Method of remotely changing operating characteristics of a communications device

• US 20080310610A1
• Filed: 08/12/2008
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amir Imam, Hans-Mathias Glatzer, Jens-Uwe Sohner, Reza Serafat
• Original Assignee: Amir Imam, Hans-Mathias Glatzer, Jens-Uwe Sohner, Reza Serafat
• Inventors: Serafat, Reza, Imam, Amir, Sohner, Jens-Uwe, Glatzer, Hans-Mathias
• Granted Patent: US 8,494,509 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/201.02
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/663 Preventing unauthorised calls to a telephone set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/665 by checking the validity of a code
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/22 Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method of remotely changing operating characteristics of a communications device selected for signalling an incoming message or call to a user. To allow signalling an urgent incoming message or call to a user even if the device to be called is in a mute state, the method comprises the steps of: transmitting control data from a calling device (MSI) to a device (MS2) to called; changing a group of operating characteristics of the device (MS2) to be called in accordance with the transmitted control data; and signalling an incoming message or call in accordance with the operating characteristics set up in the previous step.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. The communications device enabled for remotely changing operating characteristics of the communications device selected for signaling an incoming message or call to a user, comprising:

means for receiving control data via an air interface;

means for communicating that are adjustable in accordance with operating characteristics; and

means, operable with a profile switching application, for reading the control data to change a group of operating characteristics of the communications device to a group of operating characteristics for signaling an incoming message or call to a user, including a plurality of operating characteristics which can be changed simultaneously, in accordance with the received control data; and

means for signaling an incoming message or call in accordance with the group of operating characteristics set up in accordance with the received control data.