Selectively filtering incoming communications events in a communications device
US8811587B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 11, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 11, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/436
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Selectively filtering incoming communications events in a communications device, including: receiving, by a communications event filtering module, an incoming communications event; determining, by the communications event filtering module, whether the communications device is currently servicing a call; responsive to determining that the communications device is currently servicing a call, determining, by the communications event filtering module, whether the call is interruptible; and responsive to determining that the call is not interruptible, blocking, by the communications event filtering module, the incoming communications event from presentation by the communications device until the call has ended.
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