Devices and methods of providing response message in the devices

• US 9,456,079 B2
• Filed: 04/23/2015
• Issued: 09/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Czarnecki, Piotr, Kedzia, Agata, Wnorowski, Mariusz, Kang, Seung-soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US14/694,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20150312409A1
• Time in Patent Office: 523 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/00 User-to-user messaging in packet-switching networks, transmitted according to store-and-forward or real-time protocols, e.g. e-mail
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/651 Text message transmission triggered by call automatic reactions in messaging within packet-switching networks H04L51/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42093 Notifying the calling party of information on the called or connected party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42374 where the information is provided to a monitoring entity such as a potential calling party or a call processing server
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42382 Text-based messaging services in telephone networks such as PSTN/ISDN, e.g. User-to-User Signalling or Short Message Service for fixed networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

A device includes a communication unit configured to receive a call request from a calling user; and a control unit configured to control the communication unit to provide a response message including information about a current situation based on information about an application currently being executed to the calling user in response to a rejection regarding the call request.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a first communication unit configured to receive a call request from a calling user;

a second communication unit configured to communicate with a wearable device; and

a control unit configured to, in response to a rejection regarding the call request, control the first communication unit to provide a response message to the calling user, the response message including a current situation information based on application information received from the wearable device,

wherein the application information is regarding an application currently being executed on the wearable device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the response message further comprises time information obtained from the application currently being executed and a time when a user will be available to respond to the call request based on a time when the call request is received.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the response message further includes a current situation information based on application information about an application currently being executed on the device when the call request is received.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the first communication unit to provide a message to the calling user in response to the current situation information changing.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the first communication unit to provide the response message to the calling user via at least one communication medium from among a plurality of communication media.

6. A device comprising:

a first communication unit configured to receive a call request from a calling user;

a second communication unit configured to communicate with a wearable device;

a memory configured to store time information received via an application installed in the wearable device; and

a control unit configured to, in response to a rejection regarding the call request and a time when the call request is received corresponding to the stored time information, control the first communication unit to provide a response message to the calling user, the response message including a current situation information based on application information about the application.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the response message further comprises a time when a user will be available to respond to the call request, based on the stored time information and the time when the call request is received.

8. The device of claim 6, wherein the application information comprises at least one of schedule information and ticket reservation details, which are input via the application and the stored time information.

9. The device of claim 6, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the first communication unit to provide a message in response to the current situation information changing.

10. The device of claim 6, wherein the control unit is further configured to control the first communication unit to provide the response message to the calling user via at least one communication medium from among a plurality of communication media.

23. The device of claim 6, wherein the memory is further configured to store second time information received via a second application installed in the wearable device, and

wherein the response message further includes a current situation information based on second application information about the second application.

11. A method of providing a response message, the method comprising:

receiving a call request from a calling user;

communicating with a wearable device;

obtaining application information from the wearable device; and

in response to a rejection regarding the call request, providing a response message to the calling user including a current situation information based on the application information,

wherein the application information is regarding the application currently being executed on the wearable device at a time when the call request is received.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the obtaining the application information further comprises obtaining property information and time information about the application, and

the providing the response message further comprises including the current situation information based on the property information and a time when a user will be available to respond to the call request based on the time information and the time when the call request is received.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the response message further includes a current situation information based on application information about an application currently being executed on a device at the time when the call request is received.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising providing a message to the calling user in response to the current situation information changing.

15. A method of providing a response message, the method comprising:

communicating with a wearable device;

obtaining time information from an application installed in the wearable device;

receiving a call request from a calling user; and

in response to a rejection regarding the call request and a time when the call request is received corresponding to the obtained time information, providing a response message to the calling user, which includes a current situation information based on application information about the application to the calling user.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the response message further comprises a time when a user will be available to respond to the call request based on the obtained time information and the time when the call request is received.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the application information comprises schedule information and ticket reservation details from the application and the time information.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising providing a message in response to the current situation information changing.

24. The method of claim 15, wherein the communicating comprises obtaining second time information from a second application installed in the wearable device, and

wherein the response message further includes a current situation information based on second application information about the second application.

19. A method of responding to a phone call or message, the method comprising:

communicating with a wearable device;

setting up a call rejection function on a first electronic device;

receiving an incoming phone call or an incoming message on the first electronic device;

obtaining information related to at least one application on the wearable device that is being executed when the phone call or the message is received; and

transmitting a response message according to the obtained information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the setting up the call rejection function comprises a first user inputting parameters through a user interface.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein inputting the parameters includes setting at least one application of a plurality of applications to be an application that invokes the call rejection function.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein inputting the parameters includes setting a type of response message corresponding to each group of contacts of a plurality of groups of contacts listed in a contact list.