Pre-programmed subscriber response

• US 8,768,320 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2007
• Issued: 07/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Sapp, Kevin Allen
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US11/689,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20080233932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,659 Days
• Field of Search: 455/418, 455/413, 455/455, 455/406, 455/408, 455/419, 455/456.3, 455/151.1, 455/62, 455/405, 455/415, 455/566, 380/247, 380/59, 380/273, 709/201, 709/208, 709/203, 379/201.04, 379/114.2, 379/157, 379/88.13
• US Class Current: 455/415
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are disclosed herein for providing pre-programmed responses to received communications. A communication is received and identified. The communication is associated with a pre-programmed response and a response to the communication is generated using the pre-programmed response. Additionally, a context for the pre-programmed response can be established and the pre-programmed response can be based on the context and the communication identification. The communication can include a voice call, text message, Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) call, or push-to-talk (PTT) call.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a communication on an access terminal;

identifying the communication on the access terminal;

associating the communication with a pre-programmed response stored on the access terminal, wherein associating the communication with the pre-programmed response comprises;

displaying identification information for the communication on the access terminal;

displaying a list of contexts on the access terminal;

receiving a user selection of a context from the displayed list of contexts;

displaying a list of pre-recorded response messages on the access terminal based on the selected context, wherein;

each pre-recorded response message is recorded prior to receiving the communication and stored on the access terminal; and

each pre-recorded response message includes an indication to inform a recipient of the selected context;

receiving a user selection of a pre-recorded response message from the displayed list of pre-recorded response messages; and

associating the selected pre-recorded response message with the communication; and

responding to the communication from the access terminal using the selected pre-recorded response message.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the communication on the access terminal further comprises:

determining a type of communication on the access terminal; and

determining an identifier associated with the communication on the access terminal.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the type of communication is at least one of a voice call, text message, Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) call, or push-to-talk (PTT) call.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the identifier is at least one of a phone number, name, email address, or Internet Protocol (IP) address.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected pre-recorded response message is an audio message, and wherein responding to the communication from the access terminal comprises:

retrieving the pre-recorded audio message; and

playing the pre-recorded audio message as the response to the communication.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a category on the access terminal based on the identification information; and

limiting the list of pre-recorded response messages based on the category.

7. An access terminal comprising:

a display;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory and to the display, wherein the processor is configured with software instructions to perform steps comprising;

receiving a communication on the access terminal;

identifying the communication;

associating the communication with a pre-programmed response stored in the memory; and

responding to the communication using the pre-programmed response, wherein associating the communication with the pre-programmed response comprises;

displaying on the display identification information for the communication;

displaying on the display a list of contexts;

receiving a user selection of a context from the displayed list of contexts;

displaying on the display a list of pre-recorded response messages based on the selected context, wherein;

each pre-recorded response message is recorded prior to receiving the communication and stored in the memory; and

each pre-recorded response message includes an indication to inform a recipient of the selected context;

receiving a user selection of a pre-recorded response message from the displayed list of pre-recorded response messages; and

associating the selected pre-programmed response message with the communication.

8. The access terminal of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured with software instructions to perform steps further comprising:

determining a type of communication; and

determining an identifier associated with the communication.

9. The access terminal of claim 8, wherein the type of communication is at least one of a voice call, text message, Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) call, or push-to-talk (PTT) call and wherein the identifier is at least one of a phone number, name, email address;

or Internet Protocol (IP) address.

10. The access terminal of claim 7, wherein the selected pre-recorded response message is an audio message and the processor is configured with software instructions to perform steps further comprising:

retrieving from the memory the pre-recorded audio message; and

playing the pre-recorded audio message.

11. The access terminal of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured with software instructions to perform steps further comprising:

determining a category based on the identification information; and

limiting the list of pre-recorded response messages based on the category.

12. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable software instructions configured to cause a communication device processor to perform steps comprising:

receiving a communication on the communication device;

identifying the communication on the communication device;

displaying identification information for the communication on the communication device;

displaying a list of contexts on the communication device;

receiving a user selection of a context from the displayed list of contexts;

displaying a list of pre-recorded response messages on the communication device based on the selected context, wherein;

each pre-recorded response message is recorded prior to receiving the communication and stored on the communication device; and

each pre-recorded response message includes an indication to inform a recipient of the selected context;

receiving a user selection of a pre-recorded response message from the displayed list of pre-recorded response messages;

associating the selected pre-recorded response message with the communication; and

responding to the communication using the selected pre-recorded response message.

13. The non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of 12, wherein the stored processor-executable software instructions are configured to cause a communication device processor to perform steps further comprising:

determining a category based on the identification information; and

limiting the list of pre-recorded response messages based on the category.

14. An access terminal, comprising:

means for receiving a communication on the access terminal;

means for identifying the communication on the access terminal;

means for associating the communication with a pre-programmed response, comprising;

means for displaying identification information for the communication on the access terminal;

means for displaying a list of contexts on the access terminal;

means for receiving a user selection of a context from the displayed list of contexts;

means for displaying a list of pre-recorded response messages on the access terminal based on the selected context, wherein;

each pre-recorded response message is recorded prior to receiving the communication and stored on the communication device; and

each pre-recorded response message includes an indication to inform a recipient of the selected context;

means for receiving a user selection of a pre-recorded response message from the displayed list of pre-recorded response messages; and

means for associating the selected pre-recorded response message with the communication; and

means for responding to the communication using the selected pre-recorded response message.

15. The access terminal of claim 14, wherein means for identifying the communication on the access terminal comprises:

means for determining a type of communication on the access terminal; and

means for determining an identifier associated with the communication on the access terminal.

16. The access terminal of claim 15, wherein the type of communication is at least one of a voice call, text message, Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) call, or push-to-talk (PTT) call.

17. The access terminal of claim 15, wherein the identifier is at least one of a phone number, name, email address, or Internet Protocol (IP) address.

18. The access terminal of claim 14, wherein the selected pre-recorded response message is a pre-recorded audio message, and wherein means for responding to the communication comprises:

means for retrieving the pre-recorded audio message; and

means for playing the pre-recorded audio message as the response to the communication.

19. The access terminal of claim 14, further comprising:

means for determining a category based on the identification information; and

means for limiting the list of pre-recorded response message based on the category.