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AssigneeJoseph T. Massey, Jr.
InventorJoseph T. Massey, Jr.
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Various embodiments of the present invention overcomes deficiencies in the art by providing an apparatus (e.g., a mobile device) and executable code for use on an apparatus that provide the ability to designate selected incoming message sources, such as calling telephone numbers or email/text sender addresses, with an override flag, which can also be used, if desired, with a time-of-day parameter setting. With this feature, the user can place the apparatus in a particular alert mode and designate which calling telephone numbers or email/text sender addresses will override the alert mode with a second alert mode that is more appropriate for alerting the user when an incoming message is received from one of the designated calling telephone numbers or email/text sender addresses.
An apparatus for receiving incoming messages comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing executable code for overriding an alert mode on an apparatus, that when executed by at least one processor of the apparatus causes the at least one processor to, in response to receiving an incoming message:
A method for overriding an alert mode on an apparatus, the method comprising the step of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.