Method of Handling Incoming Telephone Calls and Text Messages and Systems Therefor
First Claim
1. A method of processing an incoming telephone call, the method comprising:
- receiving notification of the incoming telephone call using a cellular telephone, the incoming telephone call is from a first caller, and the cellular telephone is located in the vehicle;
determining a speed of a vehicle;
if the speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined speed, facilitating answering of the incoming telephone call by a user, the user is located in the vehicle; and
if the speed of the vehicle is above the predetermined speed, automatically answering the incoming telephone call, automatically answering the incoming telephone call comprises;
transmitting a predetermined message for the first caller;
receiving a response to the predetermined message; and
notifying the user of the response to the predetermined message.
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Abstract
Some embodiments concern a method of processing an incoming telephone call. The method can include: receiving notification of the incoming telephone call using a cellular telephone, the incoming telephone call is from a first caller; determining a speed of a vehicle, the cellular telephone is located in the vehicle; facilitating answering of the incoming telephone call by a user if the speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined speed; and automatically answering the incoming telephone call if the speed of the vehicle is above the predetermined speed. Automatically answering the incoming telephone call can include playing a predetermined message to the first caller; receiving a response to the predetermined message; and notifying the user of the response to the predetermined message. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of processing an incoming telephone call, the method comprising:
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receiving notification of the incoming telephone call using a cellular telephone, the incoming telephone call is from a first caller, and the cellular telephone is located in the vehicle; determining a speed of a vehicle; if the speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined speed, facilitating answering of the incoming telephone call by a user, the user is located in the vehicle; and if the speed of the vehicle is above the predetermined speed, automatically answering the incoming telephone call, automatically answering the incoming telephone call comprises; transmitting a predetermined message for the first caller; receiving a response to the predetermined message; and notifying the user of the response to the predetermined message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of processing two or more incoming text messages, the method comprising:
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receiving a first incoming text message of the two or more incoming text messages from a first sender; determining a speed of a vehicle; if the speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined speed, facilitating notification of a user of the first incoming text message of the two or more incoming text messages, the user is located in the vehicle; if the speed of the vehicle is above the predetermined speed, facilitating sending an automatic reply to the first incoming text message of the two or more incoming text messages; after facilitating sending the automatic reply, receiving a second incoming text message of the two or more incoming text messages; if the second incoming text message of the two or more incoming text messages is received from the first sender and the second incoming text message of the two or more incoming text messages includes a predetermined bypass indicator, facilitating notification of the user of the first incoming text message of the two or more incoming text messages; and if the user has not previously been notified of the first incoming text message of the two or more incoming text messages, facilitating notification of the user of the first incoming text message of the two or more incoming text messages when the speed of the vehicle is below the predetermined speed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of notifying one or more people of an expected time of arrival of a user at one or more destination locations, the method comprising:
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storing one or more first routes between one or more departure locations and the one or more destination locations; storing one or more rules related to the one or more first routes; determining if a current route is one of the one or more first routes; if the current route is the one of the one or more first routes, executing the one or more rules related to the one of the one or more first routes, wherein; executing the one or more rules comprises; determining a current location of a GPS receiver; determining an amount of time to travel from the current location to a first destination location of the one or more destination locations; and communicating information regarding the amount of time to at least one predetermined person; and the current route is between a first departure location of the one or more departure locations and the first destination location of the one or more destination locations. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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