Patent ID: 9251521
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of using location information to customize a communications device comprising: receiving, at a first server computer residing in a network, the location information regarding the communications device, the location information identifying a current physical location of the communications device; responsive to receiving an indication of an incoming call intended for the communications device, selecting an alerting tone from a database of alerting tones residing in the network based on the current physical location of the communications device, wherein the current physical location is within a first geographic zone of a plurality of geographic zones associated with a respective third party; receiving a first security credential, the first security credential associated with the first geographic zone; receiving a priority level associated with the incoming call, the priority level chosen by a user before entering the first geographic zone; determining authorization of a device associated with the third party of the first geographic zone to control the alerting tone based on the priority level and the first security credential; and providing, by the first server computer, instructions to adjust an alerting mechanism of the communications device based on the determined authorization, wherein the alerting mechanism comprises the alerting tone.