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`HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY
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`PATENT APPLICATION
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`RECORD ID:
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`83068177
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Anticipated Classification of this application:
`Subclass 088.170
`Class 379
`Prior Application:
`Examiner: Gerald Gauthier
`Art Unit: 2614
`
`Commissioner For Patents
`PO Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`REQUEST FOR A CONTINUING APPLICATION UNDER 37 CFR 1.53(b)
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`Application No.: 12/901376
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`Filed: October 8, 2010
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`Pending Prior Application
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`Title: METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENABLING MESSAGE RESPONSES TO INCOMING PHONE CALLS
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`Name of Applicant(s): David Champlin, Kirin Prasad, Larry Chen, Rajan Ranga, Robert Haitani
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`David Champlin, et al
`
`By:
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`/Hyonje Choi/
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`Hyonje Choi
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`Attorney/Agent for Applicant(s)
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`Reg No. :
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`63519
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`Date :
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`Sep 7, 2012
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`METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENABLING MESSAGE
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`RESPONSES TO INCOMING PHONE CALLS
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`Inventor(s):
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`David Champlin
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`Kirin Prasad
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`Larry Chen
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`Rajan Ranga
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`Robert Haitani
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`PRIORITY APPLICATIONS
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`[0001] This application is a Continuation of U.S. Patent Application No.
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`12/901,376, filed October 8, 2010, entitled "Method and Device for Enabling
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`Message Responses to Incoming Phone Calls", which is a Continuation of
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`U.S. Patent Application No. 11/200,511, filed August 8, 2005, now U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,844,037, each of which is hereby incorporated by reference in
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`its entirety for all purposes.
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`TECHNICAL FIELD
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`[0002] The disclosed embodiments relate generally to the field of
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`messaging, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for enabling
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`message responses to incoming calls.
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`BACKGROUND
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`[0003] Communication devices have evolved to include numerous types
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`of communication capabilities and functionality. For example, handheld
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`devices exist that operate as cellular phones, messaging terminals, Internet
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`devices, while including personal information management (PIM) software
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`and photo-management applications. Additionally, Internet Protocol services
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`exist that can transform Internet-enabled machines into telephony devices.
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`Even stand-alone telephones that connect to traditional Public Switched
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`Telephone Networks (PSTN) now carry software to assist the user in making
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`and managing phone calls.
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`[0004] Mobile phone networks have traditionally been limited to voice
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`communications, but new technologies such as GSM (Global System for
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`Mobile Communications) have enabled mobile phone networks to also
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`include data communications. For example, SMS (Short Message Service)
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`messaging provides a software-independent protocol to send short text
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`messages composed of either: 160-7 bit characters; 70-16 bit characters; or
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`140 octets of binary data. Individual SMS messages thus require a relatively
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`small network bandwidth and devices can receive messages, even when
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`connected to a voice call. The number of SMS messages a user receives has
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`continually increased because many new types of network devices have
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`joined mobile phone networks. These devices include, for example, PDAs,
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`hybrid PDA / mobile phone devices, and other text messaging devices using
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`GSM networks. Additionally, PSTN devices also exist that support messaging
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`applications such as SMS.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`[0005] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a computing device issuing a
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`message response to an incoming caller, according to one or more
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`embodiments of the invention.
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`[0006] FIG. 2 illustrates components for use in a computing device
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`configured according to an embodiment of the invention.
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`[0007] FIG. 3 is a hardware diagram for use with one or more
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`embodiments of the invention.
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`[0008] FIG. 4 illustrates a method for handling incoming calls with
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`message replies, under an embodiment of the invention.
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`[0009] FIG. 5 illustrates an optional process that may be performed in
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`order to determine or verify that a caller is using a message-enabled device,
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`under an embodiment of the invention.
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`[0010] FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B illustrate timelines for different usage
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`scenarios, under one or more embodiments of the invention.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`[0011]
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`Embodiments described herein enable message replies to be
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`made to incoming callers. In an embodiment, a device that receives an
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`incoming phone call, for example, may be used to transmit a message as a
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`reply to the caller. For example, rather than pick up a phone call or forward
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`the phone call to voicemail, the user may simply generate a text (or other
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`form of) message to the caller.
