Patent ID: 7668088
Filing Date: 2010-02-23
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of placing a telephone call from a handheld electronic device to a receiving device wherein said telephone call is to be transmitted over a data network as a number of voice data packets, comprising: initiating on said handheld electronic device said telephone call to said receiving device; attempting to transmit a plurality of said voice data packets of said telephone call from said handheld electronic device to said receiving device; monitoring on said handheld electronic device: (i) whether said receiving device has detected one or more missing or delayed ones of said voice data packets, and (ii) whether said handheld electronic device has detected an inability to transmit or a delay in transmitting one or more particular ones of said voice data packets; and providing from said handheld electronic device a poor voice service indicator if it is determined that: (i) said receiving device has detected one or more missing or delayed ones of said voice data packets, or (ii) said handheld electronic device has detected an inability to transmit or a delay in transmitting one or more particular ones of said voice data packets.