Patent ID: 9723121
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H04M

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: accessing, at a first user device, an application that coordinates ringing of multiple user devices registered to a particular telephone number that are within a predetermined proximity of each other, wherein the particular telephone number is a same telephone number for each user device of the multiple user devices; broadcasting an identity and a ring state associated with the first user device; detecting a presence within the predetermined proximity of at least one additional user device, of the multiple user devices, associated with the particular telephone number; determining a single ringing user device, of the at least one additional user device, based on predetermined rules of selection between the at least one additional user device and the first user device, wherein the single ringing user device is to ring upon receipt of an incoming call to the particular telephone number; determining activity to be performed by at least one other user device, of the at least one additional user device, in event of an incoming call to the particular telephone number, wherein the at least one other user device includes a device other than the single ringing user device; and receiving an incoming call at the particular telephone number and ringing the determined single ringing user device.