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User-initiated return communication

  • US 8,311,203 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2009
  • Issued: 11/13/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of handling an incoming communication to a telecommunication device, the method comprising:

  • receiving the incoming communication on the telecommunication device at an incoming communication time;

    alerting a user of the telecommunication device to the incoming communication;

    receiving an instruction from the user of the telecommunication device to defer the incoming communication, the receiving including;

    presenting the user with an interface having a selectable control for deferring the incoming communication and a set of other modes of communication available to the user, one or more of the other modes being presented as pre-selected modes;

    enabling the user to select additional modes in the set of other modes or deselect one or more of the pre-selected modes; and

    receiving a user selection of the selectable control for deferring the incoming communication;

    sending a defer message to an originating device from which the incoming communication was placed, the defer message specifying the set of other modes; and

    prompting the user of the telecommunication device to return the incoming communication at a return communication time that is later than the incoming communication time.

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