System and method for automatically leaving an outgoing caller message

• US 20100227595A1
• Filed: 05/14/2010
• Published: 09/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BillJCo LLC
• Original Assignee: Jason M. Johnson, William J. Johnson
• Inventors: Johnson, William J., Johnson, Jason M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,750,841 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/53366 Message disposing or creating aspects

Abstract

Provided is a system and method for automatically leaving an Outgoing Caller Message (OCM) at a callee'"'"'s (i.e. called) recording system. When a caller is provided with an opportunity to leave a message for a callee (i.e. called), the caller can select to have a preconfigured message automatically presented for being recorded. If a caller reaches an OutGoing Message (OGM) from a callee'"'"'s system because the callee does not answer, the caller can opt to automatically leave an OCM instead of spending time listening to the OGM and then leaving a message. An OCM background thread of processing is started for taking over the active call, and the initial active call processing thread terminates for releasing user interface focus so the caller is free to perform any other application processing while background OCM processes occurs. The OCM background thread determines the best OCM to leave and then automatically leaves the OCM at the callee'"'"'s system before terminating the call. The OCM background thread may also wait for recognizing a recording prompt. Similarly, at the callee'"'"'s recording system, an OGM is background thread of processing handles an unanswered incoming call and determines the best OGM to provide to a caller. The OGM background thread enables a user to perform any other application processing while background OGM processing occurs.

Claims

1. ) A method for automatically saving information at a recording system, said method comprising:

making a call from a first data processing system to a second data processing system wherein said call is completed but not answered by a user of said second data processing system;

invoking at said first data processing system a user request for automatically leaving a message at said second data processing system;

starting background processing at said first data processing system for freeing a user to perform any desired application use at said first data processing system;

determining with said background processing said information for being saved at said second data processing system;

presenting with said background processing said information to said second data processing system for being saved at said second data processing system; and

terminating with said background processing said call.

2. ) The method of claim 1 further including detecting with said background processing a prompt provided by said second data processing system indicating readiness to accept said information.

3. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said information is audio information.

4. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said information is video information.

5. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said information contains a location of said first data processing system.

6. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said information contains a user-friendly location description accessed from user defined waymark information.

7. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said information contains status from an externally accessed application.

8. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said information contains calendar application information.

9. ) The method of claim 1 wherein said first data processing system is a mobile data processing system.

10. ) A method for automatically presenting information to a caller of a mobile data processing system, said method comprising:

receiving a call at said mobile data processing system from a second data processing system wherein said call is completed but not answered by a user of said mobile data processing system;

starting background processing at said mobile data processing system for freeing a user at said mobile data processing system to perform any desired application use at said mobile data processing system;

determining with said background processing said information for being presented to said caller; and

presenting with said background processing said information to said caller.

11. ) The method of claim 10 further including accepting a recording from said caller and saving said recording at said mobile data processing system.

12. ) The method of claim 10 wherein said information is audio information.

13. ) The method of claim 10 wherein said information is video information.

14. ) The method of claim 10 wherein said information contains a location of said mobile data processing system.

15. ) The method of claim 10 wherein said information contains a user-friendly location description accessed from user defined waymark information.

16. ) The method of claim 10 wherein said information contains status from an externally accessed application.

17. ) The method of claim 10 wherein said information contains calendar application information.

18. ) The method of claim 10 wherein said information contains identifier information for a user in the vicinity of said mobile data processing system.

19. ) The method of claim 10 wherein said information contains indication that said caller is nearby said mobile data processing system.

20. ) The method of claim 10 wherein presenting with said background processing said information to said caller comprises presenting nothing to said caller.