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`[0012]
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`Embodiments of the invention recognize that in some cases, a
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`user answering or not answering a phone call is inconvenient, either to the
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`recipient of the phone call, or the caller, As such, embodiments described
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`herein provide an alternative of messaging the caller of an incoming phone
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`call, rather answering the phone call or forwarding the phone call to
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`voicemail.
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`[0013]
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`Embodiments described herein have particular application to
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`mobile computing devices that offer voice and data capabilities on cellular
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`networks. In this context, embodiments described herein allow the user of
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`the device handling the incoming call to communicate with the caller without
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`actually accepting the call. This can save both the caller and the recipient
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`time, and "minutes" on their respective cellular plans. Furthermore, if the
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`recipient of the incoming call cannot accept the incoming call, the recipient is
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`saved the trouble of having to respond to a voicemail message or having to
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`find the time to return a call.
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`[0014] While one or more embodiments of the invention are described
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`for use with mobile, cellular devices, other telephony and computing devices
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`are contemplated for use with embodiments of the invention. For example,
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`some phones that connect to traditional wireline phone networks have
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`capability to transmit and receive messages.
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`[0015]
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`In one embodiment, a computing device is configured to receive
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`an incoming communication from another computing device. The incoming
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`communication may be for purpose of initiating a voice-exchange session.
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`In response to receiving the incoming call, the computing device may
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`identify or determine a message identifier of the other computing device.
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`The message identifier is determined based at least in part on data provided
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`with the incoming communication. The computing device may
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`programmatically address a message to the other computing device using
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`the message identifier determined from the incoming communication.
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`[0016]
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`According to an embodiment, a computing device is configured
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`to provide a message reply to an incoming phone call. In one embodiment,
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`the computing device identifies a phone number of a caller of the incoming
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`call. The computing device may prompt the user of the computing device to
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`generate a message reply to the incoming phone call. The computing device
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`may then initiate the message reply by opening a message and addressing
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`the message to the phone number of the caller of the incoming phone call.
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`[0017]
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`A voice-exchange includes any data transfer method in which a
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`user's speech or utterance is transmitted across a network to the location of
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`another device or user in real-time (e.g. instantaneous) or near real-time
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`(e.g. less than three seconds). Examples of voice-exchange includes
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`standard telephony practice. Another example of voice-exchange is when a
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`voice transmission is recorded and transmitted as an instant message or file
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`to be received and played back at the recipient. In the latter case, the
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`recipient may not be able to interrupt the speaker, due to time delay, while
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`in the former case, the recipient can interact with the speaker as if they
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`were standing next to each other.
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`[0018]
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`As used herein, the term "instant message" or "instant
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`messaging" means messages that when transmitted to a recipient, or
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`rendered on a device of the recipient immediately, nearly immediately, or
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`alternatively without user-action.
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`[0019]
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`Numerous types of computer telephony devices exist. One type
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`of computer telephony device for use with an embodiment is a wireless,
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`mobile computing device, sometimes called the "smart phone". Such devices
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`are generally small to fit in one hand, and provide cellular telephony features
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`in combination with other applications, such as contact applications for
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`managing contact records, calendar applications for managing and
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`scheduling events, task applications for keeping lists, and camera
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`applications for capturing images. Another type of computer telephony
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`device contemplated with an embodiment is a desktop computer that is
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`configured to include real-time voice data exchange (e.g. through use of
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`Internet Protocol telephony). Still further, other types of computer telephony
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`devices exist, including standalone devices that connect directly to a
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`telephone network (whether Internet Protocol or Public Switch Telephony
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`System) and provide software interfaces and applications.
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`[0020]
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`Embodiments provide that methods, techniques and actions
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`performed by the communication device are performed programmatically, or
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`as a computer-implemented method. Programmatically means through the
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`use of code, or computer-executable instructions. A programmatically
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`performed step may or may not be automatic.
