Patent ID: 9137351
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: storing, in a first handset of a telephone system, quiet mode settings that specify a start time and an end time for a quiet mode signaling feature; wirelessly transmitting, from the first handset of the telephone system to a second handset of the telephone system, the quiet mode settings that specify the start time and the end time for the quiet mode signaling feature; and updating quiet mode settings for the quiet mode signaling feature in the second handset in response to receiving quiet mode settings from the first handset, storing the quiet mode settings for a telephone ringer of the second handset in a stored memory of the second handset; storing in the stored memory of the second handset a specific set of days, a second start time, a second end time, and intensity settings for the quiet mode signaling feature; and altering a signal intensity of a particular quiet mode signaling feature during a quiet mode period specified by the specific set of days, the second start time, and the second end time; wherein the quiet mode signaling feature and the particular quiet mode signaling feature are the same feature; wherein the signal intensity of the particular quiet mode signaling feature in the specific set of days is different from a signal intensity of the particular quiet mode signaling feature during other days; wherein the first handset and the second handset of the telephone system use a common telephone number, wherein a ringer volume of the second handset is variable by a user based on a proximity to a bedroom, and wherein the first handset and the second handset of the telephone system self-check the status of their quiet mode settings, wherein the self-checking of the status comprises subsequently to receiving an incoming call signal, sending a query to a system clock and the stored memory to retrieve the quiet mode settings and configuring the telephone ringer of the second handset per the quiet mode settings.