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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Patmos Unipessoal Lda, Madeira, PT;
Robert James, Hertfordshire, GB;
PATMOS, UNIPESSOAL LDA, Madeira, PT;
Abstract
A communication apparatus and a method for sending a courtesy message to a recipient to whom a communication request has been sent by mistake are provided. The communication apparatus includes a processor configured for detecting a first interaction of the user with an interface adapted to start a first communication session towards the recipient, detecting a second interaction of the user with the interface for requesting the interruption of the first communication session, interrupting the first communication session, and determining, on the basis of the time of occurrence of the first interaction and the second interaction, whether a courtesy message should be transmitted to the recipient, and, should the transmission of the courtesy message be necessary, transmitting the courtesy message to the recipient in the course of a second communication session.