EMERGENCY RINGING FACILITY FOR MOBILE PHONES
First Claim
1. A wireless communication device, comprising:
- a communication module configured to establish a data communication link with a remote wireless communication device over a data communication network and to establish a voice communication link with the remote wireless communication device over a voice communication network;
a data storage area configured to store an application executed by the communication module, the data storage area further configured to store a phonebook comprising at least one unique identifier and an override code for the remote wireless communication device; and
a profile management module configured to receive a request from the communication module to override a silent mode of the remote wireless communication device, to obtain the override code of the remote wireless communication device and send the override code to the remote wireless communication device over a wireless communication network to override a silent mode of the remote wireless communication device, wherein the override code is sent to the remote wireless communication device via the data communication network.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for an emergency ringing facility able to remotely override a silent mode of a wireless communication device are disclosed. The systems comprise profile-management applications residing on wireless devices and allowing one user of a wireless device to override a silent mode of a remote wireless device. The profile management application executed on the wireless device queries whether the silent mode of the remote wireless device can be overridden, and if so, communicates with a profile-management application executed on the remote device and overrides the silent mode of that device. In an alternative embodiment, a silent mode of a wireless device can be overridden by a profile management server. A profile-management application is executed on a profile-management server communicating with a profile-management application executed on a wireless device and requests the overriding of the silent mode of a remote wireless device.
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19 Claims
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1. A wireless communication device, comprising:
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a communication module configured to establish a data communication link with a remote wireless communication device over a data communication network and to establish a voice communication link with the remote wireless communication device over a voice communication network; a data storage area configured to store an application executed by the communication module, the data storage area further configured to store a phonebook comprising at least one unique identifier and an override code for the remote wireless communication device; and a profile management module configured to receive a request from the communication module to override a silent mode of the remote wireless communication device, to obtain the override code of the remote wireless communication device and send the override code to the remote wireless communication device over a wireless communication network to override a silent mode of the remote wireless communication device, wherein the override code is sent to the remote wireless communication device via the data communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer implemented method for overriding a silent mode of a first wireless communication device communicatively coupled with a second wireless communication device via a wireless communications network having a voice communication link and a data communication link, the method comprising:
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initiating a voice call to the first wireless communication device via the voice communication link of the wireless communications network; determining that the first wireless communication device is in a silent mode; obtaining an override code for the first wireless communication device; and sending the override code to the first wireless communication device via the data communication link of the wireless communication network to instruct the first wireless communication device to exit the silent mode. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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