US Patent Application 18220221. MISSED TELEPHONE CALL MANAGEMENT FOR A PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE simplified abstract
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MISSED TELEPHONE CALL MANAGEMENT FOR A PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Scott Forstall of Los Altos CA (US)
Imran Chaudhri of San Francisco CA (US)
Greg Christie of San Jose CA (US)
Patrick L. Coffman of San Francisco CA (US)
Steven P. Jobs of Palo Alto CA (US)
Stephen O. Lemay of Palo Alto CA (US)
Gregory Novick of San Francisco CA (US)
Marcel Van Os of Santa Cruz CA (US)
MISSED TELEPHONE CALL MANAGEMENT FOR A PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18220221 titled 'MISSED TELEPHONE CALL MANAGEMENT FOR A PORTABLE MULTIFUNCTION DEVICE
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes an electronic device with a user interface for displaying incoming calls.
- When an incoming call is detected from a phone number that is not in the contact list, the device displays the phone number.
- When an incoming call is detected from a phone number that is in the contact list, the device displays the associated name and/or graphic without showing the phone number.
Original Abstract Submitted
In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device is described. A user interface is displayed while detecting an incoming call from a first phone number. In response to detecting the incoming call and in accordance with a determination that the first phone number for the incoming call does not correspond to an entry in a contact list, the first phone number corresponding to the incoming call is displayed. In response to detecting the incoming call and in accordance with a determination that the first number for the incoming call corresponds to a first entry in the contact list, a name associated with the first entry and/or a graphic associated with the first entry is displayed, without displaying the first phone number.
