mobile phone short messages according to claim 1, characterized in that said step a further comprises the following steps:

open the phonebook of a mobile phone and select a number, and open the auto responding function of the number, then input the content of the auto responding short message.

3. The method for automatically responding to mobile phone short messages according to claim 1, characterized in that said step a further comprises the following steps:

open the phonebook of a mobile phone, open the auto responding function of all the numbers, then input the content of the auto responding short message.

4. The method for automatically responding to mobile phone short messages according to claim 1, characterized in that in said step c, the mobile phone is set in the quiet mode first, before the auto responding short message is sent to the sender of the short message.

5. The method for automatically responding to mobile phone short messages according to claim 1, characterized in that in said step c, after the auto responding short message is sent to the sender of the short message, the sent short message is saved in the sent box and marked as auto response.