Diversion of a call to a wearable device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9716795-B1
Application number	US-201514984361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 30, 2015
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

Described herein are apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for diverting a call from a server that receives calls to a wearable device (e.g., a watch) associated with a mobile device. In some embodiments, a mobile device determines whether a condition to activate a call diversion feature for the mobile device is met. In response to determining the condition is met, the mobile device communicates with the server to activate the call diversion feature for the mobile device. Subsequently, a call intended for the mobile device that is received at the server is diverted from the server to the wearable device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for diverting a call intended for a mobile device to a wearable device, the method comprising:
activating a call diversion feature for the mobile device in response to receiving a communication from the mobile device, wherein the communication is received when a condition is met at the mobile device and the condition is met after a timer associated with a previous deactivation of the call diversion feature for the mobile device has expired;
receiving the call intended for the mobile device;
determining whether a call diversion feature is activated for the mobile device; and
diverting the call to the wearable device in response to determining the call diversion feature is activated for the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition is met when the mobile device is unable to establish a connection to the wearable device via a first communication interface.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the first communication interface comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of a near field communication (NFC) interface, a Bluetooth interface, a Wi-Fi interface, a Wi-Fi peer-to-peer (P2P) interface, and a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) interface.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the condition is met based at least partly on a schedule.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the schedule comprises a one-time or recurring schedule.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the schedule is configured by a user of the mobile device, or by a schedule-generating application in the mobile device that monitors a behavior pattern of the user of the mobile device.

7. A method for diverting a call intended for a mobile device to a wearable device, the method comprising:
determining whether a condition to activate a call diversion feature for the mobile device is met;
determining whether a timer associated with a previous deactivation of the call diversion feature has expired; and
communicating with a server to activate the call diversion feature for the mobile device in response to determining that the condition is met and determining that the timer associated with the previous deactivation of the call diversion feature has expired, wherein the call intended for the mobile device and received at the server is diverted from the server to the wearable device, wherein the server is associated with a cellular network.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the call comprises a voice call or a video call.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the condition is met when the mobile device is unable to establish, via a first communication interface, a connection to the wearable device.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first communication interface comprises at least one member selected from the group consisting of a NFC interface, a Bluetooth interface, a Wi-Fi interface, a Wi-Fi P2P interface, and a WiMAX interface.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining the mobile device is stationary based at least partly on information sensed by one or more sensors in the mobile device, and wherein the condition is further met when the mobile device determines that the mobile device is stationary.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining, based at least partly on information sensed by one or more sensors in the wearable device and received from the wearable device, the wearable device is moving, and wherein the condition is further met when the mobile device determines that the wearable device is moving.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein the condition is met based at least partly on a one-time or recurring schedule configured by a user of the mobile device.

14. The method of claim 7 , wherein the condition is met based at least partly on a one-time or recurring schedule configured by a schedule-generating application in the mobile device that monitors a behavior pattern of a user of the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 7 , wherein the condition is met when a command is received at the mobile device from the wearable device to activate the call diversion feature.

16. A mobile device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor, coupled to the memory and configured to:
determine whether a condition to activate a call diversion feature for the mobile device is met;
determine whether a timer associated with a previous deactivation of the call diversion feature has expired; and
communicate with a server to activate the call diversion feature for the mobile device in response to determining that the condition is met and determining that the timer associated with the previous deactivation of the call diversion feature has expired, wherein a call intended for the mobile device and received at the server is diverted from the server to a wearable device, wherein the server is associated with a cellular network.

17. The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the condition is met when the mobile device is communicatively decoupled from the wearable device.

18. The mobile device of claim 16 , further comprising one or more sensors, and wherein the processor is further configured to determine the mobile device is stationary based at least partly on information sensed by the one or more sensors, and determine the condition is met when the mobile device determines that the mobile device is stationary.

19. The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the condition is met based at least partly on a first one-time or recurring schedule configured by a user of the mobile device, or on a second one-time or recurring schedule configured by a schedule-generating application in the mobile device that monitors a behavior pattern of the user of the mobile device.

20. The mobile device of claim 16 , wherein the condition is met when a command is received at the mobile device from the wearable device to activate the call diversion feature.

21. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code, the code, when executed by one or more processors of a mobile device, causes the mobile device to:
determine whether a condition to activate a call diversion feature for the mobile device is met;
determine whether a timer associated with a previous deactivation of the call diversion feature has expired; and
communicate with a server to activate the call diversion feature for the mobile device in response to determining that the condition is met and determining that the timer associated with the previous deactivation of the call diversion feature has expired, wherein a call intended for the mobile device and received at the server is diverted from the server to a wearable device, wherein the server is associated with a cellular network.

22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the code, when executed by the one or more processors of the mobile device, further causes the mobile device to determine the condition is met when the mobile device is communicatively decoupled from the wearable device.

23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 21 , wherein the code, when executed by the one or more processors of the mobile device, further causes the mobile device to determine the condition is met based at least partly on a first one-time or recurring schedule configured by a user of the mobile device, or on a second one-time or recurring schedule configured by a schedule-generating application in the mobile device that monitors a behavior pattern of the user of the mobil

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Kasilya Sudarsan Vishnu Vardhan
• Sahu Debesh Kumar
• Neela Jagadishwar
• Gupta Tushar

Classifications

• H04M3/54 Primary

  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

• H04W88/02 Primary

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04B1/385 Primary

  Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets · CPC title

• H04M1/72451

  according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications · CPC title

• H04M3/42

  Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers (specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00) · CPC title