EP0783219A2
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Activation of a telephone's own call answering equipment according to the number of the calling party
Assignee: Nokia Oyj
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Filing: 1996-12-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-12-12
Abstract
Abstract In a communication device (20) comprising a message function (SMS, Short Message Service) a certain short message (7) or other reply message is sent in response to an incoming call in a situation where the user can't answer the call him/herself. The reply message can be sent immediately (9) or after a short delay (10, 11), whereby during the delay, the user can choose, whether he/she answers him/herself. The calling party (5) is identified from the CLI information (Caller Line Identity), whereby the reply message can be chosen according to the calling party. Time information can be included in the reply message in order to express at which time by the clock or after a how long time the receiving party is reachable. After that time the automatic reply function based on the reply message is automatically disconnected.
Inventors
- 👤 Jarmo Mäkelä
- 👤 Jens Jakobsen
- 👤 Antti Jauhiainen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 07:47
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W4/00; H04W4/16; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/64; H04M1/65; H04M1/6505; H04M1/66; H04M1/663; H04M1/72; H04M1/724; H04M1/72403; H04M1/7243; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04M1/02; H04M1/0202; H04M1/0206; H04M1/0208; H04M1/0214; H04M1/57; H04W4/12; H04W4/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
100 words
A method for replying a call coming to a communication device in a situation where the user of the communication device can't answer the call him/herself, characterized in that in response to the incoming call, the communication device identifies the caller on the basis of an identification information included within the incoming call and sends a reply according to a selection made by the user, or directs the incoming call to another aswering service, said reply being one of the following: a voice message, an e-mail message, a facsimile, an SMS message (7) in the form of a character string.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that the communication device sends said reply immediately (9) in response to an incoming call.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A method in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that in response to an incoming call, the communication device alarms and waits during a certain predefined delay, and if the user during said delay does not answer said call, the communication device sends said reply (10).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method in accordance with claim 1, characterized in that in response to an incoming call, the communication device alarms, and if the user gives a certain key command, the communication device sends said reply (11).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method in accordance with claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the communication device gives a soundless alarm.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
29 words
A method in accordance with any of the claims 2 to 5, characterized in that the communication device routes said call additionally to a usual call answering machine (8).
Claim 7
Independent Claim
28 words
A method in accordance with any of the foregoing claims, characterized in that said reply is at least partly formulated based on the identification of the calling party.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method in accordance with claim 7, characterized in that a reply is sent to certain identified calling parties only.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method in accordance with claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the reply to be sent in response to the incoming call is different according to the respective company said call is coming from.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
38 words
A method in accordance with any of the claims 7 to 9, characterized in that the reply to be sent in response to the incoming call is different according to the respective country said call is coming from.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
39 words
A method in accordance with any of the claims 7 to 10, characterized in that the reply to be sent in response to the incoming call is different according to the respective time zone said call is coming from.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
32 words
A method in accordance with any of the claims 7 to 11, characterized in that said identification of the calling party is based on a telephone notebook comprised by the communication device.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method in accordance with claim 12, characterized in that a piece of information applying to calling party, read from said telephone notebook, is included in said reply.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
39 words
A method in accordance with any of the claims 7 to 13, characterized in that a reminder to call the identified calling party will be stored into the communication device, in order to be presented to the user later.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
18 words
A method in accordance with any of the foregoing claims, characterized in that said reply includes time information.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
A method in accordance with claim 15, characterized in that said time information comprises a reference to a certain fixed time by the clock.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method in accordance with claim 15, characterized in that said time information comprises the length of the time that is left from incoming of the call to a certain fixed time by the clock.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
52 words
A method in accordance with any of the claims 15 to 17, characterized in that when the user has entered information concerning his/her time schedule into the communication device, the communication device forms said time information automatically by reading from said time schedule information the time when the user will be reachable.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
48 words
A method in accordance with any of the claims 15 to 18, characterized in that when the time until the time expressed by said time information has expired, the function controlling the sending of replies in the communication device in response to an incoming call is automatically disconnected.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
90 words
A communication device (20) for replying an incoming call in a situation where the user of the communication device can't reply the call him/herself, characterized in that it comprises means for identifying the caller on the basis of an identification information included within the incoming call and for sending, according to a selection made by the user, a reply in response to the call, said reply being one of the following: a voice message, an e-mail message, a facsimile, an SMS message (7) in the form of a character string.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
A communication device in accordance with claim 20, characterized in that it comprises a real time clock and means for including time information in said voice message, e-mail message, facsimile, or SMS message.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
55 words
A communication device in accordance with claim 20 or 21, characterized in that it comprises a downwards counting timer for expressing the length of the time that is left from a certain predefined time period, and means for attaching the information expressed by said timer to said voice message, e-mail message, facsimile, or SMS message.
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