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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2017
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Robert Felice Mori, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip Gabriel Yurkonis, Campbell, CA (US);
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A control circuit determines when a user of a corresponding portable communication device is presently driving a vehicle and then, in response to detecting this use state, automatically answer incoming communications and provide at least two contact options to the sender. One of these contact options can comprise the option to speak with the user during the incoming communication. Another of these contact options can comprise recording a voice message for the user and discontinuing the incoming communication without the sender communicating with the user. The control circuit can determine whether the user is presently driving a vehicle by relying upon a direct acknowledgement of the user and/or by indirect means.