Method and terminal device for telephone call transfer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9602671-B2
Application number	US-201514666313-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2015
Priority date	Jul 29, 2014
Publication date	Mar 21, 2017
Grant date	Mar 21, 2017

Abstract

A method and terminal device for transferring a telephone call, are provided. The method comprises: detecting if an incoming call is received; displaying an incoming call interactive interface containing an incoming call transferring option, if the incoming call is detected; transferring the incoming call to a terminal device corresponding to a designated number when the incoming call transferring option is chosen. As the user is allowable to choose whether the incoming call should be transferred according to actual needs, the problem of automatically transferring incoming calls under some circumstances not suitable for transferring a telephone call may be avoided, thereby achieving more intelligent call transfer manner with more flexibility and better effect for transferring a telephone call.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for transferring a telephone call, comprising:
detecting if an incoming call is received;
displaying an incoming call interactive interface containing an incoming call transferring option, if the incoming call is detected; and
displaying a designated number obtaining interface comprising one or more preset numbers when the incoming call transferring option is chosen, wherein the one or more preset numbers are obtained by displaying a preset number input box and obtaining the one or more preset numbers inputted by the user in the preset number input box;
detecting a number chosen by the user from the one or more preset numbers displayed on the designated number obtaining interface; and
determining the number chosen by the user as the designated number;
transferring the incoming call to a terminal device corresponding to a designated number.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying a designated number obtaining interface, wherein the designated number obtaining interface comprises a number input box;
obtaining a number inputted by a user in the number input box of the designated number obtaining interface; and
determining the number inputted by the user as the designated number.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the one or more preset numbers comprises:
displaying numbers included in the user's contacts; and
determining the number chosen by the user from the numbers contained in the contacts as the preset number.

4. A terminal device for transferring a telephone call, comprising:
a processer; and
a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processer,
wherein the processer is configured to perform:
detecting if an incoming call is received;
displaying an incoming call interactive interface containing an incoming call transferring option, if the incoming call is detected; and
displaying a designated number obtaining interface comprising one or more preset numbers when the incoming call transferring option is chosen, wherein the one or more preset numbers are obtained by displaying a preset number input box and obtaining the one or more preset numbers inputted by the user in the preset number input box;
detecting a number chosen by the user from the one or more preset numbers displayed on the designated number obtaining interface; and
determining the number chosen by the user as the designated number;
transferring the incoming call to a terminal device corresponding to a designated number.

5. The terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to further perform:
displaying a designated number obtaining interface, wherein the designated number obtaining interface comprises a number input box;
obtaining a number inputted by a user in the number input box of the designated number obtaining interface; and
determining the number inputted by the user as the designated number.

6. The terminal device according to claim 4 , wherein obtaining the one or more preset numbers comprises:
displaying numbers included in the user's contacts; and
determining the number chosen by the user from the numbers contained in the contacts as the preset number.

7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions, executable by a processor in a terminal device, for performing a method for transferring a telephone call, the method comprises:
detecting if an incoming call is received;
displaying an incoming call interactive interface containing an incoming call transferring option, if the incoming call is detected; and
displaying a designated number obtaining interface comprising one or more preset numbers when the incoming call transferring option is chosen, wherein the one or more preset numbers are obtained by displaying a preset number input box and obtaining the one or more preset numbers inputted by the user in the preset number input box;
detecting a number chosen by the user from the one or more preset numbers displayed on the designated number obtaining interface; and
determining the number chosen by the user as the designated number;
transferring the incoming call to a terminal device corresponding to a designated number.

8. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 7 , the method further comprising:
displaying a designated number obtaining interface, wherein the designated number obtaining interface comprises a number input box;
obtaining a number inputted by a user in the number input box of the designated number obtaining interface; and
determining the number inputted by the user as the designated number.

Assignees

• Xiaomi Inc

Inventors

• Chen Zhijun
• Zang hu
• Wang Lin

Classifications

• H04M1/006

  Call diverting means · CPC title

• H04M1/57

  Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set (at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20) · CPC title

• H04W4/16

  Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold · CPC title

• H04M3/58 Primary

  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

• H04M2201/38

  Displays · CPC title