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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2002
Ronald E. Lewis, Independence, MO (US);
Charles E. Woodson, Peculiar, MO (US);
Baoquan Zhang, Overland Park, KS (US);
Arun Santharam, Overland Park, KS (US);
Daren R. Furness, Shawnee Mission, KS (US);
Von K. Mcconnell, Leawood, KS (US);
Ronald E. Lewis, Independence, MO (US);
Charles E. Woodson, Peculiar, MO (US);
Baoquan Zhang, Overland Park, KS (US);
Arun Santharam, Overland Park, KS (US);
Daren R. Furness, Shawnee Mission, KS (US);
Von K. McConnell, Leawood, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A mobile station that is fully engaged such that it cannot be connected to an incoming call without being disconnected from an existing call receives an incoming call notification. The incoming call notification may, for example, take the form of a short message system (SMS) message or a packet protocol message, such as a session initiation protocol (SIP) message. The incoming call notification may identify the calling party and may explain how to take the incoming call. If the user accepts the incoming call, the mobile station is disconnected from existing calls and connected to the incoming call.