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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2011
Robert T. Eitel, Bartlett, IL (US);
Michael Charles Hollatz, Huntley, IL (US);
Steven Vick, Aurora, IL (US);
Jean-philippe Paul Cormier, Ottawa, CA;
Robert T. Eitel, Bartlett, IL (US);
Michael Charles Hollatz, Huntley, IL (US);
Steven Vick, Aurora, IL (US);
Jean-Philippe Paul Cormier, Ottawa, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
There are disclosed techniques for handling emergency calls in an electronic device, such as a mobile telephone. For example, in one embodiment, upon receipt of a request at the user-interface of the device to terminate an emergency call, the device first requests confirmation that the call should be terminated. In another embodiment, once the emergency call is terminated, if an incoming call request is subsequently received within a predetermined period of time, the device establishes a voice connection with the incoming caller regardless of whether the device is instructed to establish the voice connection. In another embodiment, once the emergency call is terminated, the device remains operable to receive a subsequent incoming call regardless of whether the device is instructed otherwise.