Recommending Preferred Ringer Settings For A Mobile Communications Device

• US 20150156310A1
• Filed: 12/04/2013
• Published: 06/04/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo International Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Adams, Keith T., Hamilton, Jeffrey R., Mickens, Ross L., Parker, Markesha F.
• Granted Patent: US 9,509,832 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences

Abstract

Recommending preferred ringer settings for a mobile communications device, including: receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, location information identifying a location of the mobile communications device; receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, ringer setting information identifying a ringer setting of the mobile communications device; identifying one or more location zones; and determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones.

Claims

1-6. -6. (canceled)

7. An apparatus for recommending preferred ringer settings for a mobile communications device, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, location information identifying a location of the mobile communications device;

receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, ringer setting information identifying a ringer setting of the mobile communications device;

identifying one or more location zones; and

determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

receiving, from an unconfigured mobile communications device, location information identifying a location of the unconfigured mobile communications device;

determining, in dependence upon the location of the unconfigured mobile communications device, a location zone of the unconfigured mobile communications device; and

sending, to the unconfigured mobile communications device, preferred ringer settings for the location zone of the unconfigured mobile communications device.

9. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

receiving, from a mobile communications device, a rejection of recommended ringer settings; and

updating, in dependence upon the rejection of recommended ringer settings, preferred ringer settings for a location zone that includes the mobile communications device.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

receiving, from a mobile communications device, an acceptance of recommended ringer settings; and

updating, in dependence upon the acceptance of recommended ringer settings, preferred ringer settings for a location zone that includes the mobile communications device.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 wherein determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones further comprises:

determining whether the ringer settings for each of the one or more mobile communications devices were actively set; and

assigning a greater weighting to the ringer settings for each of the one or more mobile communications devices that were actively set.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the step of maintaining a preferred ringer settings repository, the preferred ringer settings repository associating a particular location zone with preferred ringer settings for each location zone.

13. A computer program product for recommending preferred ringer settings for a mobile communications device, the computer program product disposed upon a computer readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, location information identifying a location of the mobile communications device;

receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, ringer setting information identifying a ringer setting of the mobile communications device;

identifying one or more location zones; and

determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones.

14. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

receiving, from an unconfigured mobile communications device, location information identifying a location of the unconfigured mobile communications device;

determining, in dependence upon the location of the unconfigured mobile communications device, a location zone of the unconfigured mobile communications device; and

sending, to the unconfigured mobile communications device, preferred ringer settings for the location zone of the unconfigured mobile communications device.

15. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

receiving, from a mobile communications device, a rejection of recommended ringer settings; and

updating, in dependence upon the rejection of recommended ringer settings, preferred ringer settings for a location zone that includes the mobile communications device.

16. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of:

receiving, from a mobile communications device, an acceptance of recommended ringer settings; and

updating, in dependence upon the acceptance of recommended ringer settings, preferred ringer settings for a location zone that includes the mobile communications device.

17. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones further comprises:

determining whether the ringer settings for each of the one or more mobile communications devices were actively set; and

assigning a greater weighting to the ringer settings for each of the one or more mobile communications devices that were actively set.

18. The computer program product of claim 13 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of maintaining a preferred ringer settings repository, the preferred ringer settings repository associating a particular location zone with preferred ringer settings for each location zone.

19. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer readable medium comprises a signal medium.

20. The computer program product of claim 13 wherein the computer readable medium comprises a storage medium.