Cellular telephone docking device and silencing method
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1. A mobile telephone dock system comprising:
- a dock unit adapted to physically receive and hold a mobile telephone, said dock unit providing charging current to the mobile telephone and a data communications path between the dock unit and the mobile telephone;
a control button on the dock unit which enables and disables a silence mode;
a monitoring application adapted to be stored and to execute on the mobile telephone which automatically disables silence mode when the telephone is removed from the dock, and which allows a predetermined set of callers to override the silence mode.
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Abstract
A system for, and method of intelligently silencing a mobile telephone, allowing the user to avoid unnecessary interruptions while sleeping or engaged in other activities and while still allowing necessary or urgent notifications to be received. The invention provides a method for creating a “do not disturb” mode on a mobile phone, which provides an explicit mechanism which can allow certain designated callers to override the “do not disturb” mode. When the phone is in “do not disturb” mode, an option is typically provided which allows the phone owner to designate certain contacts for different treatment upon receipt of a call or message.
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1. A mobile telephone dock system comprising:
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a dock unit adapted to physically receive and hold a mobile telephone, said dock unit providing charging current to the mobile telephone and a data communications path between the dock unit and the mobile telephone; a control button on the dock unit which enables and disables a silence mode; a monitoring application adapted to be stored and to execute on the mobile telephone which automatically disables silence mode when the telephone is removed from the dock, and which allows a predetermined set of callers to override the silence mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile telephone dock system comprising:
- a dock unit adapted to physically receive and hold a mobile telephone, said dock unit providing charging current to the mobile telephone and a data communications path between the dock unit and the mobile telephone;
a control button on the dock unit which enables and disables a silence mode;
a monitoring application adapted to be stored and to execute on the mobile telephone which automatically disables silence mode when the telephone is removed from the dock, and which allows a predetermined set of callers to override the silence mode;an application programming interface (API) also stored and executable on the mobile telephone configured to allow user application developers to interface docking and control functions of the dock unit to their particular user applications. - View Dependent Claims (10)
- a dock unit adapted to physically receive and hold a mobile telephone, said dock unit providing charging current to the mobile telephone and a data communications path between the dock unit and the mobile telephone;
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