Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Conforming a Wireless Personal Communications Device to a Local Social Standard
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- providing a wireless transmitter;
using the wireless transmitter to transmit a message intended for at least one wireless personal communications device, wherein the message comprises content configured and arranged to at least attempt to prompt a particular operability configuration for the wireless personal communications device that conforms to social standards as correspond to a given local venue, wherein the content comprises, at least in part, at least one of;
information indicative of a degree to which the operability configuration comprises a required operability configuration;
information indicative of at least one particular capability of the wireless personal communication device to which the operability configuration pertains;
information corresponding to a time frame during which the operability configuration is applicable.
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Abstract
A wireless transmitter (201) transmits (102) a message intended for at least one wireless personal communications device (202). That message comprises content (203) configured and arranged to at least attempt to prompt a particular operability configuration for the wireless personal communications device that conforms to social standards as correspond to a given local venue (204). Such content can vary with the application setting with some relevant examples comprising, but not being limited to, information indicative of a degree to which the operability configuration comprises a required operability configuration (as versus a voluntary or merely suggested configuration), information indicative of at least one particular capability of the wireless personal communication device to which the operability configuration pertains, and/or information corresponding to a time frame during which the operability configuration is applicable, to note but a few.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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providing a wireless transmitter; using the wireless transmitter to transmit a message intended for at least one wireless personal communications device, wherein the message comprises content configured and arranged to at least attempt to prompt a particular operability configuration for the wireless personal communications device that conforms to social standards as correspond to a given local venue, wherein the content comprises, at least in part, at least one of; information indicative of a degree to which the operability configuration comprises a required operability configuration; information indicative of at least one particular capability of the wireless personal communication device to which the operability configuration pertains; information corresponding to a time frame during which the operability configuration is applicable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless personal communications device comprising:
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a receiver configured and arranged to receive content configured and arranged to at least attempt to prompt a particular operability configuration for the wireless personal communications device that conforms to social standards as correspond to a given local venue, wherein the content comprises, at least in part, at least one of; information indicative of a degree to which the operability configuration comprises a required operability configuration; information indicative of at least one particular capability of the wireless personal communication device to which the operability configuration pertains; information corresponding to a time frame during which the operability configuration is applicable; a processor operably coupled to the receiver and being configured and arranged to use the content to at least provide an opportunity to adopt the operability configuration and thereby conform to the social standard. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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providing a wireless personal communications device; receiving at the wireless personal communications device content configured and arranged to at least attempt to prompt a particular operability configuration for the wireless personal communications device that conforms to social standards as correspond to a given local venue, wherein the content comprises, at least in part, at least one of; information indicative of a degree to which the operability configuration comprises a required operability configuration; information indicative of at least one particular capability of the wireless personal communication device to which the operability configuration pertains; information corresponding to a time frame during which the operability configuration is applicable; at the wireless personal communications device, using the content to at least provide an opportunity to adopt the operability configuration and thereby conform to the social standard. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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