Patent ID: 7957772

Claim:
A wireless hands-free device operable to communicate with a mobile communication device over a short-range wireless link, the short-range wireless link providing wireless communications over a range of approximately one hundred meters or less, the mobile communication device facilitating communications over a wireless wide area network, the wireless hands-free device comprising: a transceiver operable to at least receive incoming call information from the mobile communication device over the short-range wireless link, the incoming call information corresponding to an incoming call received by the mobile communication device over the wireless wide area network; a memory operable to store one or more pre-recorded audio messages; a delayed answering mode actuator activatable by a user of the wireless hands-free device; and a processing device operably coupled to the transceiver, the memory, and the delayed answering mode actuator, the processing device operable to: detect activation of the delayed answering mode actuator after receipt of the incoming call information; retrieve at least one pre-recorded audio message from the memory responsive to detecting activation of the delayed answering mode actuator; and provide the at least one pre-recorded audio message to the transceiver for subsequent transmission to the mobile communication device over the short-range wireless link.