Patent ID: 8199887
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a phone configured to allow a user to communicate with a caller, to perform ringing, voicemail, caller identification (ID) and timing functions and to process, store and display information including passwords blacklists and whitelists, in each of which caller IDs, to which the passwords are associated, are stored, the method comprising: receiving input from the user to set the phone in a do-not disturb mode and to set a time period during which the do-not-disturb mode is activated and setting the phone accordingly; upon reception of an incoming call from the caller by the phone during the time period, activating the caller ID function of the phone, detecting a caller ID of the caller and searching for the caller ID in the blacklists and whitelists; in an event the caller ID of the caller is stored in the blacklist, delivering to the caller a message announcing a remaining time after detecting the expiration of said time period and activating the voicemail function to respond to the incoming call or ending the incoming call; in an event the caller ID of the caller is stored in the whitelist, delivering to the caller the message and requesting from the caller an input of the one password associated with the caller ID of the caller; and in an event the caller inputs the one password prior to a timeout instance, activating the ringing function to alert the user to the instance of the incoming call.