Patent ID: 7620166

Claim:
A method in a computer system for controlling the computer system in response to a telephone event, the method comprising: displaying to a user an indication of telephone events for a telephone number including an incoming call event, an outgoing call event, a call answer event, and a call end event; displaying to the user an indication of applications of the computer system; receiving from the user an indication of a first action to take for a first application of the applications when a first telephone event of a plurality of telephone events for a telephone number is received, the first action including one or more of mute audio of, un-mute audio of, pause, and resume the first application; storing a first indication to take the first action when the first telephone event occurs for the first application; receiving from the user an indication of a second action to take for a second application of the applications when a second telephone event of the plurality of telephone events for the telephone number is received, the second action including one or more of mute audio of, un-mute audio of, pause, and resume the second application; storing a second indication to take the second action when the second telephone event occurs for the second application; receiving from the telephone system a notification that a telephone event has occurred for the telephone number; and upon receiving the notification that a telephone event has occurred for the telephone number, when the received notification indicates that the first telephone event has occurred, taking the first action for the first application as indicated by the first indication; and when the received notification indicates that the second telephone event has occurred, taking the second action for the second application as indicated by the second indication so that the user can control the actions to take when different telephone events occur on an application-by-application basis.