Patent ID: 9282434
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing volume information to communication devices, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more processors on a server computer, a query for a first set of volume information for a first communication device, wherein the first set of volume information includes at least a first volume range for a first user audibly communicating; receiving, by the one or more processors on the server computer, a query from the first communication device to send a second set of volume information to other communication devices in a vicinity; responsive to determining a second user with a second communication device is in the vicinity of the first communication device, determining, by the one or more processors on the server computer, a first location and a second location for the respective first communication device and second communication device; determining, by the one or more processors on the server computer, the second set of volume information for the second communication device based on at least the first location of the first communication device, wherein the second set of volume information includes a second volume range for the second user audibly communicating for which the first user will not hear the second user; and sending, by the one or more processors on the server computer, the second set of volume information to the second communication device.