# US 2014/0194101 A1 · Alternate notification selection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0194101 A1 - Document ID: US20140194101A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/737,057 - Filed: 2013-01-09 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-09 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Shawn P. Mullen; Jessica C. Murillo; Johnny M. Shieh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140194101A1 ## CPC - H04M 1/724: User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones - H04M 1/72457: according to geographic location - H04M 19/04: the ringing-current being generated at the substations - H04W 4/021: Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences - H04W 68/005: {Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication} - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Embodiments of the invention relate to management of notifications responsive to the arrival and departure of mobile devices in a defined area. A prioritized list is shared among mobile devices in a defined area. Upon detection, mobile devices add their respective selected notifications to the prioritized list. A mobile device entering the defined area receives the prioritized list and in response to detecting a shared selected notification on the prioritized list, one of the mobile devices in the area changes its selected notification to an alternative notification. A second mobile device entering the defined area would likewise receive the prioritized list and change its selected notification to a second alternative notification responsive to a shared selected notification on the list. At such time as a device leaves the area, the list is again updated and all notifications exclusive to the device are removed from the list. ## Claims ### Claim 1 (canceled) ### Claim 2 (canceled) ### Claim 3 (canceled) ### Claim 4 (canceled) ### Claim 5 (canceled) ### Claim 6 (canceled) ### Claim 7 (canceled) ### Claim 8 (canceled) ### Claim 9 A computer program product for use with a first mobile device, the computer program product comprising a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having computer readable program code embodied thereon, which when executed causes a computer to implement the method comprising: creating a prioritized list of notifications for a defined area responsive to detecting a first mobile device in the area; responsive to detecting a second mobile device in the area sharing a selected notification with the first device; changing the notification selection of the second device to a first alternate notification, adding the first alternate notification to the list; responsive to detecting a third mobile device in the defined area sharing a selected notification with one of the first device and the second device, transmitting an electromagnetic signal notification to the third device, the notification instructing changing the notification selection of the third device to a second alternate notification, the alternate notification of the third device differing from the first and second devices, and adding the second alternate notification to the list; and negotiating arrival and departure of mobile devices in the area, including responsive to one of the devices leaving the area, removing any notifications exclusive to the departing mobile device from the list. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the list of notifications comprises at least one ringtone. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising program code to conduct real-time comparison of two or more ringtones, including the program code to analyze a selection of a first ringtone pattern of the mobile devices and compare the analyzed pattern to a selection of a second ringtone pattern of another of the devices. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The computer program product of claim 9, wherein adding a notification to the list further comprises the computer program product to add an identifier associated with the mobile device to the list. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the identifier is selected from the group consisting of: an owner name associated with the mobile device and a mobile phone number associated with the device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The computer program product of claim 9, wherein at least one of the first alternate notification and the second alternate notification is a custom notification. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The computer program product of claim 9, wherein at least one of the first alternate notification and the second alternate notification is an action selected from the group consisting of: a textual notification message and a vibration. ### Claim 16 A system comprising: a processing unit in communication with memory; a functional unit in communication with the processing unit, the functional unit having tools to manager notification activation, the tools comprising: a prioritization manager to create a prioritized list for a defined area; a detection manager to detect: a first mobile device in the area; a second mobile device in the area sharing a selected notification with the first device; a third mobile device in the area sharing a selected notification with one of the first device and the second device; and one of the devices leaving the area; an activation manager in communication with the detection manager and the prioritization manager, the activation manager to: change the notification selection of the second device to a first alternate notification and add the first alternate notification to the list; transmit an electromagnetic signal, the signal to communicate an instruction to change the notification selection of the third device to a second alternate notification different from the first and second devices and add the second alternate notification to the list; and negotiate arrival and departure of devices in the defined area, including responsive to one of the devices leaving the defined area, removing any notification exclusive to the departing mobile device from the list. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, further comprising an analysis manager in communication with the detection manager, the analysis manager to conduct real-time comparison of two or more ringtones, including the analysis manager to analyze a selection of a first ringtone pattern of the mobile devices and compare the analyzed pattern to a selection of a second ringtone pattern of another of the devices. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein adding a notification to the list further comprises the activation manager to add an identifier associated with the mobile device to the list, and wherein the identifier is selected from the group consisting of: an owner name associated with the mobile device, and a mobile phone number associated with the device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the first alternate notification and the second alternate notification is a custom notification recorded by a user of one of the second mobile device and the third device respectively. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the first alternate notification and the second alternate notification is an action selected from the group consisting of: a textual notification message and a vibration.