CN1449635A - Mobile communication apparatus having auto-answer-hold and method therefor - Google Patents

Mobile communication apparatus having auto-answer-hold and method therefor Download PDF

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CN1449635A
CN1449635A CN01814606.6A CN01814606A CN1449635A CN 1449635 A CN1449635 A CN 1449635A CN 01814606 A CN01814606 A CN 01814606A CN 1449635 A CN1449635 A CN 1449635A
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Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a portable communication device may have an auto-answer hold feature through which an incoming call from a communication system to the portable communication device my be placed on hold. This may allow the user to relocate to an environment that is more suitable to talk with the caller.

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Have mobile communication equipment and method that automatic-answering back device keeps
Background
Cellular telephone subscribers is received calling sometimes, and situation of living in is not easy to talk.For example, the user may be in quiet environment (for example cinema), thereby can't open.Similarly, the user may be in the environment (for example noisy airport) that is difficult to hear incoming call, and perhaps the user may currently can't talk being busy with handling other task.But the user may still want to answer the call rather than ignore simply.
Therefore, need update the function that can on portable communication appts, provide.
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At the latter end of this specification, particularly point out and explicit state theme of the present invention.But, describe in detail below reading in conjunction with the drawings, can understand the tissue of operation of the present invention and method and purpose thereof, feature and advantage best, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the graphic extension according to the portable communication appts of the embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart according to the method for the embodiment of the invention; And
Fig. 3 is the schematic representation according at least a portion of the portable communication appts of the embodiment of the invention.
Should be appreciated that the element shown in the figure not necessarily draws in proportion for easy to be clear with explanation.For example, for clarity sake, with respect to other element, the size of more scalable elements.In addition, in the part of thinking fit, can reuse label in the drawings to represent corresponding or similar element.
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In the detailed description below, stated a large amount of specific detail and understood fully of the present invention so that provide.Yet, person of skill in the art will appreciate that putting into practice the present invention can not need these specific detail.Under other situation, do not describe well-known method, program, parts and circuit in detail, in order to avoid obscure the present invention.
The some parts that describes in detail below is to state according to the algorithm of the operation of relevant data bit or binary digital signal in the computer storage and symbolic representation.These algorithmic descriptions and expression can be that the technical staff of data processing field is in order to be transferred to its action other technical staff's technology.
Algorithm is at this paper and usually all be considered as producing the self-compatibility sequence of required result's action or operation.These comprise the physical treatment of physical quantity.This tittle usually but not necessarily show as the form that can store, shift, make up, relatively reach the electrical or magnetic signal of other processing.Verified, signal is called bit, value, element, symbol, character, item, numeral etc., mainly be for ease of common use sometimes.But, should be appreciated that all these and similar term all will be associated with suitable physical quantity, and just be used for the convenient label of these physical quantitys.
Unless stated otherwise, otherwise, as as seen from following argumentation, be to be understood that this specification has used such as terms such as " processing ", " calculating ", " statistics ", " determining " in discussing in the whole text, the action and/or the processing of expression computer or computing system or similar computing electronics, these devices will computer system register and/or memory in other data of representing with physical quantity equally in the data processing represented with the amount of physics such as electronics and/or the memory that converts computing system to, register or other this type of information storage, transmission or the display unit.
Embodiments of the invention can be included in the equipment of executable operations herein.This equipment can be specifically designed to required purposes, perhaps can comprise the all-purpose computer that is optionally activated or reconfigured by the computer program of storing in the computer.This type of computer program can be stored in the computer-readable storage medium, include but not limited to: the dish that comprises any kind of floppy disk, CD, CD-ROM, magneto optical disk, read-only memory (ROM), random-access memory (ram), EPROM (EPROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memo) (EEPROM), magnetic or optical card, but perhaps store electrons instruction and can be connected to the medium of any other type of computer system bus.
Processing shown here is inherent not relevant with any certain computer or miscellaneous equipment with demonstration.Multiple general-purpose system can be used with the program according to this civilian technology, makes up perhaps that more specialized apparatus can be very favourable to carry out required method.The following describes and to introduce the desired structure of multiple these systems.In addition, embodiments of the invention are not with reference to any certain programmed language description.Be appreciated that multiple programming language can as described hereinly be used for realizing instruction content of the present invention.
Embodiments of the invention can comprise portable communication appts (for example, mobile phone, radio communication device etc.).Cellular radiotelephone communication systems type within the scope of the present invention includes but not limited to direct sequence CDMA (DS-CDMA) cellular radiotelephone communication systems, global system for mobile communications (GSM) cellular radiotelephone system, north American digital cellular (NADC) cellular radiotelephone system, time division multiple access (TDMA) system, expansion TDMA (E-TDMA) cellular radiotelephone system etc.
Forward Fig. 1 now to, it has been described according to embodiments of the invention 100.Embodiment 100 can comprise portable communication appts 110, such as mobile communications device (for example cell phone), two-way radio system, unidirectional pager, bidirection pager, PCS Personal Communications System (PCS), portable computer etc.But should be appreciated that scope of the present invention and use and never only limit to these examples.
