User interface for phone call routing among devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10178234-B2
Application number	US-201815952736-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 13, 2018
Priority date	May 30, 2014
Publication date	Jan 8, 2019
Grant date	Jan 8, 2019

Abstract

A first electronic device receives a phone call that was routed to the first electronic device by a call-routing service. While receiving the call, the first electronic device receives a request to route the phone call to a second electronic device. In response to receiving the request to route the phone call to the second electronic device, in accordance with a determination that a first routing criteria have been met, the first electronic device sends a request to the call-routing service to route the phone call to the second electronic device instead of routing the phone call to the first electronic device. In accordance with a determination that a second routing criteria have been met, the first electronic device causes call data associated with the call to be routed through the first electronic device to the second electronic device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A first electronic device, comprising:
a display;
one or more processors; and
memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while receiving a phone call on the first electronic device without opening a connection associated with the phone call at the first electronic device:
generating for presentation, on the display, a user interface including a first affordance associated with a second electronic device capable of receiving the phone call;
detecting selection of the first affordance;

in response to detecting the selection of the first affordance:
instructing the second electronic device to transition from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is a state in which the phone call is unanswered, and wherein the second state is a state in which the phone call is answered.

2. The first electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
after causing the call data to be routed to the second electronic device, receiving input controlling the phone call; and
controlling the phone call in accordance with the received input.

3. The first electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
receiving a hang-up command from the second electronic device; and
in response to receiving the hang-up command, closing a connection associated with the phone call.

4. The first electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
receiving a hang-up command from the second electronic device; and
in response to receiving the hang-up command, causing the phone call to be routed back to the first electronic device.

5. The first electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
receiving an indication that the second electronic device ended the phone call; and
in response to receiving the indication that the second electronic device ended the phone call, generating for presentation on the display a notification in the user interface of the first device.

6. The first electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting selection of the first affordance, transmitting, to the second electronic device, a communication that causes the second electronic device to wake from an inactive state.

7. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the call data is caused to be routed through the first electronic device to the second electronic device.

8. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein causing the call data to be routed to the second electronic device includes sending a request to a call-routing service to route the phone call to the second electronic device instead of routing the phone call to the first electronic device.

9. The first electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
while receiving the phone call on the first electronic device, playing audio associated with the phone call at the first electronic device; and
in response to detecting the selection of the first affordance, ceasing to play the audio associated with the phone call at the first electronic device.

10. The first electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first affordance is included in a plurality of affordances in the user interface associated with electronic devices capable of receiving the phone call.

11. The first electronic device of claim 10 , wherein generating the plurality of affordances includes selecting the electronic devices that are associated with a user identity of the first electronic device.

12. The first electronic device of claim 10 , wherein generating the plurality of affordances includes selecting the electronic devices that are connected to the same network as the first electronic device.

13. The first electronic device of claim 10 , wherein generating the plurality of affordances includes selecting the electronic devices that are discoverable from the first electronic device using short-range communication radio.

14. The first electronic device of claim 1 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
after causing the call data associated with the phone call to be routed to the second electronic device, displaying an affordance for causing the call data to be routed back to the first electronic device.

15. The first electronic device of claim 14 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
detecting selection of the affordance for causing the call data to be routed back to the first electronic device; and
in response to detecting selection of the affordance for causing the call data to be routed back to the first electronic device, causing the phone call to be routed back to the first electronic device.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors of an electronic device with a display, the one or more programs including instructions for:
while receiving a phone call on the first electronic device without opening a connection associated with the phone call at the first electronic device:
generating for presentation, on the display, a user interface including a first affordance associated with a second electronic device capable of receiving the phone call;
detecting selection of the first affordance;

in response to detecting the selection of the first affordance:
instructing the second electronic device to transition from a first state to a second state, wherein the first state is a state in which the phone call is unanswered, and wherein the second state is a state in which the phone call is answered.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
after causing the call data to be routed to the second electronic device, receiving input controlling the phone call; and
controlling the phone call in accordance with the received input.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
receiving a hang-up command from the second electronic device; and
in response to receiving the hang-up command, closing a connection associated with the phone call.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
receiving a hang-up command from the second electronic device; and
in response to receiving the hang-up command, causing the phone call to be routed back to the first electronic device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
receiving an indication that the second electronic device ended the phone call; and
in response to receiving the indication that the second electronic device ended the phone call, generating for presentation on the display a notification in the user interface of the first device.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , the one or more programs further including instructions for:
in response to detecting selection of the first affordance, transmitting, to the second electronic device, a communication that causes the second electronic device to wake from

Assignees

• Apple Inc
• Apple Inc

Inventors

• Coffman Patrick L
• Rauenbuehler Keith Walter

Classifications

• H04M2201/42

  Graphical user interfaces · CPC title

• H04M3/58

  Arrangements for transferring received calls from one subscriber to another; Arrangements affording interim conversations between either the calling or the called party and a third party (substation line holding circuits H04M1/80) · CPC title

• H04M3/54

  Arrangements for diverting calls for one subscriber to another predetermined subscriber {(based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; to voice mail H04M3/53308)} · CPC title

• H04M3/465

  Arrangements for simultaneously calling a number of substations until an answer is obtained · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title