Patent ID: 8639276

Claim:
A method of providing interactive call disposition on a mobile telephone, comprising: receiving an indication of an incoming telephone call; determining whether a called party is available to answer the incoming call; retrieving information about the incoming call; retrieving information about the called party; receiving configuration data from the called party, the configuration data comprising instructions for processing calls to the called party based on at least contacts data for a calling party and upon determining, from at least the contacts data, that a return call from the called party will interrupt the calling party; generating a custom call announcement upon determining, based on at least the contacts data, that the return call from the called party will interrupt the calling party, the custom call announcement comprising at least one of instant messaging and electronic mail, the custom call announcement further notifying the calling party that the called party is not available to answer the incoming call based on information retrieved about the incoming call and based on information retrieved about the called party, the custom call announcement comprising a notification to the calling party that the called party is not available to answer the incoming call at the time of the incoming call, but that the called party will be available to answer a subsequent incoming call at a later prescribed time; presenting the custom call announcement to the calling party; and in response to presenting the custom call announcement to the calling party, receiving, by the called party, a responsive communication from the calling party indicating that the calling party will place a subsequent incoming call to the called party at the prescribed time.