Patent ID: 8285839
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for directing communications to a receiving communication device proximate to an impeded communication device comprising: identifying a communication attempt directed towards a recipient device; detecting an impediment to the communication attempt, wherein the impediment comprises one of the recipient device being in a concealed state, the recipient device having a muted ringer state, and the recipient devices being powered off; responsive to detecting the impediment, detecting one or more communication devices proximate to the recipient device, each of the one or more communication devices being able to receive the communication attempt; accessing a contact list associated with the recipient device; filtering the detected one or more proximate communication devices using the contact list to ensure only those one or more proximate communication devices that are associated with a contacts of the contact list are conveyed messages relating to the communication attempt; conveying a digitally encoded message to at least one of the one or more proximate communication devices resulting from the filtering, wherein said digitally encoded message informs a user that receives the message via that user's communication device, wherein that user's communication device is one of the filtered, proximate communication devices, of the communication attempt that was directed towards the recipient device.