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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:
Dec. 20, 2016

Filed:

Nov. 09, 2015
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Armstrong Soo, San Ramon, CA (US);

Bernard S. Ku, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04M 3/436 (2006.01); H04M 3/533 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04M 1/7255 (2013.01); H04M 3/42017 (2013.01); H04M 3/42059 (2013.01); H04M 3/436 (2013.01); H04M 3/53391 (2013.01); H04M 15/8221 (2013.01); H04M 3/42153 (2013.01); H04M 2203/2011 (2013.01);
Abstract

Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for selecting and sending one of a plurality of responses to a call on a communications device. A user may select a default response or a custom response. When the user receives a call to a communications device, a set of responses is displayed on the communications device to facilitate selection by the user. A response includes a message and a call processing command. A message is in the form of an audio clip, text message, webpage, picture, video, etc. A call processing command is performed along with the message. This plurality of responses can be organized by the user in groups associated with classes of callers, such as friends, family, co-workers, etc. In this manner, the responses available to the user when a call is received changes depending on the caller.


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