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User-selectable environments for mobile communications devices

  • US 9,860,686 B2
  • Filed: 08/28/2014
  • Issued: 01/02/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method implemented in a mobile communications device, the method comprising:

  • receiving a setting of the mobile communications device that corresponds to different environment types;

    receiving an incoming call from one or more communication sources;

    obtaining an indication of a first environment type associated with the one or more communication sources;

    checking whether the indication of the first environment type associated with the one or more communication sources matches a current environment type of the mobile communications device, as received from the setting;

    when the indication of the first environment type in which the one or more communication sources is being used does not match the current environment type in which the mobile communications device is being used;

    preventing presentation of a notification of the communications;

    maintaining a record of the incoming call, including the first environment type, received at the mobile communication device as a missed communication; and

    presenting leave-behind notifications in response to the current environment type changing based on a change in the setting that corresponds to the current environment type setting of the mobile communications device from one of a personal environment or a work environment to another of the personal environment or the work environment, the leave-behind notifications including an indication of the missed communication that was prevented from being presented.

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