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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
David William Offen, Aurora, CA;
Daniel Patrick Shea, Richmond Hill, CA;
Alberto Leon-garcia, Toronto, CA;
David William Offen, Aurora, CA;
Daniel Patrick Shea, Richmond Hill, CA;
Alberto Leon-Garcia, Toronto, CA;
Other;
Abstract
A system is provided that provides for the prioritization of incoming calls to a communications device based on respective caller profiles. Each profile may include a caller priority value. The system may prioritize an incoming call based on the priority value. The priority value may be updated manually or automatically in accordance with a variety of factors. While the communications device receive an incoming call while an existing call is active, the communications device may request a call management command at the communications device or provide a notification that an incoming call has been received and is pending in accordance with the respective caller profile.