Method and system for single-step enablement of telephony functionality for a portable computer system
US7787873B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 2009 |
| Grant date | Aug 31, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M2250/22
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatic delivery of a phone call on an electronic device regardless of whether other tasks are running on the operating system. A separate background task (“thread”), independent of the operating system, enables telephony functionality without regard to the mode of a graphical user interface. The background task is always active and functions to respond to an incoming call even if the user is in a graphical user interface window that requires some input from the user (e.g. the graphical user interface is blocked).
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