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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Huaiyuan Wang, Cary, NC (US);
Rodney Owen Williams, Cary, NC (US);
Huaiyuan Wang, Cary, NC (US);
Rodney Owen Williams, Cary, NC (US);
HTC Corporation, Taoyuan, Taoyuan County, TW;
Abstract
Various embodiments for handling an incoming call are disclosed. One embodiment is a method implemented in a media playback device. The method comprises establishing, by the media playback device, a connection with an output device and streaming, by the media playback device, audio content to the output device. The method further comprises receiving, by the media playback device, an indication from a communication device of an incoming call received by the communication device and responsive to receiving the indication, providing, by the media playback device, an alert corresponding to the incoming call.