Patent ID: 9565537
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for automatically prompting a calling user to send a message to a called user, the calling user using a calling device and the called user using a called device, the method comprising: calling a called device from the calling device; receiving, at a processor in the calling device, an indication that a call from the calling device to the called device has disconnected; determining, at the processor in the calling device, whether the call connected before receiving the indication that the call has disconnected; in response to determining that the call did not connect before receiving the indication that the call has disconnected, determining that the call was a missed call; in response to determining that the call was a missed call, automatically prompting on a display of the calling device a menu having a plurality of selectable menu items, at least some of the selectable menu items corresponding to respective stored phrases; receiving, at the processor, user input from the calling user selecting one of the selectable menu items; executing, at the processor, instructions for sending a message that comprises the stored phrase that corresponds to the selected menu item; and sending the message from the calling device to the called device.