US 11,863,709 B2
Priority calling using cloud-based signaling for VoLTE and non-cellular calls
Harsha Shirahatti, Santa Clara, CA (US); Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, San Jose, CA (US); Sriram Subramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US); Nischay Goel, San Jose, CA (US); Shiva Krishna Narra, San Jose, CA (US); Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US); Stephen C. Schweizer, Mountain View, CA (US); and Krisztian Kiss, Hayward, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/447,676.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/078,758, filed on Sep. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086282 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04M 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04M 7/00 (2006.01); H04L 51/224 (2022.01); H04L 65/1101 (2022.01)
CPC H04M 7/006 (2013.01) [H04L 51/224 (2022.05); H04L 65/1101 (2022.05); H04M 7/0006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sending wireless device comprising:
wireless circuitry including one or more antennas;
one or more processors communicatively coupled to the wireless circuitry and to a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the sending wireless device to perform a set of actions including:
receiving, from a receiving wireless device via a network-based server prior to initiation of a call connection to the receiving wireless device, information associated with a priority contact setting for the sending wireless device or a user thereof;
detecting initiation of the call connection to the receiving wireless device with a selected priority level;
sending, to a cellular wireless network, a request to establish a mobile-initiated call connection with the receiving wireless device;
obtaining an internet protocol (IP) address for the receiving wireless device;
establishing a parallel data connection between the sending wireless device and the receiving wireless device using the IP address; and
sending, to the receiving wireless device via the parallel data connection, an indication of the selected priority level for the request to establish the mobile-initiated call connection,
wherein:
options for priority level selection of the call connection are displayed at the sending wireless device prior to initiation of the call connection when the user of the sending wireless device is included as a priority contact in a configuration of the receiving wireless device; and
the selected priority level causes the receiving wireless device to override a silent or do not disturb setting to provide an incoming call connection notification alert with the selected priority level.