Method for notifying and reminding phone users of missed calls

• US 6,728,349 B2
• Filed: 04/10/2003
• Issued: 04/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Qisda Corporation
• Original Assignee: BenQ Corporation (Qisda Corporation)
• Inventors: Teng, Huang-Fu, Chang, Jen-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAN, WING F
• Application Number:
  US10/410,763
• Publication Number:
  US 20030198324A1
• Time in Patent Office: 383 Days
• Field of Search: 379/93.23, 379/90.01, 379/110.01, 379/142.01, 455/412, 455/556, 455/566, 455/567
• US Class Current: 379/93.23
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/14 Delay circuits; Timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2201/38 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42195 Arrangements for calling back a calling subscriber when the wanted subscriber ceases to be busy H04M3/48
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/424 Arrangements for automatic redialling at the subscriber's set H04M1/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method for notifying and reminding phone users of missed calls. The method is characterized in that when an incoming call is unanswered, the telephone notifies and subsequently reminds the user of the incoming call at a time period interval in a predetermined manner.

Claims

1. A method for notifying and reminding phone users of missed calls of a phone, characterized in that when a call is unanswered, the phone notifies and subsequently reminds users of the phone at a time period interval in a predetermined manner, wherein a timer is activated if the phone is not answered, and the time period interval changed by the timer increases if the call is not registered and, after a predetermined maximum time is elapsed the phone stops issuing reminders.

2. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined manner is vibration of the phone.

3. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the predetermined manner is ringing of the phone.

4. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the phone plays a predetermined sound effect.

5. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the phone plays predetermined music.

6. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the phone is a mobile phone.

7. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the phone is a standard telephone.

8. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the phone is a standard telephone.

9. A method for notifying and reminding phone users of missed calls, comprising steps as follows:

starting, upon receipt of a missed call, a reminding procedure to notify users of the phone at a time period interval in a predetermined manner, wherein the time period interval is changed by a timer;

decreasing the time period interval if the timer is less than a maximum time; and

repeating the reminding procedure until the user registers the information.

10. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the phone plays a predetermined sound effect.

11. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the phone plays predetermined music.

12. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the maximum time is predetermined.

13. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 9 further comprising a step of:

stopping the reminding procedure automatically when the duration of the reminding procedure exceeds the maximum time.

14. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the predetermined manner is vibration.

15. The notification and reminding method as claimed in claim 9, wherein the predetermined manner is ringing of the phone.