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`[0021] One or more embodiments described herein may be implemented
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`using modules. A module may include a program, a subroutine, a portion of
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`a program, or a software component or a hardware component capable of
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`performing one or more stated tasks or functions. As used herein, a module
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`can exist on a hardware component independently of other modules, or a
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`module can be a shared element or process of other modules, programs or
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`machines. A module may reside on one machine, such as on a client or on a
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`server, or a module may be distributed amongst multiple machines, such as
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`on multiple clients or server machines.
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`[0022] Furthermore, one or more embodiments described herein may be
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`implemented through the use of instructions that are executable by one or
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`more processors. These instructions may be carried on a computer-readable
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`medium. Machines shown in figures below provide examples of processing
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`resources and computer-readable mediums on which instructions for
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`implementing embodiments of the invention can be carried and/or executed.
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`In particular, the numerous machines shown with embodiments of the
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`invention include processor(s) and various forms of memory for holding data
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`and instructions. Examples of computer-readable mediums include
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`permanent memory storage devices, such as hard drives on personal
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`computers or servers. Other examples of computer storage mediums include
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`portable storage units, such as CD or DVD units, flash memory (such as
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`carried on many cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs)), and
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`magnetic memory. Computers, terminals, network enabled devices (e.g.
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`mobile devices such as cell phones) are all examples of machines and
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`devices that utilize processors, memory, and instructions stored on
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`computer-readable mediums.
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`[0023]
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`FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a computing device issuing a
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`message response to an incoming caller, according to one or more
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`embodiments of the invention. In FIG. 1, an initiating computing device 120
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`("calling device") places a call 112 to a recipient computing device 110.
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`Rather than answer the call or perform some other action like forwarding the
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`call to voicemail, one or more embodiments described herein provide that
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`the recipient computing device 110 issues a message response 122 to the
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`calling device 120. In one embodiment, the message response 122 is an
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`alternative to the user of the recipient device 110 having to decline or not
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`answer the incoming call 112.
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`[0024]
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`In an embodiment, the message response 122 is an instant
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`message, meaning that the contents of the message are rendered
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`immediately when received on the calling device 110. One implementation
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`provides that a content of the message response is text. For example, the
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`user of the receiving device 110 may insert or compose a text message (e.g.
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`"Call me later"). A text message response may be provided using a Short
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`Message Service (SMS) format and application. Other embodiments provide
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`for other types of content data to be included in the message, including MMS
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`(Multimedia Messaging Service), EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service), or any
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`data protocol capable of encapsulating messages for transport between
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`networked devices. Thus, one alternative implementation provides that the
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`user may send an image that communicates information. For example, the
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`user may send an image of a clock showing a particular time, indicating that
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`user's desire to be called back at a particular time. Still further, the user
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`may include audio in the message response 122. For example, the user may
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`send a voice blurb or a chime to indicate a message to the user of the caller
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`device 120.
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`[0025]
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`FIG. 1 illustrates implementation of embodiments of the
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`invention with cellular telephony devices, since such devices normally handle
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`both message transmissions and/or receptions over cellular networks.
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`However, there are telephones VoIP (voice-over IP) phones and phones that
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`connect to Public Switched Telephony Networks (PSTN) that can handle
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`messaging. For example, some PSTN phones may support SMS message
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`handling. Thus, embodiments of the invention may extend to devices and
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`networks other than those that are used on cellular networks.
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`[0026]
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`Furthermore, telephone calls are just one example of a voice-
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`exchange session. Embodiments of the invention may be implemented in the
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`context of other types of voice-exchange sessions. For example, caller
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`device 120 may initially communicate a walkie-talkie communication to the
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`recipient device 110, for which recipient device 110 sends back, for example,
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`a text message response.
