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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2013
Applicant:

At&t Mobility Ii Llc, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Jeffrey Mikan, Cumming, GA (US);

Anastasios Kefalas, Alpharetta, GA (US);

Kenneth W. Evans, Lilburn, GA (US);

Assignee:

AT&T Mobility II LLC, Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A device, method, and system for routing communications to an output of a communications device, such as a mobile telephone, based on the format of an incoming communication and an output mode of the communications device is disclosed. An incoming speech communication can be delivered to a speaker output or forwarded to a format converter to create a text communication that can be delivered to a display output. An incoming text communication can be delivered to a display output or forwarded to a format converter to create a speech communication for delivery to a speaker output. The output mode of the communication device can be set according to device settings, application settings, or location of the device, or a combination thereof. The invention provides new delivery options for communications which can be inure appropriate for a location or current use of the communication device than those previously available.


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