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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Muhammad Khaledul Islam, Ottawa, CA;
Jean-philippe Cormier, Ottawa, CA;
Farhad Ahmed, Kanata, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 4/14 (2009.01); H04W 4/22 (2009.01); H04W 76/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/14 (2013.01); H04W 4/22 (2013.01); H04W 76/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically sending a data message from a mobile device to at least one recipient during or soon after an emergency voice call, the method having the steps of: determining whether the data message can be sent over the network during the emergency voice call, and if yes, creating and sending the data message; and if no, waiting until either the mobile device connects to a new network, wherein the method proceeds back to said determining step, or until the voice call has ended and then creating and sending the data message.