Patent ID: 8838072

Claim:
A method for handling a call received by a mobile terminal, the method comprising: receiving a telephone call at a mobile terminal; determining whether a user of the mobile terminal is available to take the call based on a current context of the mobile terminal; when the user of the mobile terminal is not available to take the call, generating a control signal; routing a sound path of sound data in the mobile terminal according to the control signal such that sound data is output from a modem of the mobile terminal to an Application Processor (AP) of the mobile terminal or input from the AP to the modem; handling the call by a mobile personal assistant executing on the AP on behalf of the user when the user is not available to take the call; and displaying a user interface element on a display unit of the call while the call is handled by the mobile personal assistant, the user interface element indicating that the mobile personal assistant is handling the call and including a user interface sub-element for enabling the user to terminate operations of the mobile personal assistant and receive the call.