Patent ID: 9332410
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for answering a call, comprising: after a call is received from a calling party, answering the call by using an automatic call answering function of a terminal; communicating, by the terminal, with the calling party; determining, while communicating with the calling party, if an instruction of an owner was received over a communications network by the terminal prior to the call being received; determining, after answering the call and while communicating with the calling party, that a call answering instruction sent by the owner is received; when a determination is made that the instruction was received over a communications network by the terminal prior to the call being received, performing an operation according to the instruction of the owner, the performing the operation according to the instruction of the owner comprising quitting communicating with the calling party according to the call answering instruction sent by the owner and in response to determining that the call answering instruction has been received; and when a determination is made that the instruction is not received, determining an emergency level of the call according to call content and performing an operation according to the determined emergency level.