Patent ID: 6760581
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A mobile telephone comprising:one or more processors; a nonvolatile storage area accessible by the processors; a receiver for receiving mobile telephone signals; a transmitter for sending mobile telephone signals; a keypad for entering numbers; a signaler for signaling a user of the mobile telephone; and a hold function to hold an incoming call, the hold function including: means for receiving a hold request from the user, the hold request configuring an automatic hold feature; means for receiving, at the mobile telephone, a wireless hold command from a server; means for activating the automatic hold feature at the mobile telephone in response to receiving the hold command; means for signaling an incoming mobile telephone call to the mobile telephone through the receiver; means for automatically holding one or more of the incoming mobile telephone calls in response to the activation of the automatic hold feature; and means for transmitting a hold message through the transmitter to a caller corresponding to each of the automatically held incoming mobile telephone calls.