COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROMPTING INCOMING EVENTS OF THE COMMUNICATION DEVICE

• US 20110151894A1
• Filed: 02/25/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: YANG, CHIN-LIN
• Application Number:
  US12/712,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20110151894A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/456.6
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A communication device and method for prompting incoming events of the communication device are provided. The method monitors environment situation around the communication device when the communication device receives an incoming event, and determines an environment mode of the communication device according to the environment situation. The method further searches a storage system of the communication device for a prompt mode matching the environment mode, and prompts a user using the prompt mode so as to avoid urgent or important events.

Claims

1. A method for prompting incoming events of a communication device, comprising:

(a1) monitoring environment situation around the communication device when the communication device receives an incoming event, and determining an environment mode of the communication device according to the environment situation;

(a2) searching a storage system of the communication device for a prompt mode matching the environment mode, and prompting a user using the prompt mode.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

setting a prompt mode for each environment mode of the communication device; and

storing the set prompt mode in the storage system of the communication device.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the block (a1) comprises:

(b1) detecting a current system time of the communication device;

(b2) detecting a moving status of the communication device;

(b3) detecting an environmental volume level around the communication device;

(b4) detecting an illumination intensity of the environment; and

(b5) determining the environment mode of the communication device according to the detection results.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the incoming event is an incoming call, an incoming message, or an alarm clock event.

5. A communication device, the communication device comprising:

a storage system;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the storage system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a monitoring unit operable to monitor environment situation around the communication device when the communication device receives an incoming event, and determine an environment mode of the communication device according to the environment situation;

a prompting unit operable to search the storage system for a prompt mode matching the environment mode, and prompts a user using the prompt mode.

6. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein the one or more programs further comprises:

a setting unit operable to set a prompt mode for each environment mode of the communication device, and storing the set prompt mode in the storage system.

7. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein the monitoring unit comprises:

a time detection module operable to detect a current system time of the communication device;

a status detection module operable to detect a moving status of the communication device;

a volume level detection module operable to detect an environmental volume level around the communication device;

a light detection module operable to detect an illumination intensity of the environment; and

an environment mode determination module operable to determine the environment mode of the communication device according to the detection results of the aforementioned modules.

8. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein the incoming event is an incoming call, an incoming message, or an alarm clock event.

9. A storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor of a communication device to perform a method for prompting incoming events of the communication device, the method comprising:

(a1) monitoring environment situation around the communication device when the communication device receives an incoming event, and determining an environment mode of the communication device according to the environment situation;

(a2) searching a storage system of the communication device for a prompt mode matching the environment mode, and prompting a user using the prompt mode.

10. The storage medium as claimed in claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:

setting a prompt mode for each environment mode of the communication device; and

storing the set prompt mode in the storage system of the communication device.

11. The storage medium as claimed in claim 9, wherein the block (a1) comprises:

(b1) detecting a current system time of the communication device;

(b2) detecting a moving status of the communication device;

(b3) detecting an environmental volume level around the communication device;

(b4) detecting an illumination intensity of the environment; and

(b5) determining the environment mode of the communication device according to the detection results.

12. The storage medium as claimed in claim 9, wherein the incoming event is an incoming call, an incoming message, or an alarm clock event.