Ryerson researchers are building an intuitive communication interface

Your cell phone rings during an important meeting. Heads turn, eyebrows are raised, and everything could have been prevented if you had silenced the phone’s ringer. Or soon, thanks to an international Ryerson collaborative research project, your phone will consult your daily schedule, location, and the profiles of the people around you, and decide if the call should be sent directly to your voice mail or should be redirected to someone else. What's more, your phone will also intelligently determine if the call should be handled over Wi-Fi or regular telecommunications channels in order to provide optimal voice and video communications at the lowest cost possible.

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