System and method for notifying and documenting situations in which a smartphone is on silent mode when is not answering a phone call
US12126756B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 16, 2024 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 16, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/72436
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer method and system for notifying and documenting a situation in which a user's smartphone is on silent mode when a phone call from a caller's smartphone was not answered. The method and system includes the display on the screen of the user's smartphone a button to apply a silent-notifying-mode, the receive by the user's smartphone when is on the silent-notifying-mode the phone call, the send to the caller's smartphone a text message, the display of the message on the screen of the caller's smartphone, and the save of the message on the caller's smartphone. The message notifies the caller that the user's smartphone is on silent and serves as documentation that the user's smartphone was on silent when the phone call was not answered. The method and system notifies and enables the caller to make a repeated call to make the user's smartphone to ring.
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