COMMUNICATION DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING UNFINISHED PHONE CALLS

• US 20120302214A1
• Filed: 11/20/2011
• Published: 11/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LI, JUN
• Application Number:
  US13/300,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20120302214A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/14 Signalling existence of persistent "off-hook" condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/22 Arrangements for supervision, monitoring or testing

Abstract

In a method for avoiding interrupting a phone call of a communication device, a prompt mode of the communication device is set for reminding that the phone call is not complete. The method detects whether voice signals from a second communication device is still being received when the communication device generates the phone call with the second communication device. If the communication device is communicating with the second communication device and the receiver has received the voice signal, the method prompts a user that the phone call is not complete according to the prompt mode.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a display screen

a storage system;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs that are stored in the storage system and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a setting module operable to set a prompt mode of the communication device, the prompt mode according to user configurable settings that a phone call of the communication device to a second communication device is not complete;

a detection module operable to detect whether a receiver of the communication device is receiving voice signals from the second communication device, upon the condition that the communication device generates the phone call with the second communication device;

a message module operable to prompt a user of the communication device that the phone call is not complete according to the prompt mode, upon the condition that the receiver is receiving the voice signals from the second communication device.

2. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the detection module further operable to determine whether the communication device changes from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation through an accelerometer of the communication device, upon the condition that the communication device generates the phone call with the second communication device and before the communication device detecting whether the receiver is receiving the voice signals.

3. The communication device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the one or more programs further comprises:

a backlight control module operable to power on a backlight of the display screen and maintain the backlight of the display screen to be powered on, upon the condition that the receiver is receiving the voice signals from the second communication device.

4. The communication device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the backlight control module further operable to power off the backlight of the display screen and maintain the backlight to be powered off, upon the condition that the communication device ends the phone call with the second communication device.

5. The communication device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the prompt mode comprises a mode of displaying a predetermined text message, a mode of outputting a predetermined voice message, and/or a mode of vibrating the communication device.

6. The communication device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the message module displays the predetermined text message through the display screen, outputs the predetermined voice message through a loudspeaker of the communication device, and vibrates the communication device through a vibrator of the communication device.

7. A computer-implemented method for avoiding interrupting a phone call of a communication device, the method comprising:

setting a prompt mode of the communication device, the prompt mode according to user configurable settings that a phone call of the communication device to a second communication device is not complete;

detecting whether a receiver of the communication device is receiving voice signals from a second communication device, upon the condition that the communication device generates the phone call with the second communication device;

prompting for a user of the communication device that the phone call is not complete according to the prompt mode, upon the condition that the receiver is receiving the voice signals from the second communication device.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether the communication device changes from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation through an accelerometer of the communication device, upon the condition that the communication device generates the phone call with the second communication device and before the communication device detecting whether the receiver has is receiving the voice signals.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

powering on a backlight of a display screen of the communication device and maintaining the backlight of the display screen to be powered on, upon the condition that the receiver is receiving the voice signals from the second communication device.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, further comprising:

powering off the backlight of the display screen or maintaining the backlight to be powered off, upon the condition that the communication device ends the phone call with the second communication device.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the prompt mode comprises a mode of displaying a predetermined text message, a mode of outputting a predetermined voice message, and/or a mode of vibrating the communication device.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the prompt mode displays the predetermined text message through the display screen, outputs the predetermined voice message through a loudspeaker of the communication device, and vibrates the communication device through a vibrator of the communication device.

13. A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by at least one processor of a communication device, causes the at least one processor to perform a method for avoiding interrupting a phone call of the communication device, the method comprising:

setting a prompt mode of the communication device, the prompt mode according to user configurable settings that a phone call of the communication device to a second communication device is not complete;

detecting whether a receiver of the communication device is receiving voice signals from a second communication device, upon the condition that the communication device generates the phone call with the second communication device;

prompting for a user of the communication device that the phone call is not complete according to the prompt mode, upon the condition that the receiver is receiving the voice signals from the second communication device.

14. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the communication device changes from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orientation through an accelerometer of the communication device, upon the condition that the communication device generates the phone call with the second communication device and before the communication device detecting whether the receiver is receiving voice signals

15. The storage medium as claimed in claim 14, wherein the method further comprises:

powering on a backlight of a display screen of the communication device and maintaining the backlight of the display screen to be powered on, upon the condition that the receiver is receiving the voice signals from the second communication device.

16. The storage medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

powering off the backlight of the display screen or maintaining the backlight to be powered off, upon the condition that the communication device ends the phone call with the communication device.

17. The storage medium as claimed in claim 13, wherein the prompt mode comprises a mode of displaying a predetermined text message, a mode of outputting a predetermined voice message, and/or a mode of vibrating the communication device.

18. The storage medium as claimed in claim 17, wherein the prompt mode displays the predetermined text message through the display screen, outputs the predetermined voice message through a loudspeaker of the communication device, and vibrates the communication device through a vibrator of the communication device.