Profile-driven response to communication events
View Patent ↗A method includes storing a setting in a profile of a wireless device to cause an automatic message response to incoming calls. When the profile is set as the active profile and an incoming call is received, an automatic response is provided to the incoming call in accordance with the setting.
1. A terminal device comprising:
logic to detect an incoming call on a wireless device,
logic to automatically reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles stored by the wireless device to determine a technique for communicating a response message to the incoming call,
logic to automatically communicate the response message to a caller using the determined technique, where the communication technique is selected from among two or more of voice message, email, instant messaging, SMS, or MMS, and
logic to send a wireless signal to a network to alter the determined technique for communicating a response as a result of at least one of changes to the active profile of a plurality of named profiles stored by the wireless device and selection of a different active profile of the plurality of named profiles stored by the wireless device, the wireless signal received by a base station controller on the network which sends a second signal to a mobile switching center where the active profile is stored according to the logic, the wireless signal instructing the network to intercept calls to determine whether the response message should be sent directly to a sending device of the incoming call without forwarding the incoming call to the terminal device according to the logic.
2. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to automatically communicate the response message to a caller using the determined technique further comprises:
logic to communicate the response message using at least one of an SMS, EMS, or MMS message.
3. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to automatically communicate the response message to a caller using the determined technique further comprises:
logic to communicate the response message using at least one of an email or instant message.
4. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles further comprises:
logic to reference the active profile to identify response content to use when automatically responding to the incoming call.
5. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles further comprises:
logic to reference the active profile to determine whether to automatically respond with response content selected at least in part according to a date or dates and-or a time or times of day.
6. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles further comprises:
logic to reference the active profile to determine whether to automatically respond with response content selected at least in part according to an identify of a caller.
7. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles further comprises:
logic to determine whether or not to respond to the incoming call with the response message.
8. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles further comprises:
logic to reference the active profile to determine whether to automatically respond with response content selected at least in part according to a location of the terminal device.
9. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles further comprises:
logic to reference the active profile to determine a technique for communicating a response at least in part according to an identity of the caller.
10. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles to determine a technique for communicating a response message to the incoming call further comprises:
logic to reference the active profile to determine a technique for communicating a response at least in part according to a date or dates and-or a time or times of day.
11. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles to determine a technique for communicating a response message to the incoming call further comprises:
logic to reference the active profile to determine a technique for communicating a response at least in part according to a location of the terminal device.
12. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to automatically communicate the response message to a caller using the determined technique further comprises:
logic to communicate response content from the terminal device to the caller.
13. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to automatically communicate the response message to a caller using the determined technique further comprises:
logic to cause at least one non-audio response message to be communicated to the caller from a network storage location in response to a voice call to the terminal device.
14. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles to determine a technique for communicating a response message to the incoming call further comprises:
logic to select generic response content unless the active profile indicates that more specific response content should be provided in response to the incoming call.
15. The terminal device of claim 1 , wherein the logic to reference an active profile of a plurality of named profiles to determine a technique for communicating a response message to the incoming call further comprises:
logic to select content from a calendar entry for at least part of response content to the incoming call.
16. The terminal device of claim 1 , further comprising:
logic to automatically respond without alerting the terminal device.
17. A method comprising:
using a wireless device to select an active profile from among a plurality of named profiles stored by the wireless device;
in response to selection of the active profile, configuring at least one network element according to at least one setting of the active profile to automatically provide a response message to voice calls to the wireless device using at least one of SMS, EMS, and MMS;
altering the network element configuration as a result of at least one of changes to an active profile of the plurality of named profiles and selection of a different active profile of the plurality of named profiles stored by the wireless device, the altering accomplished by sending a first signal to the network which is received by a base station controller on the network and which sends a second signal to a mobile switching center on the network which stores the active profile;
intercepting an incoming voice call to the wireless device at the network based upon an altered network element configuration which resulted from the at least one change to the active profile; and
causing the network to automatically respond to the incoming voice call to the wireless device with the response message in accordance with the altered network configuration.
18. A network element comprising:
functionality to provide at least one of SMS, EMS, and MMS messages;
at least one network setting for a wireless device that communicates by way of the network element, the network setting to cause the network to intercept and automatically respond to voice calls to the wireless device with a response message provided by way of the functionality to provide messages, the response message being one of an SMS, EMS, and MMS message; and
logic to alter the network setting as a result of at least one of changes to an active profile of a plurality of named profiles stored by the wireless device and selection of a different active profile of the plurality of named profiles stored by the wireless device, the altering accomplished by sending a first signal to the network which is received by a base station controller on the network and which sends a second signal to a mobile switching center on the network which stores the active profile according to the logic to alter the network setting.