Automatic response option mobile system for responding to incoming texts or calls or both
First Claim
1. A cellular enabled device comprising:
- cellular telephony radio frequency transceiver circuitry, a touchscreen, memory, a programmable processor coupled to said cellular telephony radio frequency transceiver circuitry, said touchscreen and said memory to carry out cellular telephony and text messaging, anda software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
sense when an incoming cellular call is arriving and display a reply with message icon or area on said touchscreen a user of said cellular enabled device can touch to indicate said user does not want to answer the incoming cellular call but, instead, wants to send a text message back to a caller who placed said incoming call, control said cellular enabled device to determine when a first touch of said reply with a message icon or area has occurred and determine if said first touch occurred within a predetermined time of arrival of said cellular call, and, if said programmable processor determines said first touch occurred within said predetermined time, display one or more predetermined text messages said user of said cellular enabled device does not have to type in one or more areas of said touchscreen and determines if said user makes a second touch of one of said areas of said touchscreen displaying one of said predetermined text messages, and, if said programmable processor detects said second touch, said programmable processor controls said cellular enabled device to send a predetermined text message corresponding to the area touched back to said caller.
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Abstract
A cell phone with software to provide options to auto-respond to incoming text message or phone calls with a pre-stored text message or audio message. In some embodiments, the auto-response text message can be one selected by the user from among a plurality of pre-stored text messages. In other embodiments, the user can also choose an auto-response audio message to play to callers. In some embodiments, the cell system makes a determination of the speed at which cell phones in the system are moving for at least phones to which incoming text messages or phone calls are directed, and automatically determines whether or not to send an automated response message. In some embodiments, the cell phone makes a determination of its speed and asks the user if he or she wants to auto-respond to incoming texts or calls or both if moving at driving speed.
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10 Claims
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1. A cellular enabled device comprising:
- cellular telephony radio frequency transceiver circuitry, a touchscreen, memory, a programmable processor coupled to said cellular telephony radio frequency transceiver circuitry, said touchscreen and said memory to carry out cellular telephony and text messaging, and
a software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
sense when an incoming cellular call is arriving and display a reply with message icon or area on said touchscreen a user of said cellular enabled device can touch to indicate said user does not want to answer the incoming cellular call but, instead, wants to send a text message back to a caller who placed said incoming call, control said cellular enabled device to determine when a first touch of said reply with a message icon or area has occurred and determine if said first touch occurred within a predetermined time of arrival of said cellular call, and, if said programmable processor determines said first touch occurred within said predetermined time, display one or more predetermined text messages said user of said cellular enabled device does not have to type in one or more areas of said touchscreen and determines if said user makes a second touch of one of said areas of said touchscreen displaying one of said predetermined text messages, and, if said programmable processor detects said second touch, said programmable processor controls said cellular enabled device to send a predetermined text message corresponding to the area touched back to said caller.
- cellular telephony radio frequency transceiver circuitry, a touchscreen, memory, a programmable processor coupled to said cellular telephony radio frequency transceiver circuitry, said touchscreen and said memory to carry out cellular telephony and text messaging, and
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2. A cellular telephony enabled device comprising:
- radio frequency transceiver circuitry, memory, a touchscreen, programmable processor coupled to said radio frequency transceiver circuitry, said memory and said touchscreen to carry out cellular telephony and text messaging, and a software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
sense when an incoming communication is arriving, automatically send a predefined text message the user of said cellular telephony enabled device does not have to type back to the person who initiated said communication when a command is given, and wherein said command is one touch of a predetermined area on said touchscreen of said cellular enabled device within a predetermined time of the arrival of said incoming communication.
