Qualcomm Incorporated

Ashish Malik

Gautham Datta Mayyuri

Ankit Baphna

Prashant Soman

Debesh Kumar Sahu

Subbarayudu Mutya

Saritha Sivapuram

Venkata Krishna Murthy Jayavarapu

Vvd Subrahmanyam Kalepu

Preeti Syal

Systems, methods, and devices for managing termination of an active communication session in a wireless communication device. A processor of the wireless communication device may receive an instruction to terminate a communication session. The processor may determine whether an emergency communication status of the wireless communication device indicates that the communication session should not be terminated. The processor may block the instruction to terminate the communication session in response to determining that the emergency communication status indicates that the communication session comprises an emergency communication session.

Managing emergency communication session termination

Methods and apparatus for performing a search procedure include determining, by a processor, that a current location identifier of a current network is the same as a stored location identifier corresponding to a transition to or from a home network. The methods and apparatus further include initiating the search procedure based on determining that the current location identifier is the same as the stored location identifier.

Power efficient network searching

A method for playing a local ringback tone is disclosed. A second party device is called from a calling party device. An alert message indicating that the calling party device is to play a network ringback tone is received. It is determined whether to play a pre-stored local ringback tone instead of the network ringback tone. The local ringback tone or the network ringback tone is played based on the determination. At any time before call connection or call release, the local ringback tone and the network ringback tone are switched between based on user input.

Providing an option to substitute a local ringback tone at a calling party device

Growing community of inventors

San Diego, CA, United States of America

Ashish Malik