CUSTOMIZABILITY OF EVENT NOTIFICATION ON TELEPHONY-ENABLED DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method in a telephony-enabled device comprising:
- for each of at least two states of the telephony-enabled device, receiving user customized notification settings for a plurality of event types including event types that occur internally to the telephony-enabled device, the notification settings determining a user notification of an event;
upon an event triggering potential user notification, the event triggering potential user notification being one of said plurality of event types;
processing the event triggering potential user notification according to the user customized notification settings for the event type of the event for a current state of the telephony-enabled device;
wherein the at least two states comprise;
at least one state in which there is an active voice call; and
at least one state in which there is no active voice call.
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Abstract
A system and method of notifying a user of events in a customizable manner during and not during a voice call is provided. According to one aspect, the notifications are configurable to be dependant on whether or not there is an active voice call. Notifications may also be configured to be different depending on whether or not the wireless device is inside a device holster. Notifications can be configured to be different for different events so that the user may be able to associate certain notifications with certain events. The user can also configure the type of events that trigger notification. Notifications include any combination of audible cues, visual cues, and vibration cues.
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22 Claims
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1. A method in a telephony-enabled device comprising:
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for each of at least two states of the telephony-enabled device, receiving user customized notification settings for a plurality of event types including event types that occur internally to the telephony-enabled device, the notification settings determining a user notification of an event; upon an event triggering potential user notification, the event triggering potential user notification being one of said plurality of event types; processing the event triggering potential user notification according to the user customized notification settings for the event type of the event for a current state of the telephony-enabled device; wherein the at least two states comprise; at least one state in which there is an active voice call; and at least one state in which there is no active voice call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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