Cellular telephone network with record keeping for missed calls

• US 7,403,767 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2005
• Issued: 07/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Desikan, Anand, Joseph, Jibu, Ybarra, Sima, Kashanian, Nematolah, Das, Utpal
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehrpour, Naghmeh
• Application Number:
  US11/117,922
• Publication Number:
  US 20060246877A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,180 Days
• Field of Search: 455/415, 455/417, 455/566, 455/412.1, 455/567, 455/413, 455/563, 455/412.2, 455/421, 455/564, 455/414.1, 455/450, 455/452, 455/509, 455512-516, 455/588, 455/554
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A method of operating a cellular telephone system includes detecting that a first telephone call to a cellular telephone cannot be completed due to a lack of wireless connection to the cellular telephone. The method further includes detecting that the cellular telephone is re-connected to the system. In response to detecting that the cellular telephone is re-connected, data is sent to the cellular telephone, the data being indicative of the first telephone call. The method also includes storing the data in a missed call list in the cellular telephone.

Claims

1. A method of operating a cellular telephone system, comprising:

detecting that a first telephone call to a cellular telephone cannot be completed due to a lack of wireless connection to the cellular telephone;

storing data indicative of said first telephone call in a device other than said cellular telephone;

determining whether a corresponding voicemail message is associated with said first telephone call;

detecting that said cellular telephone is re-connected to said system;

sending to said cellular telephone, in response to said detecting that said cellular telephone is re-connected to said system, data indicative of said first telephone call;

storing at least some of said data indicative of said first telephone call in a missed call list in said cellular telephone; and

displaying said missed call list on a display of said cellular telephone, said missed call list including an icon that indicates both said first telephone call and said corresponding voicemail message associated with said first telephone call.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

initiating a telephone call from said cellular telephone to a sender of said first telephone call by interacting with an item in said missed call list that corresponds to said first telephone call.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing, in said missed call list, data representing a second telephone call that was missed as a result of a user of said cellular telephone failing to answer said second telephone call.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

displaying a first missed calf list item which corresponds to said first telephone call, said first item including a first icon; and

displaying a second missed call list item which corresponds to said second telephone call, said second item including a second icon that has a different appearance from said first icon.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said first and second items are displayed simultaneously on a display component of said cellular telephone.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

displaying a third missed call list item which corresponds to a third telephone call for which a sender of said third telephone call did not leave a voice mail message, said third item including a third icon which has a different appearance from said first and second icons.

7. A method of operating a cellular telephone, comprising:

receiving a data message by said cellular telephone, said data message including data that represents a first telephone call to the cellular telephone, said first telephone call having failed to be completed to said cellular telephone due to a lack of wireless connection to the cellular telephone; and

storing at least some of said data in a missed call list in said cellular telephone; and

displaying said missed call list on a display of said cellular telephone, said missed call list including an icon that indicates both said first telephone call and a corresponding voicemail message associated with said first telephone call.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

initiating a telephone call from said cellular telephone to a sender of said first telephone call by interacting with an item in said missed call list that corresponds to said first telephone call.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing, in said missed call list, data representing a second telephone call that was missed as a result of a user of said cellular telephone failing to answer said second telephone call.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

displaying a first missed call list item which corresponds to said first telephone call, said first item including a first icon; and

displaying a second missed call list item which corresponds to said second telephone call, said second item including a second icon that has a different appearance from said first icon.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said first and second items are displayed simultaneously on a display component of said cellular telephone.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein said data message includes data to indicate whether a sender of said first telephone call left a voice mail message.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said storing includes generating a missed call list item that includes an icon, said icon to indicate that the sender did not leave a voice mail message.

14. A cellular telephone comprising:

a processor;

communication means, operatively coupled to the processor, for receiving and transmitting information;

a display component operatively coupled to the processor;

a microphone operatively coupled to said communication means;

a speaker operatively coupled to said communication means; and

a memory operatively coupled to the processor and storing software adapted to control the processor to;

receive a data message, said data message including data that represents a first telephone call to the cellular telephone, said first telephone call having failed to be completed to said cellular telephone due to a lack of wireless connection to the cellular telephone;

determine whether a corresponding voicemail message is associated with said first telephone call;

store at least some of said data in a missed call list in said cellular telephone; and

display said missed call list on said display component, said missed call list including an icon that indicates both said first telephone call and said corresponding voicemail message associated with said first telephone call.

15. The cellular telephone of claim 14, wherein the software stored in the memory is further adapted to control the processor to initiate a telephone call to a sender of said first telephone call in response to a user of said cellular telephone interacting with an item in said missed call list that corresponds to said first telephone call.

16. The cellular telephone of claim 14, wherein the software stored in the memory is further adapted to control the processor to store, in said missed call list, data representing a second telephone call that was missed as a result of a user of said cellular telephone failing to answer said second telephone call.

17. The cellular telephone of claim 16, wherein the software stored in the memory is further adapted to control the processor to:

display on said display component a first missed call list item which corresponds to said first telephone call, said first item including a first icon; and

display on said display component a second missed call list item which corresponds to said second telephone call, said second item including a second icon that has a different appearance from said first icon.

18. The cellular telephone of claim 14, wherein said first and second items are displayed simultaneously on a display component of said cellular telephone.

19. The cellular telephone of claim 17, wherein said data message includes data to indicate whether a sender of said first telephone call left a voice mail message.

20. The cellular telephone of claim 19, wherein said storing includes generating a missed call list item that includes an icon, said icon to indicate that the sender did not leave a voice mail message.