Single button contact request and response

• US 8,731,525 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2007
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Liu, Eric, Fangonilo, Francisco J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Prez-Gutirrez, Rafael
• Assistant Examiner(s): Fang, Keith
• Application Number:
  US11/832,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20090036149A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,484 Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A system and a method are disclosed for sharing contact information between two mobile phones. A user of a first mobile phone can select contact information stored in the mobile phone to be shared with a second mobile phone while having live phone call with a caller of the second mobile phone. The first mobile phone transmits the contact information to the second mobile phone using a voice channel of the phone call while the phone call is established. For example, the first mobile phone may convert the contact information into an audio signal and send the audio signal to the second mobile phone while the phone call is established. The second mobile phone receives the contact information and provides a user interface such that a caller can call a phone number in the contact information with a single button press.

Claims

1. A method for operating a computing device, the method comprising:

establishing a first phone call with a first mobile device by using a voice channel between the computing device and the first mobile device;

receiving, over the voice channel from the first mobile device, information pertaining to a phone number associated with a second device while the first phone call is ongoing;

in response to receiving information pertaining to the phone number, presenting a first selectable feature on a display of the computing device that, when selected by a user, causes the computing device to (i) terminate the first phone call with the first mobile device, and (ii) use the phone number to establish a second phone call with the second device; and

concurrently presenting, with the first selectable feature, a second selectable feature on the display that, when selected by the user, causes the computing device to store the phone number in a memory of the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving further comprises:

receiving an audio signal via the voice channel; and

converting the audio signal to the phone number.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the received audio signal includes Dual Tone Multiple Frequencies tones.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of the second selectable feature; and

in response to receiving the user selection, storing the phone number in the memory of the computing device while the first phone call is ongoing.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a user selection of the first selectable feature; and

in response to receiving the user selection, (i) terminating the first phone call with the first mobile device, and (ii) establishing the second phone call using the phone number.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

concurrently presenting, with the first selectable feature and the second selectable feature, a third selectable feature on the display that, when selected by the user, causes the computing device to initiate a conference call using the phone number while the first phone call is ongoing.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium with stored instructions for operating a computing device, the instructions that, when executed by a processor of the computing device, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

establishing a first phone call with a first mobile device by using a voice channel between the computing device and the first mobile device;

receiving, over the voice channel from the first mobile device, information pertaining to a phone number associated with a second device while the first phone call is ongoing;

in response to receiving information pertaining to the phone number, presenting a first selectable feature on a display of the computing device that, when selected by a user, causes the computing device to (i) terminate the first phone call with the first mobile device, and (ii) use the phone number to establish a second phone call with the second device using the phone number; and

concurrently presenting, with the first selectable feature, a second selectable feature on the display that, when selected by the user, causes the computing device to store the phone number in a memory of the computing device.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions cause the processor to further perform operations comprising:

receiving a user selection of the first selectable feature; and

in response to receiving the user selection, (i) terminating the first phone call with the first mobile device, and (ii) establishing the second phone call using the phone number.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions cause the processor to receive information pertaining to the phone number by:

receiving an audio signal via the voice channel; and

converting the audio signal to the phone number.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions cause the processor to further perform operations comprising:

receiving a user selection of the second selectable feature; and

in response to receiving the user selection, storing the phone number in the memory of the computing device while the first phone call is ongoing.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions cause the processor to further perform operations comprising:

concurrently presenting, with the first selectable feature and the second selectable feature, a third selectable feature on the display of the computing device that, when selected by the user, causes the computing device to initiate a conference call using the phone number while the first phone call is ongoing.

12. A computing device comprising:

a display device;

a memory resource; and

a processor coupled to the display device and the memory resource, the processor to;

establish a first phone call with a first mobile device by using a voice channel between the computing device and the first mobile device;

receive, over the voice channel from the first mobile device, information pertaining to a phone number associated with a second device while the first phone call is ongoing;

in response to receiving information pertaining to the phone number, present a first selectable feature on a display of the computing device that, when selected by a user, causes the computing device to (i) terminate the first phone call with the first mobile device, and (ii) use the phone number to establish a second phone call with the second device; and

concurrently present, with the first selectable feature, a second selectable feature on the display that, when selected by the user, causes the computing device to store the phone number in a memory of the computing device.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the processor receives the information pertaining to the phone number by:

receiving an audio signal via the voice channel; and

converting the audio signal to the phone number.

14. The computing device of claim 13, wherein the received audio signal includes Dual Tone Multiple Frequencies tones.

15. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the processor:

receives a user selection of the first selectable feature; and

in response to receiving the user selection, (i) terminates the first phone call with the first mobile device, and (ii) establishes the second phone call using the phone number.

16. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the processor:

receives a user selection of the second selectable feature; and

in response to receiving the user selection, stores the phone number in the memory resource while the first phone call is ongoing.

17. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the processor concurrently presents, with the first selectable feature and the second selectable feature, a third selectable feature on the display of the computing device that, when selected by the user, causes the computing device to initiate a conference call using the phone number while the first phone call is ongoing.