Message priority mechanism

• US 20060121887A1
• Filed: 12/08/2004
• Published: 06/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Chilukoor, Muralidharan S.
• Application Number:
  US11/009,286
• Publication Number:
  US 20060121887A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/412.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/382 using authorisation codes or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/436 Arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics of a call before deciding whether to answer it based on the calling party profile H04M3/42059; based on location H04M3/42348; based on presence H04M3/42365; diversion H04M3/54

Abstract

Method, apparatus and system embodiments are disclosed for a mechanism for permitting a remote message originator to override a silent mode of a wireless communication device. A remote originator of a call or message to the wireless communication device may enter a key value. If the key value and the originator'"'"'s identity are authenticated, the silent mode is overridden in that a priority message notification, such as an audible tone, is generated. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

a first memory storage to store one or more key values;

a second memory storage to store one or more entity identifiers;

a priority module, coupled to the first and second storage, to provide for override of a silent message notification mode for a wireless communication device, based on input from a remote entity.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a tone recognition module, coupled to the priority module, the tone recognition module to receive and interpret tones generated by the remote entity.

3. A system comprising:

an antenna;

a processor core; and

priority logic to provide a priority message notification for a wireless communication device that is in a silent mode, the priority logic to provide the priority message notification only if input from a remote entity is authenticated.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

a memory storage, coupled to the priority logic, to store one or more key values.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein:

said priority logic is to utilize one or more stored key values from said memory storage in order to authenticate said input.

6. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

a memory storage, coupled to the priority logic, to store one or more originator identifiers.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein:

said priority logic is to utilize one or more originator identifiers from said memory storage in order to authenticate said input.

8. The system of claim 3, further comprising:

a memory system;

wherein said priority logic is stored in said memory system.

27. The system of claim 3, wherein the priority message notification is audible.

9. A method comprising:

entering a silent mode of a wireless communication device;

detecting an incoming message from a remote entity;

determining whether the remote entity is a member of a designated class;

if so, based on input from the remote entity, generating a priority message notification.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

authenticating user override privileges for the remote entity.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving a key value and storing the key value in memory associated with the wireless communication device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said authenticating further comprises:

comparing the stored key value with a key value received from the remote user.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving an identifier associated with each of one or members of the designated class and storing the identifier in the memory.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said determining whether the remote entity is a member of a designated class is based on the one or more stored identifiers.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein said input from the remote entity is a numeric key value.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein said input from the remote entity is received as a tone.

17. The method of claim 9, wherein said input from the remote entity is received as speech.

28. The method of claim 10, wherein the priority message notification is audible.

18. A machine-accessible medium having a plurality of machine accessible instructions, wherein, when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for:

entering a silent mode of a wireless communication device;

detecting an incoming message from a remote entity;

determining whether the remote entity is a member of a designated class;

if so, based on input from the remote entity, generating a priority message notification.

19. The machine-accessible medium as recited in claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for:

authenticating user override privileges for the remote entity.

20. The machine-accessible medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for:

receiving a key value and storing the key value in memory storage associated with the wireless communication device.

21. The machine-accessible medium of claim 20, wherein said instructions that, when executed, provide for said authenticating further comprise instructions that provide for:

comparing the stored key value with a key value received from the remote user.

22. The machine-accessible medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when the instructions are executed by a processor, the instructions provide for:

receiving an identifier associated with each of one or members of the designated class and storing the identifier in the memory.

23. The machine-accessible medium of claim 22, wherein said instructions that, when executed, provide for determining whether the remote entity is a member of a designated class further comprise instructions that, when executed, provide for basing said determining on the one or more stored identifiers.

24. The machine-accessible medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, provide for receiving said input from the remote entity, wherein said input is a numeric key value.

25. The machine-accessible medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, provide for receiving said input from the remote entity, wherein said input is a tone.

26. The machine-accessible medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, provide for receiving said input from the remote entity as speech.

29. The machine-accessible medium of claim 18, wherein the priority message notification is audible.