Patent ID: 7076275

Claim:
A system for automatically delivering a phone call to a device, said system comprising: a processor coupled to a bus and a display screen coupled to said bus; a cellular phone mechanism; a memory unit coupled to said bus and having stored therein an operating system executed by said processor and a background task executed by said processor, said operating system including at least one graphical user interface; where said background task performs to the steps of monitoring for incoming phone calls by a background task of said operating system of said device, said background task interfacing directly with the telephony functionality of said device, said background task always active, said operating system including at least one application; detecting said incoming phone call by said background task; notifying said operating system of said incoming phone call by said background task; and notifying a user of said device of said incoming phone call by said background task irrespective of the user's activity on said device without terminating said application.