- radio frequency transceiver circuitry, memory, a touchscreen, programmable processor coupled to said radio frequency transceiver circuitry, said memory and said touchscreen to carry out cellular telephony and text messaging, and a software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
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3. A cellular enabled device comprising:
- a touchscreen, memory, a radio frequency transceiver, a programmable processor coupled to said touchscreen, memory and radio frequency transceiver to receive and make cellular calls and receive and send short message service text messages, and software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
display on said touchscreen, when an incoming cellular call arrives, an icon representing an option to not take said incoming cellular call and send a predefined text message said user does not have to type back to said caller when first, second, third and fourth events occur in a predetermined sequence, said first event comprising a user touching an area of said touchscreen which said software is structured to interpret as a desire to not take said incoming cellular call, said programmable processor also functioning to;
display on said touchscreen, after said first event has occurred, at least an area representing an option to send a text message to said caller, detect when said second event has occurred, wherein said second event comprises a touch of said area representing an option to send a text message back to said caller, display in a plurality of areas on said touchscreen, after said second event has occurred, a plurality of preprogrammed text messages said user does not have to type, retrieve from said memory a preprogrammed text message said user does not have to type and send said preprogrammed text message to said caller when said third and fourth events have occurred in sequence, said third event comprising a touch of an area of said touchscreen representing one of said preprogrammed text messages, and said fourth event comprising another touch on said touchscreen representing a send command, and wherein said first and second events must occur within predetermined intervals, but said third and fourth events are not required to occur within any predetermined intervals.
- a touchscreen, memory, a radio frequency transceiver, a programmable processor coupled to said touchscreen, memory and radio frequency transceiver to receive and make cellular calls and receive and send short message service text messages, and software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
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4. A cellular telephony enabled device comprising:
- memory, at least one touchscreen, cellular telephony transceiver circuitry capable of carrying out cellular telephony and short message service communications, at least one programmable processor coupled to said memory, said at least one touchscreen, said cellular telephony transceiver circuitry to send and receive cellular calls and send and receive short message service text messages, and
a software stored in said memory and executed by said at least one programmable processor to;
sense when an incoming cellular call is arriving and, upon detecting a command from said user of said cellular telephony enabled device, display one or more predefined text messages said user does not have to type on at least one of said at least one of said touchscreens, and detect which of said one or more predefined text messages was selected for sending back to a caller who placed said incoming cellular call,and wherein said command comprises at least first, second and third touches of at least one of said at least one touchscreen in a predetermined sequence and wherein only said first and second touches must occur within a predetermined time or times, and wherein said first touch functions to indicate that the user of said cellular enabled device does not want to take said incoming call at the moment and wants to consider other options, said programmable processor functioning to detect when said first touch occurs in a predetermined area on said at least one touchscreen within a predetermined time, and, if said programmable processor detects that said first touch occurred at said predetermined area within said predetermined time, display on said at least one touchscreen one or more areas representing options a user of said cellular enabled device can consider, said one or more areas including at least an area representing an option to send a text message back to said caller; and wherein said second touch functions to indicate said user of said cellular enabled device wants to send a text message, said programmable processor functioning to detect if said second touch of said area representing an option to send a text message back to said caller has occurred within a predetermined time, and, if so, display on said at least one touchscreen one or more predefined text messages retrieved from said memory which said user does not have to type which can be selected for sending back to said caller; said programmable processor also functioning to detect if said third touch has occurred on one of said predefined text messages displayed on a touchscreen where said one or more predefined text messages are displayed and interpret said third touch as a user selection of one of said one or more predefined text messages said user wishes to send to said caller, said programmable processor also functioning to retrieve from memory said predefined text message represented by said area touched by said user in response to said third touch and send said user selected predefined text message to said caller upon detection of said fourth touch on a predetermined area of said at least one touchscreen. - View Dependent Claims (5)
- memory, at least one touchscreen, cellular telephony transceiver circuitry capable of carrying out cellular telephony and short message service communications, at least one programmable processor coupled to said memory, said at least one touchscreen, said cellular telephony transceiver circuitry to send and receive cellular calls and send and receive short message service text messages, and
