US 8,140,127 B2 · System and method for controlling notification characteristics of a mobile communication device

Abstract

A system and method for controlling user notification characteristics of a mobile communication device. Various aspects of the present invention may comprise transmitting a wireless signal from a wireless transmitter. Such a wireless signal may, for example, comprise a characteristic designed to control user notification characteristics of mobile communication devices receiving the wireless signal. Such a wireless signal may, for example, be transmitted to an area in which control of user notification characteristics is desired. Various aspects of the present invention may also comprise receiving a wireless signal at a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device may, based at least in part on a characteristic of the received signal, select one or more user notification characteristics. The mobile communication device may then receive a communication from a communication system and generate a user notification to notify a user of the communication, wherein the user notification comprises the selected characteristic(s).

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Dependent claims

In a mobile communication device, a method for notifying a user about a communication, the method comprising:

receiving, at the mobile communication device, a control signal from a wireless transmitter, the control signal comprising at least one characteristic specifically adapted to control selection by the mobile communication device of a manner in which the mobile communication device notifies a user of a communication;
selecting, based at least in part on the at least one characteristic of the received control signal, at least one user notification characteristic wherein said selection is based on a notification profile maintained in the mobile communication device;
after receiving the control signal, receiving, at the mobile communication device, a communication from a communication network;
and
in response to the received communication, generating a user notification to notify a user about the received communication, where the user notification is characterized, at least in part, by the selected at least one user notification characteristic.

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System and method for controlling notification characteristics of a mobile communication device

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