Device call notification extension

• US 8,644,887 B1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo PC International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Weksler, Arnold S., Waltermann, Rod D., VanBlon, Russell Speight, Peterson, Nathan J., Mese, John Carl
• Primary Examiner(s): Karikari, Kwasi
• Application Number:
  US13/615,997
• Time in Patent Office: 508 Days
• Field of Search: 455/567
• US Class Current: 455/567
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42348 Location-based services which utilize the location information of a target
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42357 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42365 Presence services providing information on the willingness to communicate or the ability to communicate in terms of media capability or network connectivity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 68/02 Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel

Abstract

An aspect provides a method, comprising: detecting an incoming voice call at an information handling device; detecting one or more external notification extension conditions at the information handling device; and in response to detecting one or more external notification extension conditions at the information handling device, extending a notification of the incoming voice call at the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

detecting an incoming voice call at an information handling device;

detecting one or more external notification extension conditions at the information handling device utilizing user provided input to the information handling device during the incoming call; and

in response to detecting one or more external notification extension conditions at the information handling device, extending a notification of the incoming voice call at the information handling device;

wherein the external notification extension conditions comprise detecting that the information handling device is in a predetermined physical location;

wherein the predetermined physical location of the information handling device is detected via one or more of a global positioning satellite system in communication with the information handling device and detection of a network device in communication with said information handling device ascertained via detecting that one or more network connection devices previously associated with the predetermined physical location is in communication with the information handling device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the external notification extension conditions comprise detecting a predetermined input to the information handling device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined physical location is one of a group of predetermined physical locations defined by a user.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined physical location is one of a group of predetermined physical locations learned via consultation of a stored history of user/device interactions.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the predetermined input is received though a microphone of the information handling device.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the predetermined input is a voice input.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the voice input is matched against a predetermined voice input prior to activating the notification extension at the information handling device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information handling device is one of a cellular phone and a tablet computing device.

9. An information handling device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory in operative connection with the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

detecting an incoming voice call at an information handling device;

detecting one or more external notification extension conditions at the information handling device utilizing user provided input to the information handling device during the incoming call; and

in response to detecting one or more external notification extension conditions at the information handling device, extending a notification of the incoming voice call at the information handling device;

wherein the external notification extension conditions comprise detecting that the information handling device is in a predetermined physical location;

wherein the predetermined physical location of the information handling device is detected via one or more of a global positioning satellite system in communication with the information handling device and detection of a network device in communication with said information handling device ascertained via detecting that one or more network connection devices previously associated with the predetermined physical location is in communication with the information handling device.

10. The information handling device of claim 9, wherein the external notification extension conditions comprise detecting a predetermined input to the information handling device.

11. The information handling device of claim 9, wherein the predetermined physical location is one of a group of predetermined physical locations defined by a user.

12. The information handling device of claim 9, wherein the predetermined physical location is one of a group of predetermined physical locations learned via consultation of a stored history of user/device interactions.

13. The information handling device of claim 10, wherein the predetermined input is received through a microphone of the information handling device.

14. The information handling device of claim 13, wherein the predetermined input is a voice input.

15. The information handling device of claim 14, wherein the voice input is matched against a predetermined voice input prior to activating the notification extension at the information handling device.

16. A program product, comprising:

a storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code comprising;

computer program code configured to detect an incoming voice call at an information handling device;

computer program code configured to detect one or more external notification extension conditions at the information handling device utilizing user provided input to the information handling device during the incoming call; and

computer program code configured to, in response to detecting one or more external notification extension conditions at the information handling device, extend a notification of the incoming voice call at the information handling device;

wherein the external notification extension conditions comprise detecting that the information handling device is in a predetermined physical location;

wherein the predetermined physical location of the information handling device is detected via one or more of a global positioning satellite system in communication with the information handling device and detection of a network device in communication with said information handling device ascertained via detecting that one or more network connection devices previously associated with the predetermined physical location is in communication with the information handling device.