Patent ID: 8891740
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for indicating voice input state for a call on a communications device, the method comprising: identifying, by a processor unit, the voice input state for the call; responsive to the state of the voice input being a mute state, identifying, by the processor unit, a mute setting for the mute state, the mute setting identified based on a time of day, day of week, a location of the communications device, a type of call, and an identity of another party to whom a user is calling; continuously playing, by the processor unit, first audio data specified by the mute setting and further specified by the time of the day, the day of the week, the location of the communications device, the type of the call, and the identity of the another party to whom the user is calling, all on which the mute setting is based, with audio data from the call on the communications device as background audio while the call is active and on the mute state; responsive to the state of the voice input being the unmute state, identifying, by the processor unit, an unmute setting for the unmute state, the unmute setting identified based on the time of the day, the day of the week, the location of the communications device, the type of the call, and the identity of the another party to whom the user is calling; responsive to the state of the voice input being the unmute state, ending, by the processor unit, the continuous playing of the first audio data; and playing, by the processor unit, second audio data specified by the unmute setting and further specified by the time of the day, the day of the week, the location of the communications device, the type of the call, and the identity of the another party to whom the user is calling, all on which the unmute setting is based, with the audio data from the call on the communications device as the background audio while the call is active and on the unmute state.