Patent ID: 8049611
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: G08B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of invoking an audible alert at a communications device, comprising: enabling, at a first instance in time, a user to configure an emergency override configuration that identifies an override device that will be used to send an emergency override message using a text messaging protocol; receiving, at the communications device at a second instance in time, an electronic communication including a code sent using the text messaging protocol from the override device; parsing the code from within the received electronic communication; using the code parsed from within the electronic communication to determine whether to classify the received electronic communication as a coded electronic communication; classifying the received electronic communication as a coded electronic communication based on results of the determination; and in response to classification of the electronic communication as a coded electronic communication, invoking an audible alert at the communications device based on the received electronic communication, and overriding volume control settings at the communications device if the volume control settings of the communications device are configured for a silent setting.