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US 9,154,607 · App. 12/192,920 · Granted Oct 6, 2015

System and method for controlling handling of terminating a communication

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Patent No.
US 9,154,607
App. No.
12/192,920
Granted
Oct 6, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus, system, and method for facilitating communication handing of a terminating communication, terminating or originating, at a mobile station. User preferences are entered and stored at a database. When a terminating communication is subsequently initiated, the stored preferences are accessed, and instructions are provided to the mobile station to cause communication termination in conformity with the stored preferences.

Claims (28)

1. A carrier server apparatus for facilitating wireless-device, communication-handling operation of a terminating communication intended for a wireless-device, said carrier server apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions that cause the processor to:

receive a communication initiation notification of the terminating communication from a communication station prior to the terminating communication reaching the wireless-device;

determine a user-defined communication handling preference for the terminating communication when terminated during a wireless-device condition, wherein the user-defined communication handling preference comprises at least one of a temporal preference, a wireless-device positional preference, a preference to route the terminating communication to a voice-mail location, and a wireless-device annunciation preference; and

communicate the terminating communication according to the communication handling preference.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a preference database to store communication handling preference indications.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise temporal preference indications.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise wireless-device positional preference indications.

5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise single-event occurrence preferences.

6. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise recurring-event preferences.

7. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise conditional preferences.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a wireless-device instruction communication generator.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the communication handling preference comprises the preference to route the communication to a voice-mail location.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the communication handling preference comprises the wireless-device annunciation preference.

11. A method for facilitating wireless-device, communication-handling operation of a terminating communication in a carrier server apparatus, said method comprising:

receiving, in the carrier server apparatus, a communication initiation notification of the terminating communication, wherein a wireless-device is a destination of the terminating communication and the communication initiation notification is received prior to delivery of the terminating communication to the wireless-device;

determining, in the carrier server apparatus, a user-defined communication handling preference for the terminating communication when terminated during a wireless-device condition, wherein the user-defined communication handling preference comprises at least one of a temporal preference, a wireless-device positional preference, a preference to route the terminating communication to a voice-mail location, and a wireless-device annunciation preference; and

instructing, from the carrier server apparatus, automatic communication handling, at said wireless-device, in accordance with the communication handling preference indicated during said determining.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising storing communication handling preference indications at a preference database.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise temporal preference indications.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise wireless-device positional preference indications.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise single-event occurrence preferences.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise recurring-event preferences.

17. The method of claim 12 wherein the communication handling preference indications comprise conditional preferences.

18. The method of claim 11 wherein said instructing comprises generating a wireless-device instruction communication.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communication handling preference comprises the preference to route the communication to a voice-mail location.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the communication handling preference comprises the wireless-device annunciation preference.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2015
From: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
To: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Reel/Frame 037079/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2009
From: ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS, LLC
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Reel/Frame 022449/0267 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 24, 2009
From: ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
To: ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS, LLC
Reel/Frame 022460/0948 →