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6. A cellular enabled device comprising:
- memory, a touchscreen, cellular radio transceiver circuitry a programmable processor coupled to said memory, said touchscreen and said cellular radio transceiver circuitry to carry out cellular telephony and short message service text messaging, and
an autoresponse software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
sense when an incoming cellular call is arriving, and automatically send a predefined text message a user of said cellular enabled device does not have to type back to the person who initiated said incoming cellular call when an autoresponse command is given, said programmable processor also functioning to;
detect the occurrence of said autoresponse command and send said predefined text message back to the initiator of said incoming communication, and wherein said autoresponse command comprises occurrence of a sequence of at least two events, at least one of said event having been caused by said user in response to said incoming cellular call, said at least two events having to occur in a predetermined sequence and at least one of said events having to occur within a predetermined time of arrival of said incoming cellular call such that said sequence of events is unlikely to have randomly occurred. - View Dependent Claims (10)
- memory, a touchscreen, cellular radio transceiver circuitry a programmable processor coupled to said memory, said touchscreen and said cellular radio transceiver circuitry to carry out cellular telephony and short message service text messaging, and
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7. A cellular enabled device comprising:
- at least one memory, at least one touchscreen, cellular telephony transceiver circuitry, at least one programmable processor coupled to said at least one memory, said at least one touchscreen and said cellular telephony transceiver circuitry to send and receive cellular calls and short message service text messages, and a software stored in said memory and executed by said at least one programmable processor to;
sense when an incoming text message is arriving, automatically send a predefined text message a user of said cellular enabled device does not have to type to the initiator of said incoming text message upon receiving a command from said user, said command comprising first, second and third touches of at least one of said touchscreens in a predetermined sequence, said first touch functioning to indicate said user wished to review said incoming text message but does not wish to type a response text message, said second touch indicating said user wants to send a predefined text message said user does not have to type as a response to said incoming text message, and said third touch functioning to cause said predefined text message to be sent.
- at least one memory, at least one touchscreen, cellular telephony transceiver circuitry, at least one programmable processor coupled to said at least one memory, said at least one touchscreen and said cellular telephony transceiver circuitry to send and receive cellular calls and short message service text messages, and a software stored in said memory and executed by said at least one programmable processor to;
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8. A cellular enabled device comprising:
- memory, a touchscreen, radio transceiver circuitry, a programmable processor coupled to said memory, said touchscreen and said radio transceiver circuitry to carry out cellular telephony and short message service messaging, a software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
send an autoresponse text message which a user of said cellular enabled device does not have to type back to the initiator of an incoming cellular call whenever said incoming cellular call is detected by said cellular enabled device and a determination is made that said cellular enabled device is in a vehicle.
- memory, a touchscreen, radio transceiver circuitry, a programmable processor coupled to said memory, said touchscreen and said radio transceiver circuitry to carry out cellular telephony and short message service messaging, a software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
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9. A cellular enabled device comprising:
- cellular telephony radio transceiver circuitry, a touchscreen, memory, a programmable processor coupled to said cellular telephony radio transceiver circuitry, said memory and said touchscreen to carry out cellular telephony and short message service text messaging, and
a software stored in said memory and executed by said programmable processor to;
sense when an incoming cellular call placed by a caller is arriving, display a reply with message icon or area on said touchscreen a user of said cellular enabled device can touch to indicate said user does not want to answer said incoming cellular call but, instead, wants to send a predefined text message back to said caller who placed said incoming cellular call that said user does not have to type, determine when a first touch of said reply with a message icon or area has occurred and determine if said first touch occurred within a predetermined time of arrival of said incoming cellular call, display one or more predetermined text messages said user of said cellular enabled device does not have to type in one or more areas of said touchscreen in response to said first touch having occurred within a predetermined time, determine if said user makes a second touch of one of said areas of said touchscreen displaying one of said one or more predetermined text messages within a predetermined time, and, if said second touch occurred within said predetermined time, send a the text message corresponding to the area touched back to said caller.
- cellular telephony radio transceiver circuitry, a touchscreen, memory, a programmable processor coupled to said cellular telephony radio transceiver circuitry, said memory and said touchscreen to carry out cellular telephony and short message service text messaging, and
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