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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2007
Candice B. Gilzean, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gahlya Gregory, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Fabian F. Morgan, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Eric Rhodes, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Candice B. Gilzean, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Gahlya Gregory, Bowling Green, KY (US);
Fabian F. Morgan, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Eric Rhodes, Pflugerville, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention enhances mobile device software such that upon receipt of a specially formatted SMS message, the software can automatically dial a telephone number that was specified in the message after a configurable timed interval. A further enhancement comprises improvements to the integration between collaboration software (such as Lotus Notes) and mobile device software to enable employees to utilize this invention for connecting to conference calls. During the method of the present invention, a potentially contentious situation is detected. After this detection, this method, disrupts the capability of the system to automatically connect the user to a previously scheduled telephone conference, and notifies the user and querying the user and giving the user options to determine how the user desires to handle the one or more incoming calls. The user options can depend on the particular situation detected.