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`[0027]
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`COMPONENT OVERVIEW
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`[0028] FIG. 2 illustrates components for use in a computing device
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`configured according to an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 2, a
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`computing device 200 includes a phone application 210 and a messaging
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`component 220. A message response module 250 may be incorporated to
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`operate in connection with both the phone application 210 and the
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`messaging component 220. According to an embodiment, the message
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`response module 250 triggers initiation of a message response 254 to the
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`incoming call 204. In one implementation, computing device 200
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`corresponds to a hybrid mobile device having telephonic and messaging
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`capability over cellular networks (sometimes called a "smart phone"). The
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`phone application 210 may correspond to a software element that manages
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`voice data exchanged over one or more wireless communication components
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`318 (see FIG. 3). In one embodiment, messaging component 220 is an
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`instant messaging application.
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`[0029] One example of a messaging application that is suitable for use
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`with an embodiment is an SMS application, for sending and receiving text
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`instant messages. Alternative instant text messaging applications may also
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`be used. As another example, the messaging application 220 may
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`correspond to a media-based messaging application, such as a Multimedia
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`Messaging Service (MMS) application, for sending and receiving image data.
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`[0030] With reference to FIG. 2, computing device 200 may receive an
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`incoming call 204, which is handled by the phone application 210. At an
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`initial time, the incoming call 204 may include call data 212, which is
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`identified by the phone application 210. In one embodiment, call data 212
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`includes identification information of the caller (e.g. "Caller ID" information).
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`As such, call data 212 may include (i) a name of the caller, and/or (ii) a
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`phone number used by the caller. The phone application 210 may identify
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`call data 212 from the incoming call 204 while causing transmission of audio
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`rings/chimes, rendering of image data containing the Caller ID information
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`on a display of the device, and/or other incoming call notification (e.g.
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`vibration).
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`[0031]
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`The act of sending message response 254 to incoming call 204
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`may involve the following operations: (i) opening a new message for
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`message response 254, (ii) addressing the message, (iii) including a
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`message content 242 or body for the message, and (iv) instructing the
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`messaging component 220 to send the message response. The message
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`response module 230 may perform at least some of these operations by
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`communicating message creation data 222 to the messaging component
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`220. The message creation data 222 may be generated at one time, or
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`submitted in spurts based on the occurrence of other events. As such, some
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`or all of the steps of sending the message response 254 may be performed
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`automatically.
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`[0032]
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`Alternatively, some or all of the steps of sending the message
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`response 254 may be performed automatically, after input triggers are
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`provided from the user 202. For example, in one case, the user may
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`designate a setting on the computing device 200 to handle all incoming calls
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`with a message response (e.g. "on vacation").
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`[0033]
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`As another alternative, in one implementation, the message
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`creation data 222 is generated in response to a trigger from a user 202. The
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`phone application 210, message response module 230, or some other
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`component may prompt the user to message respond to a caller in response
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`to receipt of call data 202. The prompt may occur shortly after the incoming
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`call 204 is received, such as with or before the first "ring" generated on the
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`computing device 200 for the incoming call. For example, the user may be
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`able to elect message response as one option along with other options of
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`answering or declining the incoming call 204.
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`[0034]
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`The message creation data 222 may be based on call data 212.
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`In one embodiment, the message creation data 222 may include (i) control
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`data to cause the messaging application 220 to open a new message, and
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`(ii) an address along with other data/instructions for addressing the newly
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`created message. The message content 242 may be provided by a
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`programmatic source 244, and/or by the user 202. In one embodiment,
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`user 202 provides all of the message content 244. In another embodiment,
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`the programmatic source 244 generates the content, in response to a user-
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`input or other trigger. For example, the programmatic source 244 may
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`generate a macro message in response to a user selecting to have incoming
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`call 202 handled by the message response 254. Alternatively, content 242
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`may be a combination of content provided by the programmatic source 244
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`and the user. For example, the programmatic source may provide a
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`template content that the user fills in. To illustrate, a portion of the message
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`content 244 may correspond to "please call me in
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`minutes." The portion
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`of the message content 244 provided by user 202 may correspond to "5".
