Activation of a telephones's own call answering equipment according to the number of the calling party
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- in response to an incoming call to a portable terminal, identifying by said portable terminal a caller on the basis of an identification information andsending a reply to said caller, said reply including a temporally dependent activity status of a user of the portable terminal and having a form selectable from a plurality of forms of communication;
wherein a step of sending a reply is accomplished by said portable terminal according to a selection made by the user, said selection comprising a command received from the user after alerting the user of said incoming call, said portable terminal being capable of performing said step of sending a reply by providing a selected response to said caller only through an 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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1. A method, comprising:
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in response to an incoming call to a portable terminal, identifying by said portable terminal a caller on the basis of an identification information and sending a reply to said caller, said reply including a temporally dependent activity status of a user of the portable terminal and having a form selectable from a plurality of forms of communication; wherein a step of sending a reply is accomplished by said portable terminal according to a selection made by the user, said selection comprising a command received from the user after alerting the user of said incoming call, said portable terminal being capable of performing said step of sending a reply by providing a selected response to said caller only through an 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)
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20. A portable terminal, comprising:
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means for identifying a caller on the basis of an identification information, and means for sending a reply in response to the call, said reply including a temporally dependent activity status of a user of the portable terminal and having a form selectable from a plurality of forms of communication; wherein said means for sending a reply is capable of sending said reply according to a selection made by the user, said selection comprising a command received from the user after alerting the user of said incoming call, by providing a selected response to said caller only through an action of said portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for replying to a call by a portable terminal, comprising the steps of:
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in response to an incoming call, the portable terminal identifies a caller on the basis of caller identification information, and sends a reply, said portable terminal being capable of sending said reply in any one of a plurality of modes of response, said reply including a temporally dependent activity status of a user of the portable terminal and being in one of said plurality of modes of response; and wherein a step of identifying the caller is accomplished by said portable terminal, and a step of sending a reply is accomplished by said portable terminal according to a selection made by the user, irrespectively of which of said plurality of modes of response is employed in a selected response, said selection comprising a command received from the user after alerting the user of said incoming call.
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25. A communication device for replying to an incoming call, wherein said communication device comprises means for identifying a caller on the basis of an identification information, and reply means for sending a reply in response to the call, said reply being one of a plurality of modes of response;
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wherein said reply means is capable of sending said reply by providing a selected response that includes a temporally dependent activity status of a user of the portable terminal to said caller according to a selection made by the user, said selection comprising a command received from the user after alerting the user of said incoming call, said reply means including a data entry device for generating a response and a selector of a previously stored response.
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- 26. A method for replying to a call coming to a portable terminal, wherein in response to an incoming call, the portable terminal identifies a caller on the basis of an identification information and takes a response action based on said identifying of the caller, and wherein a step of identifying the caller is accomplished by said portable terminal, and a step of taking response action is accomplished by said portable terminal according to a selection made by the user, said selection comprising a command received from the user after alerting the user of said incoming call, said portable terminal being capable of performing said step of taking response action by providing a selected response that includes a temporally dependent activity status of a user of the portable terminal to said caller only through an action of said portable terminal.
- 28. A portable terminal for replying to an incoming call, said portable terminal comprising means responsive to the incoming call for identifying a caller on the basis of an identification information, and means for responding to the incoming call with a response action based on identification of the caller, wherein the response action is a selected response that includes a temporally dependent activity status of a user of the portable terminal to said caller according to a selection made by the user, said selection comprising a command received from the user after alerting the user of said incoming call.
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