Patent ID: 8452346
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: a mobile station enabling a user to select a first ringtone for a first type of communication and a second ringtone for a second type of communication that may be directed to the mobile station, the mobile station further enabling the user to select at least one time period related to each of the first type of communication and the second type of communication, wherein the first and second types of communication are selected from among communication types within one of a plurality of different categories of communications based on an originating source of each type of communication within the one category of communications directed to the mobile station; upon receiving a communication directed to the mobile station, the mobile station determining a time of receipt of the communication and whether the communication is of the first type or of the second type; controlling ringtone utilization at the mobile station using the first ringtone in accordance with a first control parameter, when the time of receipt of the communication is determined to be within the user-selected time period and the received communication is determined to be of the first type; and controlling ringtone utilization at the mobile station using the second ringtone in accordance with a second control parameter, when the time of receipt is determined to be within the user-selected time period and the received communication is determined to be of the second type.