Telecommunications system and method for a mobile device allowing escalation through notification levels
OwnerGeorge Cessna Grahaminventor
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Abstract
Upon receipt of a communication, the mobile device performs an escalation from visual to tactile to audible notification. The user can designate particular “contacts” listed in a database as being authorized to send high priority communications to the device. Designated contacts are then able to mark communications as high priority. Upon receipt of a high priority communication from a designated contact, the mobile communication device escalates from visual to tactile to audible notification, but for communications from all other contacts uses a default notification (ie. visual, tactile, or audible).
Claims19
A method of using a mobile communication device having a wireless connection to a network of a service provider comprising the steps of:
- a. transmitting a communication to the mobile communication device;
- and
- b. the mobile communication device, upon receiving the communication, generating a notification at the default notification level set by the user of the mobile communication device and then escalating the notification level to a next higher level after affording the user a predetermined amount of time to respond to each notification level before escalating to the next notification level.
A telecommunications system comprising:
- a. a network operated by a wireless service provider or internet telephony provider;
- b. first and second mobile communication devices connected to such network;
- c. a database of contacts listing certain people designated by the user of the second mobile communication device as being authorized to send high priority communications to the second device;
- d. a user interface on the first mobile communication device allowing the user of the first mobile communication device to mark a communication as high priority before sending it;
- e. the network being adapted to receive from the first device a communication marked as high priority and to deliver the communication to the second mobile communication device along with a high priority mark;
- f. the second mobile communication device being adapted to determine whether a communication is marked as high priority and, if so marked, confirm that the sender of the high priority communication is authorized to send high priority communications;
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- g. the second mobile device having means for generating a notification at the default notification level set by the user of the mobile communication device and then escalating the notification level to a next higher level after affording the user a predetermined amount of time to respond to each notification level before escalating to the next notification level.
A mobile communication device comprising:
- a. means for receiving a communication;
- and
- b. means for generating a notification at the default notification level set by the user of the mobile communication device and then escalating the notification level to a next higher level after affording the user a predetermined amount of time to respond to each notification level before escalating to the next notification level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.