Patent ID: 6253075
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A method of selectably rejecting an incoming call to a mobile phone, said mobile phone having a transceiver circuit for transmitting and receiving transmissions to and from a remote transceiver on a communication channel in a wireless system, said method comprising the steps of:receiving at the mobile phone a transmission from the remote transceiver signifying that there is an incoming call;determining at the mobile phone if said incoming call is to be rejected; andtransmitting from the mobile phone a rejection message to the remote transceiver, in response to a determination being made, during said step of determining, that said incoming call is to be rejected, said rejection message comprising at least one information element indicating to the wireless system that the wireless system is to immediately release the incoming call on the communication channel between the mobile phone and remote transceiver.