Patent ID: 9509832
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of: receiving, from a plurality of mobile communications devices, location information identifying a location of the plurality of mobile communications devices; receiving, from the plurality of mobile communications devices, ringer setting information identifying a ringer setting of the plurality of mobile communications devices; identifying, in dependence upon the location information, one or more location zones, wherein identifying the one or more location zones comprises identifying an area in which the plurality of mobile communications devices have similar ringer settings; determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones, wherein the preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones is determined using ringer selection rules that use the ringer settings for each of the plurality of mobile communications devices in each of the one or more location zones, wherein determining preferred ringer settings further comprises; applying, by a particular mobile communications device, preferred ringer settings for a particular one of the locations zones responsive to determining by the particular mobile communications device that the particular mobile communications device is in the particular location zone.