Patent ID: 7873355

Claim:
A wireless device comprising: a memory; a wireless communication interface in communication with the memory, the wireless communication interface for communicating with a network; a plurality of named profiles stored on the memory, the plurality of profiles including an active profile; a user input in communication with the memory; and a response logic stored on the memory, the response logic for detecting an incoming call, referencing the active profile, the active profile having a technique for communicating a response message to the incoming call, communicating the response message to a caller using the technique, the technique being one of a voice message, email, instant messaging, SMS, and MMS, receiving a wireless signal from the user input to alter the technique as a result of one of a change to the active profile and selection of a different active profile, and sending the wireless signal to a base station controller on the network which forwards the wireless signal to a mobile switching center storing the active profile; wherein the wireless signal instructs a network element on the network to intercept an incoming call from a caller, and determine that the response message should be sent directly to the caller without forwarding the incoming call to the wireless device.