Automatic dialing for a wireless communications device
First Claim
1. A wireless communications device comprising:
- a transceiver to communicate with a remote party via a wireless communications network;
memory to store one or more geographic locations of the wireless communications device that indicate where a user was located when the user placed one or more previous outgoing calls to the remote party; and
a controller configured to;
determine a call pattern based on the geographic locations stored in memory and a current geographic location of the wireless communications device; and
predict the placement of a subsequent outgoing call to the remote party based on the call pattern.
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Abstract
A wireless communications device comprises a transceiver, memory, and a controller. The transceiver permits a user to communicate with a remote party via a wireless communications network. Whenever the user places an outgoing call, the controller stores characteristics of the outgoing call in memory. These include the phone number of the remote party, the time of day and/or day-of-week the outgoing call was made, the location of the wireless communications device when placing the outgoing call, and the identity of a short-range transceiver with which the wireless communications device established a communications link when placing the outgoing call. Periodically, the controller analyzes the stored characteristics, and determines a call pattern for the remote party based on the users call history. Based on the determined call pattern, the controller is able to predict when the user will likely place a subsequent outgoing call to the remote party.
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37 Claims
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1. A wireless communications device comprising:
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a transceiver to communicate with a remote party via a wireless communications network; memory to store one or more geographic locations of the wireless communications device that indicate where a user was located when the user placed one or more previous outgoing calls to the remote party; and a controller configured to; determine a call pattern based on the geographic locations stored in memory and a current geographic location of the wireless communications device; and predict the placement of a subsequent outgoing call to the remote party based on the call pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of placing an outgoing call from a wireless communications device comprising:
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storing one or more geographic locations that indicate where a user of the wireless communications device was located when the user placed one or more previous outgoing calls to a remote party; analyzing the one or more geographic locations and a current geographic location of the wireless communications device to determine a call pattern; and predicting a subsequent call to the remote party based on the determined call pattern. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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