Patent ID: 8494574
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06F,H04M,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a call-forwarding function of a telecommunications device comprising: detecting, with the telecommunications device, temperature information based on body heat of a user; communicating, with the telecommunications device, detected temperature information; receiving, at a network server, the detected temperature information; determining, with the network server, that the telecommunications device should be in a call forwarding mode, based on the detected temperature information; receiving a telephone call directed to the telecommunications device; receiving, with the network server, global positioning system (“GPS”) coordinates from the telecommunications device; receiving, with the network server, GPS coordinates from a plurality of secondary telecommunications devices; determining, based on the received GPS coordinates, whether any secondary telecommunications device is within a predetermined range of the telecommunications device; if it is determined that a secondary telecommunications device is within a predetermined range of the telecommunications device, forwarding the telephone call to the secondary telecommunications device that is within the predetermined range of the telecommunications device; and if it is determined that no secondary telecommunications device is within a predetermined range of the telecommunications device, forwarding the telephone call to a voicemail system for the telecommunications device.