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SELECTIVE ACTIVATION OF ALERTS FOR RECEIPT AND AVAILABILITY OF DATA IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE

  • US 20120276878A1
  • Filed: 07/06/2012
  • Published: 11/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for selectively alerting a recipient about a received communication, the method comprising:

  • receiving a communication at a recipient device, the recipient device having the capability to process the communication;

    receiving an alert instruction at the recipient device as a separate communication after receiving the communication;

    referring to rules in an alert profile in response to the received alert instruction to determine whether an alert for the communication is activated or deactivated, the determination dependent on at least one criterion identified in the rules, the at least one criterion relating to one or more of;

    proximity of the recipient device to a device from which the communication originated;

    a priority of the communication;

    a sender of the communication; and

    content of the communication;

    when the alert is activated rendering the alert; and

    when the alert is deactivated, not rendering the alert.

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