Communication device and call transfer method of same

• US 8,472,933 B1
• Filed: 05/22/2012
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Futaihua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: You, Qiang
• Primary Examiner(s): SHEDRICK, CHARLES TERRELL
• Application Number:
  US13/477,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20130157635A1
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• Field of Search: 379/211.02, 379/212.02, 379/11.01, 379/207.09, 379/207.16, 455/411, 455/417
• US Class Current: 455/417
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/006 Call diverting means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/16 Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold

Abstract

A communication device includes a communication unit, a storage unit, a processor, and a transfer module. The communication unit communicates with an external communication device. The storage unit stores a call transfer code. The processor records a ring data of the external communication device. The ring data is defined to a ring count of each incoming call made from the external communication device and number of times called made from the external communication device. The transfer module compares the ring data with the call transfer code, sets the telephone number of the external communication device to be a transferring telephone number of the communication device when the ring data is equal to the call transfer code, and implements a call transfer function and message transfer function of the communication device.

Claims

1. A communication device, comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with an external communication device;

a storage unit configured to store a call transfer code;

a processor configured to record a ring data of the external communication device, the ring data be defined to a ring count of each incoming call made from the external communication device and number of times called made from the external communication device; and

a transfer module configured to compare the ring data of the external communication device with the call transfer code, set the telephone number of the external communication device to be a transferring telephone number of the communication device when the ring data is equal to the call transfer code, and implement a call transfer function and message transfer function of the communication device.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the call transfer code is predetermined number of times called and predetermined ring count of each incoming call from the external communication device to the communication device within a predetermined time period.

3. The communication device of claim 2, wherein the call transfer code is defined as ringing two times in a first incoming call from the external communication device, ringing one time in a second incoming call from the external communication device, and ringing five times in a third incoming call from the external communication device.

4. The communication device of claim 2, wherein the predetermined time period is three minutes.

5. The communication device of claim 2, wherein the processor records the time each incoming call is made by the external communication device and tracks number of times called from the external communication device within the predetermined time period.

6. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the transfer module comprises a transfer determination module configured to compare the ring data to the call transfer code.

7. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the transfer module comprises a call transfer module configured to transfer incoming calls made to the communication device to the external communication device.

8. The communication device of claim 6, wherein the transfer module comprises a message transfer module configured to transfer incoming messages made to the communication device to the external communication device.

9. The communication device of claim 8, wherein the incoming messages are encrypted by the processor before the incoming messages are transferred to the external communication device.

10. The communication device of claim 9, wherein a decryption key for reading the encrypted incoming messages using the external communication device is a password of the communication device.

11. A call transfer method of a communication device comprising:

pre-storing a call transfer code in a storage unit of the communication device;

receiving a call from an external communication device by the communication device;

recording a ring count of each incoming call and number of times called of the external communication device by a processor of the communication device;

comparing the ring count of each incoming call and the number of times called of the external communication device with the call transfer code by a transfer module of the communication device;

setting the telephone number of the external communication device to be a transferring telephone number of the communication device when the ring count of each incoming call and the number of times called of the external communication device are equal to the call transfer code by the transfer module of the communication device; and

starting call transfer function and message transfer function of the communication device by the transfer module of the communication device.

12. The call transfer method of claim 11, wherein the call transfer code is defined to be a predetermined number of times called and predetermined ring count of each incoming call from the external communication device within a predetermined time period.

13. The call transfer method of claim 12, wherein the call transfer code is defined as ringing two times in a first incoming call from the external communication device, ringing one time in a second incoming call from the external communication device, and ringing five times in a third incoming call from the external communication device.

14. The call transfer method of claim 12, wherein the predetermined time period is three minutes.

15. The call transfer method of claim 12, further comprising recording the time at which each incoming call is made so as to be able to calculate number of times called from the external communication device within the predetermined time period.

16. The call transfer method of claim 11, wherein the transfer module comprises a transfer determination module configured to receive the call transfer code from the storage unit and the ring data from the processor, and compare if the ring data is equal to the call transfer code.

17. The call transfer method of claim 16, further comprising transferring incoming messages made to the communication device to the external communication device by a message transfer module.

18. The call transfer method of claim 17, further comprising automatically encrypting the incoming messages by the processor before the incoming messages are transferred to the external communication device.

19. The call transfer method of claim 18, wherein a decryption key for reading the encrypted incoming messages using the external communication device is a password of the communication device.