Politeness zones for wireless communication devices
First Claim
1. A communication device, comprising:
- a first receiver configured to receive incoming communications over a first communication channel;
an alerting mechanism configured to indicate receipt of an incoming communication over the first communication channel, the alerting mechanism configured for operation in a non-politeness mode and in a politeness mode; and
a second receiver configured to receive politeness requests over a second communication channel, the politeness requests indicating that operation of the alerting mechanism should be set to politeness mode, wherein, upon receipt of a politeness request over the second communication channel, the device is configured to accept the politeness request and set operation of the alerting mechanism to politeness mode, or to reject the politeness request and leave operation of the alerting mechanism in its present mode of operation.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a politeness zone (PZ); a wireless communication device configured to receive incoming communications over a first communication channel and politeness requests over a second communication channel, the communication device comprising an alerting mechanism configured to indicate receipt of an incoming communication over the first communication channel, the alerting mechanism operable in a politeness mode and a non-politeness mode, the politeness requests indicating that operation of the alerting mechanism should be set to politeness mode, wherein, upon receipt of a politeness request over the second communication channel, the device is configured to accept the politeness request and set operation of the alerting mechanism to politeness mode, or to reject the politeness request and leave operation of the alerting mechanism in its present mode of operation; and a politeness zone transmitter (PZT) configured to send politeness requests to the communication device over the second communication channel when the communication device is proximate the PZ.
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52 Claims
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1. A communication device, comprising:
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a first receiver configured to receive incoming communications over a first communication channel;
an alerting mechanism configured to indicate receipt of an incoming communication over the first communication channel, the alerting mechanism configured for operation in a non-politeness mode and in a politeness mode; and
a second receiver configured to receive politeness requests over a second communication channel, the politeness requests indicating that operation of the alerting mechanism should be set to politeness mode, wherein, upon receipt of a politeness request over the second communication channel, the device is configured to accept the politeness request and set operation of the alerting mechanism to politeness mode, or to reject the politeness request and leave operation of the alerting mechanism in its present mode of operation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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26. A communication system, comprising:
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a politeness zone (PZ);
a wireless communication device configured to receive incoming communications over a first communication channel and politeness requests over a second communication channel, the communication device comprising an alerting mechanism configured to indicate receipt of an incoming communication over the first communication channel, the alerting mechanism operable in a politeness mode and a non-politeness mode, the politeness requests indicating that operation of the alerting mechanism should be set to politeness mode, wherein, upon receipt of a politeness request over the second communication channel, the device is configured to accept the politeness request and set operation of the alerting mechanism to politeness mode, or to reject the politeness request and leave operation of the alerting mechanism in its present mode of operation; and
a politeness zone transmitter (PZT) configured to send politeness requests to the communication device over the second communication channel when the communication device is proximate the PZ.
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43. A communication device, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to receive a politeness request and incoming communications over a communication channel;
an alerting mechanism configured to indicate receipt of an incoming communication over the communication channel; and
a programmable politeness control profile (PCP) configured to accept or reject a received politeness request, and further to modify operation of the alerting mechanism based on information contained in an accepted politeness request and on information programmed into the PCP. - View Dependent Claims (44, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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45. A communication device, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to receive incoming communications over a communication channel;
an alerting mechanism configured to indicate receipt of an incoming communication over the communication channel;
a man-machine-interface (MMI); and
a positioner configured to provide location information related to the position of the communication device, wherein the communication device is configured to modify operation of the alerting mechanism in accordance with a politeness mode whenever the device is within a specified range of a device position when a selected MMI action occurs.
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50. A communication device, comprising:
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a transceiver configured to receive incoming communications over a communication channel; and
an alerting mechanism configured to indicate receipt of an incoming communication over the communication channel, wherein, the communication device is configured to modify operation of the alerting mechanism in accordance with a politeness mode based on one or more of day of week, time of day, and incoming communication calling line identifier. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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