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`[0035]
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`An embodiment provides that the address provided by the
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`message creation data 222 is a phone number of the incoming caller. In one
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`embodiment, no verification or check is performed to determine if the device
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`used by the caller is message enabled. For example, the user may manually
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`make this selection in response to seeing the number being used by the
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`caller. If the user recognizes the number as belonging to a cell phone, for
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`example, the user may be assured that the caller's device is message-
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`enabled. Otherwise, the message response 254 may be transmitted, but not
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`received by the caller.
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`[0036]
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`In another embodiment, a programmatic verification step is
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`performed to see if the caller's device is enabled to receive the message
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`response 254. In one embodiment, the message response module 250 (or
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`other programmatic element) may match the number of the caller to a field
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`of a given contact record stored with a contact database 230 on the
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`computing device. If, for example, the contact record information identifies
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`the number of the incoming call as belonging to a "mobile" number, the
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`messaging response module 250 may do one or more of the following: (i)
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`provide an indication that message response is available, (ii) enable the user
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`to elect message response option, and/or (iii) programmatically initiate a
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`new message addressed to the number of the caller.
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`[0037]
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`Conversely, if the number of the incoming call is not identifiable
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`as being message-enabled, embodiments provide that (i) a message or
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`other indication is provided to the user warning that the caller's device is not
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`message enabled, or (ii) the message response feature is disabled. One
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`embodiment may distinguish between not knowing whether the device of the
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`caller can receive messages, and knowing definitively that the caller's device
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`cannot receive incoming messages. For example, in the former case, no
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`action may be taken so that the message response feature is enabled, or a
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`warning may be provided to the user indicating that the caller's device may
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`not be message-enabled. In the latter case, message response may be
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`disabled. Numerous other scenarios are possible and contemplated under
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`embodiments of the invention.
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`[0038]
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`HARDWARE DIAGRAM
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`[0039]
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`FIG. 3 is a hardware diagram for use with one or more
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`embodiments of the invention. In FIG. 3, a computing device 300 includes
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`one or more processors 310, one or more memory components 320, and a
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`display 330. One or more communication components 318 may enable
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`receipt of call data 204 (FIG. 2), voice exchanges, and message responses
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`254 (FIG. 2). In one embodiment, the communication components 318 are
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`for wireless communications, and cellular network communications in
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`particular.
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`[0040]
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`The communication components 318 may configure computing
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`device 300 to transmit and receive communications on Code Division
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`Multiple Access (CDMA) networks, Global System for Mobile Communications
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`(GSM) networks, and/or other types of cellular networks. The
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`communication components 318 may include a Subscriber Identity Module
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`(SIM) card, an input/output controller, a radio frequency transceiver, and an
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`input/output controller. Combined, communication components 318 may
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`enable voice-exchange, as well as text and other kinds of message data
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`exchanges.
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`[0041]
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`The processors 310 may retrieve from the memory components
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`320 instructions ("application instructions 322") for executing operations
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`such as described in FIG. 2. With reference to FIG. 2. the application
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`instructions 322 may correspond to execution of phone application 210,
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`messaging application 220 and message response module 230. Phone
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`and/or message data 332 generated from execution of these applications
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`may be signaled to the display 330 so that they can be viewed by the user.
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`[0042]
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`Input mechanisms 340 may enable the user to enter message
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`input 342. The message input 342 may correspond to input triggers,
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`corresponding to, for example: (i) decisions of the user to message reply to
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`an incoming call, (ii) to include a specific pre-formulated message content
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`242, and/or (iii) to send the message response 254. As an alternative or
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`additional functionality, message input 342 generated by the input
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`mechanisms may include one or more manual entry items, including for
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`example: (i) address and/or phone number of the recipient, and (ii) some or
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`all of the message content 242 (FIG. 2).
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`[0043] When used to compose message content 242 (FIG. 2), input
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`mechanisms 340 may have any one of a variety of forms. For example, input
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`mechanisms 340 may correspond to a set of hard or soft keys (soft keys
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`may be iconic in form and displayed through use of a contact-sensitive
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`display) arranged in the form of a QWERTY keyboard or other layout. The
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