Patent ID: 9462438
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing for display a user interface identifying a mobile device of a user and at least one ancillary device belonging to the user, and permitting the user to select communications services to be temporarily disabled by a server in response to activation of a do-not-disturb mode and applied across the mobile device of the user and the at least one ancillary device belonging to the user; receiving, by the server from the mobile device of the user, a do-not-disturb notification regarding communications features associated with the mobile device and accessible on the at least one ancillary device indicating that the mobile device has activated the do-not-disturb mode in response to a determination that a physical orientation of a display screen of the mobile device is stationary downwardly facing; and causing by the server, when the mobile device has activated the do-not-disturb mode in response to the determination of the physical orientation of the mobile device, at least one communications feature from among the communications services selected by the user and accessible on the at least one ancillary device belonging to the user to be temporarily disabled by the server based on a selection from the user interface, wherein the at least one communications feature is not accessible on the mobile device.