Patent ID: 8868037
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer program product for a mobile communications device to receive and implement a remote override of user notification settings from a network service provider computer, the computer program product comprising: one or more tangible, computer readable memory devices encoding program instructions for causing a processor of a mobile communications device to perform steps of: receiving a public authentication key from a server computer to establish a trusted relationship with the server computer; receiving from a server computer a first notification control message; verifying authenticity of the first notification control message by unsigning the first notification control message with the public authentication key; responsive to authenticity being verified: extracting a digital audio file from the metadata area of the first notification control message; and overriding at least one user notification setting according to the at least one notification control parameter and employing the extracted digital audio file as an audible alert message; and responsive to receiving a second notification control message from a server computer: