Patent ID: 8699687
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for responding to an incoming communication, comprising: receiving, via a cellular communication network, the incoming communication at a call-receiving device; presenting acknowledgement message options for providing an acknowledgement message responsive to the incoming communication over the cellular communication network, the acknowledgement message comprising one of a plurality of selectable acknowledgement messages; and responding to the incoming communication according to instructions associated with an option selected from the acknowledgement message options, the acknowledgement message providing information to a calling device of the incoming communication without the call-receiving device answering the incoming communication, the responding to the incoming communication according to instructions includes providing a list of voice personas to the call-receiving device, the voice personas indicative of audio recordings of the acknowledgement messages, the voice personas selectable via the call-receiving device during the incoming communication, and transmitting an audio file for a selected voice persona to the calling device during the incoming communication; wherein the acknowledgement message options further include: generating, without intervention by the call-receiving device and the calling device, a reminder using data from the acknowledgement message, the reminder operable for reminding a user of the call-receiving device to call the calling device at a future time, wherein generating the reminder includes retrieving a calendar application and scheduling the reminder into the calendar application.