Be described in more detail as following, portable communication appts 110 can be the user and is provided at the user and will receives the function that temporarily incoming call is kept before the incoming call.After receiving incoming call, display 50 can provide the identification information relevant with calling out origin.If the user temporarily (for example can't talk, the user may be temporarily extremely busy, may be in such as quiet environment such as theaters, or in the environment noisy) such as airport etc., the user can press automatic-answering back device and keep (AAH) button 25, enable automatic answer function, but scope of the present invention is also unrestricted in this regard.
When the calling party was in hold mode, display 50 can be used for indicating the duration of incoming call in hold mode.In addition, in alternate embodiment, portable communication appts 110 can send the message of prerecording, and caller notification user temporarily can't talk.Though scope of the present invention in this regard and unrestricted, the user can select from the message of the multiple prerecording that is associated with AAH button 25 or function button 20-21.
Referring now to Fig. 2, it provides the method for the communication maintenance that will transmit from the communication system according to the embodiment of the invention.After receiving calling by portable communication appts 110 (see figure 1)s from communication system, square frame 201 can show the identification information (for example calling part ID) that is associated with incoming call, but scope of the present invention is also unrestricted in this regard.The user can utilize identification information to determine whether answering the call, and ignores calling or uses automatic-answering back device to keep function temporarily to keep calling out.
The user also can use identification information to decide Call Direrting to voice mail, square frame 202.For a variety of reasons, for example the user is in the environment that is not suitable for talking, and perhaps the user does not want to receive incoming call after seeing identification information, and the user can determine by enabling this option on the portable communication appts 110 voice mail, square frame 214 to be arrived in Call Direrting.
If the user does not send to voice mail with incoming communications, then portable communication appts 110 can be confirmed the calling transmitted from communication system, square frame 203.At this moment, the user can determine whether to enable automatic-answering back device keeps function, square frame 204.The user can determine not enable autoanswer mode, but when the talk function is enabled, square frame 208, decision and calling party's talk, square frame 205.Yet the user also can determine not enable automatic answer function, and with calling party's talk, at this moment, portable communication appts 110 can not disconnect incoming call, square frame 206.
If enabled automatic answer function, then can make microphone quiet, and portable communication appts can send predetermined message, square frame 207.For example, can send the message of prerecording, as " you are good, and I am Joe.Please wait a moment, and I can answer this phone ".In alternate embodiment, can according to such as the formal or random degree of greeting how, user expectation keeps the duration called out or by the factors such as call features of identification information hint, sends multiple greeting from portable communication appts.
The type and the quantity of the prerecording message that sends all can be selected by the user, perhaps can determine according to the predefine rule that the user creates.For example, the user customizable portable communication appts makes can to cause sending a kind of message from particular caller or in the calling that one day special time receives, rather than another kind of message.Yet, should be appreciated that the message of transmission type or quantity, can how to select message and microphone is quiet all should not be considered as limiting the scope of the invention.
In this specific embodiment, portable communication appts sends and keeps after the message, and timer can be made as the duration that the record incoming call keeps, square frame 209.Retention time can be presented to the user by the display 50 of portable communication appts 110 (see figure 1)s, square frame 210.When calling out maintenance, portable communication appts can send other message (for example heartbeat message), reminds the calling party that they temporarily are in hold mode.In substituting implementation column, the initial maintenance message that portable communication appts can regularly repeat automatic answer function to be sent when enabling.
Enable and incoming call when keeping at autoanswer mode, the user can determine Call Direrting to voice mail, square frame 211 and 214.For example, because the user receives another calling, perhaps can't forward to again in time in the environment that is more suitable for talking, the user may change its idea that answers the call.In alternate embodiment, portable communication appts 110 can allow the calling party by pressing the button (for example " # " button) from keeping forwarding to user's voice mail.
Go on to say method shown in Figure 2, the duration that the user can continue as required keeps incoming call.If autoanswer mode is still being enabled, square frame 212, then portable communication appts can continue the more timer of new record retention time, square frame 209, and provide the selection that transfers the call to voice mail, square frame 211 to the user.In case the user prepares talk, then the user can be forbidden automatic answer function, and enables the talk function on portable communication appts, square frame 213.Yet, should be appreciated that the user needn't forbid automatic answer function, and if be ready, incoming communications can just be stopped.
Forward Fig. 3 now to, it provides the embodiment of portable communication appts 110.As shown in the figure, portable communication appts 110 can comprise receiver 40, and receiver can receive the incoming communications from communication system (for example base station).Subsequently, receiver 40 can provide the incoming call message of all or part to processor 10, and processor can comprise for example microprocessor, digital signal processor, microcontroller etc.However, it should be understood that scope of the present invention is not limited to these examples.
Portable communication appts 110 also can comprise function button 20,25,21, and they are denoted as Func1, Func2 and Func3.Function button 20,25 and 21 can be used for enabling automatic-answering back device according to method shown in Figure 2 and keeps function.In this specific embodiment, function button 25 can be used to enable autoanswer mode, the prerecording message that will send when function button 20-21 can be used to select to keep the calling party, but scope of the present invention is also unrestricted in this regard.Function button 20,25 and 21 can provide the control signal that is designated as Func1 sig, Func2 sig and Func3 sig to processor 10, with the indication selection that the user was done.
