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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:
Mar. 29, 2016

Filed:

Aug. 13, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

John C. Morris, Wake Forest, NC (US);

Margaret M. Quinn, Cary, NC (US);

Edward S. Suffern, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Laura A. Weaver, Chapel Hill, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2009.01); H04M 1/663 (2006.01); H04M 1/57 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/16 (2013.01); H04M 1/57 (2013.01); H04M 1/663 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer program product includes computer readable program code embodied on a computer readable storage medium. The computer program product include computer readable program code for receiving input from a user of a first communication device identifying a second communication device and initiating a call to the second communication device, computer readable program code for receiving further input from the user of the first communication device indicating that an incoming call from the identified second communication device is an urgent call, and computer readable program code for, in response to receiving the further input from the user of the first communication device, blocking any incoming call that is not identified as an urgent call.


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