I guess this spec has enough features to move from a "Setting" to an App.
Zisu Andrei On 26 June 2013 17:00, Randall Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > On 13-06-26 04:00 AM, Zisu Andrei wrote: > > > > There's no idea in Randall's email. If a user doesn't want to be > > disturbed by incoming calls, he should mute his phone. The essay > > in the link complained that his phone showed 20 missed calls. In > > that case, the user should activate airplane mode. > > > > > > Randall's stated goal is that he doesn't want others to call him > > on the phone unless they've scheduled in advance, and the way you > > enforce that is to turn on your phone 5 minutes before the > > scheduled time. > > > > > > I'm honestly not sure you understand the use case. > > > > What Randall and the essay guy are proposing is to have a list of > > accepted contacts for a certain phone profile. Say I'm at work, I > > only want to recieve calls from my girlfriend and mum and maybe some > > call that that I have scheduled in my calendar. All the the others can > > be either rejected, or rejected and smsd or something. > > > > I'm pretty sure I saw that on my dad's old Nokia (6303, Symbian). > > > > > > > > Zisu Andrei > > Yes, this clarifies the use case I was attempting to describe. Thank you > Zisu! > > To add more detail: > > 1) The phone remains on, always. Though convenient from an > implementation/programming standpoint, I'm not interested in the no > phone, or phone off "solutions". I have that now. > > 2) The phone "knows" who can interrupt me with an inbound call, and who > cannot. Scheduled people can obviously interrupt me, and so can a list > of people that are appropriate for my current location/context. Some > examples: > > a) I'm at work. My customer (boss) and some immediate project/team > members can interrupt me. Friends and other contacts cannot. > > b) I'm taking public transit. No interruptions are allowed as I > cannot have a meaningful (or private) discussion on a crowded train. > > c) I'm on a forced "no contact with work" vacation (banks do this to > help prevent fraud). Anyone with a work context may not interrupt me, > but others may. > > d) I'm at UDS (or vUDS) and hosting an important session. A relative > is having surgery at the same time. I want no interruptions except if > its an emergency. > > e) I never want to take a call from a person who is stalking me. > > Without getting into a detailed design, I can envision the phone taking > cues about context from: > > i) GPS (Where am i? How fast is my position changing? Am I at an > unusually high altitude?) > > ii) My calendar (am i scheduled to have a call with someone now, or > soon?) > > iii) Parameters in my contacts list (Is this person on a list that > permits them to interrupt me? e.g. sabdfl always has that privilege.) > > iv) Voice recognition (e.g. Similar to the way call-screening works on > voice mail, the person needs to say the nature of the call, and voice is > pattern-matched to determine who it is before sounding the ring tone) > > I hope this clarifies further. > > Cheers, > Randall. > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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