Activation of a telephone's own call answering equipment according to the number of the calling party
First Claim
1. A method for replying to a call coming to a portable terminal in a situation where the user of the portable terminal can'"'"'t answer the call, wherein in response to the incoming call, the portable terminal identifies the caller on the basis of an identification information included within the incoming call and sends a reply according to a selection made by the user, or directs the incoming call to another answering service, said reply being one of the following:
- a voice message, an e-mail message, a facsimile, an SMS message in the form of a character string, and wherein said step of identifying the caller is accomplished by said portable terminal, and said step of sending a reply is accomplished by said portable terminal, said portable terminal being capable of performing said step of sending a reply by providing a selected response to said caller exclusively through the action of said portable terminal.
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Abstract
In a communication device (20) comprising a message function (SMS, Short Message Service) a certain short message (7) or other reply message is sent in response to an incoming call in a situation where the user can'"'"'t answer the call him/herself. The reply message can be sent immediately (9) or after a short delay (10, 11), whereby during the delay, the user can choose, whether he/she answers him/herself. The calling party (5) is identified from the CLI information (Caller Line Identity), whereby the reply message can be chosen according to the calling party. Time information can be included in the reply message in order to express at which time by the clock or after a how long time the receiving party is reachable. After that time the automatic reply function based on the reply message is automatically disconnected.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for replying to a call coming to a portable terminal in a situation where the user of the portable terminal can'"'"'t answer the call, wherein in response to the incoming call, the portable terminal identifies the caller on the basis of an identification information included within the incoming call and sends a reply according to a selection made by the user, or directs the incoming call to another answering service, said reply being one of the following:
- a voice message, an e-mail message, a facsimile, an SMS message in the form of a character string, and wherein said step of identifying the caller is accomplished by said portable terminal, and said step of sending a reply is accomplished by said portable terminal, said portable terminal being capable of performing said step of sending a reply by providing a selected response to said caller exclusively through the action of said portable terminal.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23)
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21. A portable terminal for replying to an incoming call in a situation where the user of the portable terminal can'"'"'t reply the call, wherein said portable terminal comprises means for identifying the caller on the basis of an identification information included within the incoming call, and means for sending, according to a selection made by the user, a reply in response to the call, said reply being one of the following:
- a voice message, an e-mail message, a facsimile, an SMS message in the form of a character string, and wherein said means for sending a reply is capable of sending said reply by providing a selected response to said caller exclusively through the action of said portable terminal.
- View Dependent Claims (22, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for replying to a call coming to a portable terminal in a situation wherein the user of the portable terminal does not answer the call, the method comprising the steps of:
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in response to the incoming call, the portable terminal identifies the caller on the basis of an identification information included within the incoming call and sends a reply according to a selection made by the user, or directs the incoming call to another answering service, said reply being in a mode of response including one of the following modes of response;
a voice message, an e-mail message, a facsimile, and an SMS message in the form of a character string;
wherein said step of identifying the caller is accomplished by said portable terminal, and said step of sending a reply is accomplished by said portable terminal;
wherein said selection made by the user includes a step of entering a response by the user and a step of selecting one of said modes of response. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30)
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31. A communication device for replying to an incoming call in a situation wherein the user of the communication device does not reply to the call, wherein said communication device comprises means for identifynig the caller on the basis of an identification information included within the incoming call, and reply means for sending, according to a selection made by the user, a reply in response to the call, said reply being one of the following modes of response:
- a voice message, an e-mail message, a facsimile, and an SMS message in the form of a character string;
wherein said reply means is capable of sending said reply by providing a selected response to said caller, said reply means including a data entry device for generating a response and a selector of a previously stored response. - View Dependent Claims (32)
- a voice message, an e-mail message, a facsimile, and an SMS message in the form of a character string;
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