Text message transmissions indicating failure of recipient mobile device to connect with a call
First Claim
1. A method performed by an originating mobile communications device, comprising:
- initiating, by the or mobile communications device, a call with a recipient mobile device;
determining, by the originating mobile communications device, that the recipient mobile device has failed to connect with the call;
in response to said determining, automatically generating, by the originating mobile communications device, a text message indicating said failure of the recipient mobile device to connect with the call, wherein said automatically generating the text message is performed without prompting a user of the originating mobile communications device; and
transmitting, by the originating mobile communications device, the text message to the recipient mobile device.
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Abstract
An originating communications device is configured to transmit a text message to a recipient mobile device when the originating device determines that the recipient device has failed to connect with a call that was initiated by the originating device. The text message is designed to indicate that the recipient device has failed to connect with the call; in addition or as an alternative, the text message includes a code that indicates to the recipient device that it is potentially in a poor RF coverage area. The recipient mobile device, upon receiving and displaying the text message, may determine that it is indeed in an area with poor coverage and will in response store its current geographic location as a poor coverage area. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
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13 Claims
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1. A method performed by an originating mobile communications device, comprising:
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initiating, by the or mobile communications device, a call with a recipient mobile device; determining, by the originating mobile communications device, that the recipient mobile device has failed to connect with the call; in response to said determining, automatically generating, by the originating mobile communications device, a text message indicating said failure of the recipient mobile device to connect with the call, wherein said automatically generating the text message is performed without prompting a user of the originating mobile communications device; and transmitting, by the originating mobile communications device, the text message to the recipient mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An originating mobile communications device, comprising:
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communications circuitry to transmit a request to initiate a call with a recipient mobile device; a call processing controller to determine that the recipient mobile device has failed to connect with the call; and a text messaging controller to automatically generate a text message, without receiving input from a user of the originating mobile communications device, in response to the determination that the recipient mobile device has failed to connect with the call; the communications circuitry to transmit the text message to the recipient mobile device to notify a user of the recipient mobile device regarding radio frequency (RF) coverage of the recipient mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An article of manufacture, comprising:
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a non-transitory machine-readable medium containing stored program instructions, wherein the program instructions are executable by a processor of an originating mobile communications device to; initiate a call with a recipient mobile device; determine that the recipient mobile device has failed to connect with the call; and in response to said determining; automatically generate, without receiving input from the user of the originating mobile communications device, a text message that indicates said failure of the recipient mobile device to connect with the call; and prompt a user of the originating mobile communications device to confirm that the text message is to be transmitted to the recipient mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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