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US 7,353,047 B2Granted
Integrated mobile phone ring scheduler
AssigneeSBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorMartha Karen Boyd
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Abstract
A mobile telephone comprises a ringer to provide an audible alert of an incoming telephone call. The mobile telephone has a ringer schedule interface to receive a ringer control schedule. The ringer control schedule indicates times at which a parameter of the ringer is to change. The mobile telephone further comprises an integrated ringer controller to automatically change the parameter of the ringer according to the ringer control schedule.
Claims20
A mobile telephone comprising:
- a ringer to provide an audible alert of an incoming telephone call;
- a ringer schedule interface to receive a ringer control schedule, the ringer control schedule indicating times at which a parameter of the ringer is to change;
- a ringer controller to automatically change the parameter of the ringer according to the ringer control schedule;
- and
- a control to override the ringer control schedule and thereafter to return to processing incoming calls according to the ringer control schedule;
- wherein the ringer controller is adapted to automatically change the parameter of the ringer by matching a time and day of an incoming call to the ringer control schedule on a call-by-call basis.
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A mobile telephone comprising:
- a ringer to audibly alert of an incoming telephone call;
- a display device;
- a user input device;
- a ringer schedule interface to receive a ringer control schedule, the ringer control schedule indicating times at which a parameter of the ringer is to change, wherein the ringer schedule interface uses the display device to display at least part of the ringer control schedule and the user input device to create at least part of the ringer control schedule;
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- a ringer controller to automatically change the parameter of the ringer according to the ringer control schedule;
- a control to override the ringer control schedule and thereafter to return to processing incoming calls according to the ringer control schedule;
- wherein the ringer control schedule indicates, for each day of the week, the times at which the parameter is to change;
- wherein the ringer control schedule comprises a first time for a first day of the week at which the ringer is to be turned off, and a second time for the first day of the week at which the ringer is to be turned back on;
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- wherein the ringer controller is adapted to automatically change the parameter of the ringer by matching a time and day of an incoming call to the ringer control schedule on a call-by-call basis.
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A mobile telephone comprising:
- a ringer to audibly alert of an incoming telephone call;
- a display device;
- a user input device;
- an interface to interface with an external device;
- a ringer schedule interface to receive a ringer control schedule, the ringer control schedule indicating times at which a parameter of the ringer is to change, wherein the ringer schedule interface uses the display device to display at least part of the ringer control schedule and the user input device to create part of the ringer control schedule, and wherein the ringer schedule interface uses the interface to receive another part of the ringer control schedule created using and downloaded thereto by the external device;
- a ringer controller to automatically change the parameter of the ringer according to the ringer control schedule;
- and
- a control to override the ringer control schedule and thereafter to return to processing incoming calls according to the ringer control schedule;
- wherein the ringer controller is adapted to automatically change the parameter of the ringer by matching a time and day of an incoming call to the ringer control schedule on a call-by-call basis.
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A mobile telephone comprising:
- a ringer to provide audible alert of an incoming telephone call;
- a ringer schedule interface to receive a ringer control schedule, the ringer control schedule indicating times at which a parameter of the ringer is to change;
- a ringer controller to automatically change the parameter of the finger according to the ringer control schedule;
- an interface to an external device;
- wherein the finger schedule interface uses the interface to receive at least part of the ringer control schedule created using and downloaded by the external device;
- wherein the interface comprises a short-range wireless interface;
- and
- wherein the ringer controller is adapted to automatically change the parameter of the ringer by matching a time and day of an incoming call to the ringer control schedule on a call-by-call basis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.