Patent ID: 8660543
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a user device, the method comprising: detecting, by the user device, an incoming call; determining, by the user device, whether the incoming call is associated with a very important person contact; directing, by the user device, the incoming call to a voicemail system, when the incoming call is not associated with the very important person contact; providing, by the user device and when the incoming call is associated with the very important person contact, an instant response message to a device associated with the incoming call without answering the incoming call; determining, by the user device and when the incoming call is associated with the very important person contact, whether the instant response message is accepted by a calling contact associated with the incoming call, directing, by the user device, the calling contact to the voicemail system when the incoming call is associated with the very important person contact and when the instant response message is accepted by the calling contact.