HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING STATUS AWARENESS
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a handheld wireless communication device having a touchscreen, a processor, a memory, and a radio with a receiver and a transmitter, the device to;
receive an incoming communication through the radio; and
automatically select, based on status awareness, a format in which to present the communication to a user of the device.
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Abstract
Through status awareness, a handheld communications device may determine the location, activity, and/or physical or emotional state of the user. This information may in turn be used for various purposes, such as 1) determining how to alert the user of an incoming communication, 2) determining what format to use for communicating with the user, and 3) determining how to present the user'"'"'s status to another person'"'"'s communication device.
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16 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a handheld wireless communication device having a touchscreen, a processor, a memory, and a radio with a receiver and a transmitter, the device to; receive an incoming communication through the radio; and automatically select, based on status awareness, a format in which to present the communication to a user of the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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receiving an incoming communication through a radio of a handheld communications device; automatically selecting, based on status awareness, a format in which to present the communication to a user of the device; and presenting the communication to the user in the selected format. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An article comprising
a computer-readable storage medium that contains instructions, which when executed by one or more processors result in a device performing operations comprising: -
receiving an incoming communication through a radio of a handheld communications device; automatically selecting, based on status awareness, a format in which to present the communication to a user of the device; and presenting the communication to the user in the selected format. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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