Patent ID: 8548523
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for changing an alert setting of a communication device, comprising: detecting an operative connection of the communication device to a connected device; based on the operative connection to the connected device, determining whether the alert setting for the communication device should be changed; wherein the connected device is in communication with a lighting system of a home; automatically changing the alert setting to flash the lighting system of the home when an incoming communication is received; wherein the alert setting of the communication device causes the lighting system of the home to flash with each ring of the communication device; and flashing the lighting system of the home based on the incoming communication being from predefined callers, based on the communication device determining that the predefined callers are stored in a database in the communication device; preventing the incoming communication from flashing the lighting system based on the incoming communication being from other callers, responsive to the communication device determining that the incoming communication is from the other callers not in the database.