Patent ID: 9049293
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of routing an incoming phone call, the method comprising: in response to an intended receiving telecommunication device receiving a call from a caller telecommunication device, determining, by a processor whether a ringer of the intended receiving telecommunication device is off; in response to determining that the ringer of the intended receiving telecommunication device is off, triggering, by the processor, the intended receiving telecommunication device to transmit a short range wireless signal to determine whether wireless telecommunication devices are within range and active; and in response to the intended receiving telecommunication device receiving responses from two or more of the wireless telecommunication devices indicating that the two or more of the wireless telecommunication devices have received the short range wireless signal, rerouting, by the processor, the call to one of the two or more of the wireless telecommunication devices based, in part, on preferences stored internal to the intended receiving telecommunication device specifying which of the wireless telecommunication devices has highest priority for receiving the call in case the intended receiving telecommunication device is unavailable and signal strengths and battery strengths of the two or more of the wireless telecommunication devices.