Patent ID: 7194278
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of altering operation of a device based on location, the device having default control logic that causes the device to present an audible alert signal when the device receives a ring signal, the method comprising in combination: (i) when the device is in a given location, the device receiving from a first entity a control signal associated with the given location and the device responsively asking a second entity for a set of alternative control logic to be executed by the device when the device receives the ring signal, wherein the first entity comprises at least one transmitter radiating the control signal in a radiation pattern defining a boundary of the given location, and wherein the alternative control logic causes the device to present a vibration alert signal when the device receives the ring signal; (ii) the device receiving the set of alternative control logic from the second entity; (iii) the device storing the set of alternative control logic in data storage; (iv) the device thereafter receiving the ring signal and responsively applying the alternative control logic to present the vibration alert signal rather than applying the default control logic to present the audible alert signal; and (v) upon a predetermined duration after the device has exited the given location, the device reverting to a mode in which the device applies the default control logic rather than the alternative control logic.