According to the logical value of control signal and the state of incoming call, portable communication appts 110 can send one or more predetermined messages.For example, portable communication appts 110 can comprise voice control subsystem 60, this subsystem except that other the operation, the exhalation message source that can select transmitter 70 to launch.For example, voice control subsystem 60 can be chosen in the prerecording message of storage in the memory 80, and the message that is provided by microphone 90 by the user perhaps is provided, but scope of the present invention is also unrestricted in this regard.As previously described, preferably that microphone 90 is quiet or disconnect with voice control subsystem 60 if portable communication appts 110 sends the predetermined message of storage in the memories 80, make when keeping the calling party, can not send noise from user or environment.
In this specific embodiment, memory 80 can comprise flash memory array, is stored in one or more predetermined messages that can send when keeping incoming call.Yet, should be appreciated that memory 80 can be various memories, for example read-only memory, Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory (EEPROM) etc., and when automatic-answering back device keeps function to enable, also can store the out of Memory except that the message that will send.For example, memory 80 also can be stored the program command that is used for processor controls 10 and portable communication appts 110 operations.
Though scope of the present invention to this and unrestricted, memory 80 can be stored in one or more message that the user that will send when automatic-answering back device keeps function to enable recorded in the past.Memory 80 also can be stored the general message by other people's prerecording.For example, memory 80 can be stored the message that the manufacturer by portable communication appts 110 records, and perhaps stores the message that the operator of the communication system that is being communicated with by portable communication appts 110 records.In this specific embodiment, memory 80 can be stored two or more message (for example a plurality of message).Yet scope of the present invention is also unrestricted to this, and memory 80 can be stored single message.
Portable communication appts 110 also can comprise timer 55, and timer can be used for writing down the duration that automatic-answering back device keeps function to enable.As implied above, retention time and the identification information that is associated with the incoming call origin can be presented to the user on display 50, and scope of the present invention is also unrestricted to this.
Should be appreciated that now specific embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of method,, can keep the incoming call from the communication system to the portable communication appts by this method.This makes the user to forward to again to be more suitable for the environment with calling party's talk.An advantage of specific embodiment of the present invention is that portable communication appts can send the message of prerecording when keeping the calling party.By prerecording message is provided, can provides the automatic-answering back device of not depending on communication system to keep function to portable communication appts.For example, can provide the automatic-answering back device of not depending on communication system protocol or bandwidth to keep function.
Though features more of the present invention illustrate in this article and describe that those skilled in the art can expect many modifications, replacement, variation and equivalent now.Therefore, should be appreciated that appended claims is intended to be encompassed in all these class modifications and variations within the true spirit of the present invention.

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1. portable communication appts, it comprises:
Be suitable for providing the transmitter of predetermined message, wherein said portable communication appts is suitable for keeping communication and sends described predetermined message.
2. portable communication appts as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that also comprising the storage device that is suitable for storing described predetermined message.
3. portable communication appts as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that described storage device comprises flash memory array.
4. portable communication appts as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, described portable communication appts is suitable for sending the predetermined message of being recorded in the past by the user.
5. portable communication appts as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that also comprising the receiver that is suitable for receiving from the incoming communications of communication system.
6. portable communication appts as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that also comprising the storage device that is suitable for storing at least two optional predetermined messages of user.
7. portable communication appts as claimed in claim 6 is characterized in that also comprising at least two function buttons that are suitable for selecting described at least two optional predetermined messages of user.
8. portable communication appts as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that also comprising the timer that is suitable for indicating the time that incoming communications keeps.
9. equipment, it comprises:
Receiver is suitable for receiving the communication from wireless communication system; And
Integrated circuit, the message that is suitable for keeping described communication and sends prerecording.
10. equipment as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that also comprising the automatic-answering back device switch that is suitable for keeping described communication.
11. equipment as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that also comprising the storage device of the message that is suitable for storing described prerecording.
12. equipment as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that also comprising being suitable for sending one of them two or more automatic-answering back device switches of two or more message of recording.
13. the method that will keep from the incoming communications of communication system, it comprises:
Send the message of prerecording from portable communication appts.
14. method as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that also comprising:
Receive described incoming call with described portable communication appts; And
Enable the automatic answer function on the described portable communication appts.
15. method as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that also comprising the identification information that provides relevant with described incoming communications.
16. method as claimed in claim 13 is characterized in that also comprising that the microphone that makes on the described portable communication appts is quiet.
17. method as claimed in claim 13 when it is characterized in that also being included in described portable communication appts and being in hold mode, stops described incoming communications.
18. a product, it comprises:
Machine-readable storage media, having stored above can be by the instruction of data processing platform (DPP) execution, and described instruction is suitable for:
Keep communication; And
Send the message of prerecording.
19. machine-readable storage media as claimed in claim 18 is characterized in that, described instruction also is suitable for the identification information that provides relevant with the source of described communication.
20. machine-readable storage media as claimed in claim 19 is characterized in that, described instruction also is suitable for the voice mail of described communication diversion to answering system.
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