# US 2014/0194104 A1 · Alternate Notification Selection

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- Number: US 2014/0194104 A1
- Document ID: US20140194104A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/067,617
- Filed: 2013-10-30
- 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/US20140194104A1

## 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

A method comprising:
creating a prioritized list of notifications for a defined area responsive to detecting a first mobile device in the area, including adding a first notification of the first mobile device to the list;
responsive to detecting a second mobile device in the area sharing a selected notification with the first mobile device, changing the notification selection of the second mobile device to a first alternate notification, and 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 mobile device and the second mobile device, changing the notification selection of the third mobile device to a second alternate notification, the alternate notification of the third device different from notifications of the first and second mobile 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 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the list of notifications comprises at least one ringtone.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, further comprising real-time comparison of two or more ringtones, including analyzing a selection of a first ringtone pattern of the mobile devices and comparing the analyzed pattern to a selection of a second ringtone pattern of another of the mobile devices.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein adding a notification to the list further comprises adding an identifier associated with the mobile device to the list.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the identifier is an owner name associated with the mobile device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The method of claim 4, wherein the identifier is a mobile phone number associated with the mobile device.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first alternate notification and the second alternate notification is a recorded custom notification of one of the second mobile device and the third mobile device respectively.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, 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 generated by the first mobile device, and a vibration generated by the first mobile device.