Method and apparatus for managing missed-call lists
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1. A method comprising:
- maintaining in a telephone device a missed-call-log that indicates respectively for each of one or more missed incoming-calls a calling telephone number from which the missed incoming-call was placed;
the telephone device detecting successful connection of a call to or from a given telephone number and responsively determining if the given telephone number is indicated as a calling telephone number of at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log; and
in response to the telephone device determining that the given telephone number is indicated as a calling telephone number of at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log, the telephone device automatically flagging the at least one missed incoming-call as called-back, while maintaining the at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing a missed-call list in a telephone device by flagging a missed-call entry as “called-back” when a telephone call is placed to or received from the party listed in a missed-call list. The telephone device may still maintain the missed-call in the missed-call list after being flagged. A user may view the missed-call list to see which missed-calls (if any) the user has returned and which missed-call (if any) the user has not returned. Beneficially, the invention enables a user to retain valuable information about a missed-call and is therefore advantageous to the user of a telephone.
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1. A method comprising:
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maintaining in a telephone device a missed-call-log that indicates respectively for each of one or more missed incoming-calls a calling telephone number from which the missed incoming-call was placed; the telephone device detecting successful connection of a call to or from a given telephone number and responsively determining if the given telephone number is indicated as a calling telephone number of at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log; and in response to the telephone device determining that the given telephone number is indicated as a calling telephone number of at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log, the telephone device automatically flagging the at least one missed incoming-call as called-back, while maintaining the at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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maintaining in a telephone device a missed-call log that indicates respectively for each of one or more missed incoming-calls a calling telephone number from which the missed incoming-call was placed; the telephone device detecting placement of an outgoing-call to a given telephone number and responsively determining if the given telephone number is indicated as a calling telephone number of at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log; and in response to the telephone device determining that the given telephone number is indicated as a calling telephone number of at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log, the telephone device automatically flagging the at least one missed incoming-call as called-back, while maintaining the at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A telephone device comprising:
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a communication interface arranged to be coupled with a telephone line; a display screen; data storage; a processor; a missed-call log stored in the data storage, the missed-call log indicating respectively for each of one or more missed incoming-calls a calling telephone number from which the missed incoming-call was placed; and flagging logic stored in the data storage and executable by the processor to (i) detect placement of an outgoing-call to a given telephone number, (ii) to determine if the given telephone number is indicated as a calling telephone number of at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log, and (iii) in response to a determination made by the flagging logic that the given telephone number is indicated as a calling telephone number of at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log, flagging the at least one missed incoming-call as called-back while maintaining the at least one missed incoming-call in the missed-call log. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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