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System and method for telephone operation in quiet mode

  • US 9,954,999 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2015
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • storing, in a first handset of a telephone system, located in a room of a structure and connected to a base unit, quiet mode settings that specify a start time and an end time for a quiet mode signaling feature;

    enabling the quiet mode settings on the first handset of the telephone system;

    wirelessly transmitting, from the first handset of the telephone system to a second handset of the telephone system, located in a different room of the structure and connected to the base unit, the quiet mode settings that specify the start time and the end time for the quiet mode signaling feature, wherein the first handset and the second handset are using a common telephone number;

    updating quiet mode settings for the quiet mode signaling feature in the second handset in response to receiving quiet mode settings from the first handset, wherein the first handset individually self-checks the status of its quiet mode settings and the second handset of the telephone system individually self-checks the status of its quiet mode settings;

    storing a specific set of days, a second start time, a second end time, and intensity settings for the quiet mode; and

    altering a signal intensity of a particular quiet mode signaling feature during the quiet mode period specified by the specific set of days, the second start time, and the second end time, wherein the quiet mode signaling feature and the particular quiet mode signaling feature are the same feature, and wherein a signal intensity of the particular quiet mode signaling feature in the specific set of days is different from a signal intensity of the particular quiet mode signaling feature during other days.

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