"I am dirving/busy" automatic response system for mobile phones
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Abstract
A cell phone which has been modified by the addition of software which responds to the press of one or more Busy keys by automatically sending a pre-typed text message to the sender of the latest text message just received or automatically answering an incoming call immediately upon pressing the Busy key and playing a pre-recorded audio message. The outgoing text or audio message can inform the sender of the incoming text or the caller that the user is driving or otherwise engaged and cannot respond immediately. In some embodiments, one or more Busy keys can be added keys or one or more existing keys on the cell phone or on the keypad of the cell phone or on a touchscreen or a visual depiction of a keypad on a touchscreen of the cell phone.
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22 Claims
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1-19. -19. (canceled)
- 20. A conventional cell phone apparatus which has been modified to add a software application which is structured to control said cell phone to respond to the press by a user of said cell phone of one or more Busy keys, each of which can be a key which has been added to said cell phone or to a keypad of said cell phone or to a touchscreen of said cell phone or to the visual depiction of a keypad on a touchscreen of a cell phone or which can be one or more existing keys on said cell phone or on a keypad of said cell phone or on a touchscreen of said cell phone or on the visual depiction of a keypad on a touchscreen of a cell phone, said response to the press of a said Busy key being to send a pre-typed text message to the sender of a text message just received.
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22-26. -26. (canceled)
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