Method and device for remotely routing a voice call

• US 8,374,331 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2005
• Issued: 02/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Jijina, Jasmin, Correia, John J., Fraser, Ronald W., Mazzara, William E., Schwinke, Steven P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Joseph T
• Application Number:
  US11/081,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20050157862A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,890 Days
• Field of Search: 37921101-21104, 379/212.01, 455/432.2
• US Class Current: 379/211.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53308 Message originator indirectly connected to the message centre, e.g. after detection of busy or absent state of a called party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/54 Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A device for implementing a method of remotely routing a voice call forward to a telematic device is disclosed. The device first maintains a call state of the voice call in response to an answering of call forwarding rings by the telematic device. The device then forwards the calls to the next assigned device in response to a failure of a user of the telematic device to answer fake rings from the telematic device. Such a failure can be indicated by a monitoring of a prescribed number of back ring tones or a dropping of call within a prescribed timer window.

Claims

1. A method for remotely routing a voice call forwarded to a first telematic device as facilitated by a call state of the voice call, said method comprising:

maintaining the call state of the voice call in response to an answering by the first telematic device of one or more call forwarding rings indicative of the voice call;

initiating a timer in response to the answering of the one or more call forwarding rings by the first telematic device; and

forwarding the voice call to at least one of a voice mail module, a second telematic device and a telecommunication device as facilitated by the maintaining of the call state in response to the first telematic device dropping the voice call within a prescribed timer window.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

terminating the call state of the voice call in response to the first telematic device failing to drop the voice call within the prescribed timer window.

3. A device, comprising:

a call forwarding module operable to forward a voice call to a first telematic device as facilitated by a call state of the voice call; and

a voice portal module operable to maintain the call state of the voice call in response to an answering by the first telematic device of one or more call forwarding rings indicative of the voice call,

wherein said voice portal module is further operable to initiate a timer in response to the answering of the one or more call forwarding rings by the first telematic device, and

wherein said voice portal module is further operable to forward the voice call to at least one of a voice mail module, a second telematic device and a telecommunication device as facilitated by a maintaining of the call state in response to the first telematic device dropping the voice call within a prescribed timer window.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the voice portal module is further operable to terminate the call state of the voice call in response to the first telematic device failing to drop the voice call within the prescribed timer window.

5. A device, comprising:

means for maintaining a call state of the voice call in response to an answering by the first telematic device of one or more call forwarding rings indicative of the voice call;

means for initiating a timer in response to the answering of the one or more call forwarding rings by the first telematic device; and

means for forwarding the voice call to at least one of a voice mail module, a second telematic device and a telecommunication device as facilitated by the maintaining of the call state in response to the first telematic device dropping the voice call within a prescribed timer window.

6. The device of claim 5, further comprising:

means for terminating the call state of the voice call in response to the first telematic device failing to drop the voice call within the prescribed timer window.