Patent ID: 9088882
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A mobile device comprising: a wireless interface subsystem; and a processor and memory, the memory including data and instructions that when executed cause the processor to: obtain call information received with an incoming call; determine a call handling rule to apply to the incoming call based on the call information; retrieve additional call information for the incoming call from a server over a network connection; determine whether to automatically override the call handling rule based on an implicit override parameter generated using the retrieved additional call information, the retrieved additional call information including a name or address of a caller for the incoming call from which it is inferred that the incoming call is a solicitation call and the implicit override parameter causes the incoming call to go directly to voicemail; and determine whether to automatically override the call handling rule also based on reception of an override codes including a voice recognition input override code and a biometric input override code.