METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING A QUIET ZONE

• US 20170134564A1
• Filed: 11/11/2015
• Published: 05/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
• Original Assignee: University Of Dammam
• Inventors: ALMURAYH, Abdullah Saeed
• Granted Patent: US 9,973,619 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds

Abstract

A quiet zone can be implemented using a quiet zone transceiver. The quiet zone can have a predetermined perimeter created by the quiet zone transceiver. A smart mobile device can cause an initial alert setting of the smart mobile device to automatically change to a silent alert setting when the smart mobile device is moved into the quiet zone. Additionally, when the smart mobile device is moved out of the quiet zone, the initial alert setting can be restored. The smart mobile device can also be used as the quiet zone transceiver to create the quiet zone if the user of the smart mobile device wishes to create an area in which disturbances such as loud alert settings are limited.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

circuitry configured to

determine if the device is moved into a quiet zone, the quiet zone having a predetermined perimeter,

determine if an initial alert setting of the device is a silent alert setting when the device was determined to have been moved into the quiet zone,

receive a signal from a remote device that triggers a change to the initial alert setting of the device when the initial alert setting is not the silent alert setting,

determine if a request is received on the device to override the silent alert setting, and when the request is received, transmit device information to the remote device when the device overrides the silent alert setting,

receive a response signal to the request from the remote device and set the alert setting to correspond with setting information in the response signal, and

restore the alert setting to the initial alert setting when the device is moved out of the quiet zone.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the remote device is a quiet zone transceiver.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the remote device is a smart mobile device.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to receive an alert from the remote device in response to the device being moved into the quiet zone.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the device information includes the name, phone number, MAC address, and location associated with the device.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is configured to receive an automated reply from the remote device in response to a request from the device to override the silent alert setting.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is configured to prohibit an override of the silent alert setting until the response signal from the remote device is received.

8. A method of implementing a quiet zone comprising:

determining, via processing circuitry, if the device is moved into a quiet zone, the quiet zone having a predetermined perimeter,

determining, via processing circuitry, if an initial alert setting of the device is a silent alert setting when the device was determined to have been moved into the quiet zone,

receiving a signal from a remote device that triggers a change to the initial alert setting of the device when the initial alert setting is not the silent alert setting,

determining, via processing circuity, if a request is received on the device to override the silent alert setting, and when the request is received, transmit device information to the remote device when the device overrides the silent alert setting,

receiving a response signal to the request from the remote device and set the alert setting to correspond with setting information in the response signal, and

restoring the alert setting to the initial alert setting when the device is moved out of the quiet zone.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the remote device is a quiet zone transceiver.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the remote device is a smart mobile device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the circuitry is configured to receive an alert from the remote device in response to the device being moved into the quiet zone.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the device information includes the name, phone number, MAC address, and location associated with the device.

13. The method of claim 8, wherein the device is configured to receive an automated reply from the remote device in response to a request from the device to override the silent alert setting.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the device is configured to prohibit an override of the silent alert setting until the response signal from the remote device is received.

15. A remote device comprising:

circuitry configured to

determine if a device is moved into a quiet zone, the quiet zone having a predetermined perimeter,

determine if an initial alert setting of the device is a silent alert setting when the device was determined to have been moved into the quiet zone,

transmit a signal from the remote device that triggers a change to the initial alert setting of the device when the initial alert setting is not the silent alert setting,

determine if a request is transmitted from the device to override the silent alert setting, and when the request is transmitted, receive device information from the device when the device overrides the silent alert setting,

transmit a response signal to the request to the device causing the device to set the alert setting to correspond with setting information in the response signal, and

determine when the device is moved out of the quiet zone.

16. The remote device of claim 15, wherein the remote device is a quiet zone transceiver.

17. The device of claim 15, wherein the remote device is a smart mobile device and the quiet zone transceiver.

18. The device of claim 15, wherein the circuitry is configured to transmit an alert to the device in response to the device being moved into the quiet zone.

19. The device of claim 15, wherein the circuitry is configured to create the quiet zone with a predetermined perimeter when the remote device is the quiet zone transceiver.

20. The device of claim 15, wherein the remote device transmits an automated reply to the device in response to a request from the device to override the silent alert setting.