Patent ID: 8588757
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for execution in a wireless device, the method comprising: maintaining notification settings that indicate whether incoming communication triggers user notification; maintaining a user password for overriding the notification settings; receiving a message that has been routed through a wireless network from a computing device, the message comprising a password; determining whether the message is to trigger user notification based on whether the password provided by the message matches the user password that has been maintained; if the message has been determined to trigger user notification and the notification settings indicate that incoming communication should trigger user notification, executing the user notification according to the notification settings; if the message has been determined to trigger user notification but the notification settings indicate that incoming communication should not trigger user notification, overriding the notification settings and executing the user notification; and if the message has been determined to not trigger user notification, avoiding execution of the user notification.