METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENDER CONTROLLABLE MODALITIES
First Claim
1. An apparatus for sender controllable modalities, the apparatus comprising:
- a priority command generator capable of generating a priority command that includes a modality alert command that controls a modality of a recipient device;
a communication command generator capable of generating a communication command; and
a transmitter operably coupled to the priority command generator and the communication command generator such that the priority command and the communication command are transmitted to the recipient device wherein the recipient device may receive the modality alert command within the priority command.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus (110) for sender controllable modalities includes the step of generating a communication command (108). The method and apparatus further includes generating a priority command (110) wherein the priority command includes a modality alert command. The priority command (108) may be any suitable command indicating a level of priority as it relates to the communication command (110). The method and apparatus further includes thereupon transmitting the communication command and the priority command (112) to the recipient device (120). The method and apparatus further includes the recipient device (120) verifying the sender device (100) and performing an internal verification (124) of whether the sender device (100) has the ability to override the internal modality setting and to verify if the priority level requests overriding the internal modality setting.
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10 Claims
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1. An apparatus for sender controllable modalities, the apparatus comprising:
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a priority command generator capable of generating a priority command that includes a modality alert command that controls a modality of a recipient device; a communication command generator capable of generating a communication command; and a transmitter operably coupled to the priority command generator and the communication command generator such that the priority command and the communication command are transmitted to the recipient device wherein the recipient device may receive the modality alert command within the priority command. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 10)
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5. A method for sender controllable modalities in a sender device, the method comprising:
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generating a communication command; generating a priority command including a modality alert command that controls a modality of a recipient device, wherein the priority command relates to the communication command; and transmitting the communication command and the priority command to a recipient device. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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