METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REJECTING A REQUEST FOR CALL INITIALIZATION

摘要

A method and apparatus for rejecting a request for call initialization a device capable of multi-mode communications. A user of the multi-mode wirele ss communication device enters one or more desired communication modes into the wireless communication device, where an indication of the selected mode(s) a re stored in a memory. When a page message is received by the wireless communication device, it is examined to determine if a communication mode of an incoming call associated with the page message matches the indication of the selected communication mode(s) as stored in the memory. If a match is determined, the incoming call is accepted by the wireless communication device. If the communication mode of the incoming call does not match the indication of the selected communication mode(s), the call is rejected by th e wireless communication device without interrupting the user or a call alread y in progress.