Call control method and terminal

• US 9,800,704 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2014
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Inventors: Dong, Deliang
• Primary Examiner(s): HSIEH, PING Y
• Application Number:
  US15/110,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20160330306A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,238 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/00 Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6066 including a wireless connection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A Bluetooth-related call control method for mobile phones and a mobile terminal relate to the technical field of mobile communication terminals and Bluetooth. The terminal disclosed in the present document includes: a Bluetooth connection detection module, configured to detect a Bluetooth connection state between a headset and the terminal, and when the Bluetooth connection state between the headset and the terminal is a disconnected state and in a current call state a call is present, transmit a prompt tone play command to a play module; and the play module, configured to read and play externally a first preset audio file according to the prompt tone play command transmitted by the Bluetooth connection detection module, herein the first preset audio file stores a prompt tone indicating that the Bluetooth headset has been disconnected.

Claims

1. A terminal, comprising a Bluetooth connection detection module, a call module and a play module, wherein,

the Bluetooth connection detection module is configured to detect a Bluetooth connection state between a Bluetooth headset and the terminal, query a current call state from the call module when detecting that the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal is a disconnected state, and transmit a prompt tone play command to the play module when the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal is the disconnected state and the current call state is that a call is present;

the call module is configured to feed back the current call state to the Bluetooth connection detection module; and

the play module is configured to read a first preset audio file and play externally the first preset audio file according to the prompt tone play command transmitted by the Bluetooth connection detection module, wherein the first preset audio file stores a prompt tone indicating that the Bluetooth headset has been disconnected;

wherein,

the play module is further configured to further read a second preset audio file and transmit the second preset audio file to an opposing side of the call via a voice channel when receiving the prompt tone play command transmitted by the Bluetooth connection detection module, wherein the second preset audio file is an audio file indicating that the Bluetooth headset has been disconnected.

2. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the play module is configured to read a second preset audio file and transmit the second preset audio file to the opposing side of the call via a voice channel by the following method:

reading the second preset audio file from a physical storage space of the terminal, outputting a corresponding byte stream in the second preset audio file encoded by a codec to the voice channel of the call module, and transmitting the byte stream to the opposing side of the call via a wireless air interface.

3. The terminal according to claim 2, wherein the Bluetooth connection detection module is configured to detect the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal by the following method:

registering monitoring on a Bluetooth module of the terminal to detect the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal.

4. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the play module is configured to read a first preset audio file and play externally the first preset audio file by the following method:

reading the first preset audio file from a physical storage space of the terminal, and controlling the first preset audio file encoded by a codec to be externally played by a speaker.

5. The terminal according to claim 4, wherein the Bluetooth connection detection module is configured to detect the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal by the following method:

registering monitoring on a Bluetooth module of the terminal to detect the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal.

6. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the Bluetooth connection detection module is configured to detect the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal by the following method:

registering monitoring on a Bluetooth module of the terminal to detect the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal.

7. A call control method, comprising:

detecting, by a terminal, a Bluetooth connection state between a Bluetooth headset and the terminal, and

when detecting that the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal is a disconnected state and the terminal determines that a call is currently present, playing externally, by the terminal, a first preset audio file, wherein the first preset audio file stores a prompt tone indicating that the Bluetooth headset has been disconnected;

wherein when detecting that the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal is the disconnected state and the terminal determines that the call is currently present, the method further comprises;

transmitting, by the terminal, a second preset audio file to an opposing side of the call via a voice channel, wherein the second preset audio file is an audio file indicating that the Bluetooth headset has been disconnected.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of transmitting, by the terminal, a second preset audio file to the opposing side of the call via a voice channel comprises:

reading, by the terminal, the second preset audio file from a physical storage space of the terminal, outputting a corresponding byte stream in the second preset audio file encoded by a codec to the voice channel of a call module, and transmitting the byte stream to the opposing side of the call via a wireless air interface.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the step of detecting, by a terminal, a Bluetooth connection state between a Bluetooth headset and the terminal comprises:

registering, by the terminal, monitoring on a Bluetooth module of the terminal to detect the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of playing externally, by the terminal, a first preset audio file comprises:

reading, by the terminal, the first preset audio file from a physical storage space of the terminal, and playing externally the first preset audio file encoded by a codec through a speaker.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of detecting, by a terminal, a Bluetooth connection state between a Bluetooth headset and the terminal comprises:

registering, by the terminal, monitoring on a Bluetooth module of the terminal to detect the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of detecting, by a terminal, a Bluetooth connection state between a Bluetooth headset and the terminal comprises:

registering, by the terminal, monitoring on a Bluetooth module of the terminal to detect the Bluetooth connection state between the Bluetooth headset and the terminal.