Apparatus and method for answering and holding a t

专利名称：Apparatus and method for answering and

holding a telephone call

发明人：Cannon, Joseph M.,Mooney, Philip D.申请号：EP00304353.6申请日：20000523公开号：EP1058440A3公开日：20040908

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摘要：In one embodiment according to the invention, a telephone includes an answerand hold feature, whereby, in response to a user input, the telephone answers anincoming call, issues an outgoing greeting and maintains a connection status. Thus, the

called party can unobtrusively cause the call to be held in the connected status until atime when the called party can conveniently enter into a conversation. For example, awireless telephone according to the invention may include a controller, a user input unit,and an outgoing message unit. The controller may be adapted to cause the outgoingmessage unit to output a particular outgoing message in response to an incoming calland a particular indication from the user input unit. The controller may be furtheradapted to maintain a connection status of the incoming call so that a user can

communicate at a point in time subsequent to the initiation of the outgoing message. Inanother embodiment according to the invention, a method of handling an incoming call ina wireless telephone includes the steps of providing an indication of the incoming call,receiving a particular user input, outputting a particular outgoing message in response tothe particular user input, and maintaining a connection status of the incoming call.

申请人：LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.

地址：600 Mountain Avenue Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974-0636 US

国籍：US

代理机构：Williams, David John

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