Patent ID: 11889020
Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method, comprising:
detecting, by a processing system including a processor, and over a network, a call directed to a user of a user equipment, wherein the call originates from a call originator;
responsive to the detecting the call, determining, by the processing system, whether to present a query to the call originator, wherein the query prompts the call originator to specify an identity of the call originator and a reason for the call;
based on a determination to present the query to the call originator, causing, by the processing system, the query to be presented to the call originator;
receiving, by the processing system, information from a call originator input responsive to the causing the query to be presented to the call originator;
generating, by the processing system, a short message service (SMS) message that includes data based on the information;
transmitting, by the processing system, the SMS message to the user equipment to permit the user of the user equipment to decide on whether to answer or ignore the call; and
providing, by the processing system, an instruction to the user equipment to modify a default behavior such that content of a media-based application continues to be presented on the user equipment until a user selection to answer the call is received.