Patent ID: 6907277
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: H04B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for indicating receipt of an incoming call on a radiotelephone, the method comprising: receiving a signal indicating an incoming call on a radiotelephone; providing a selected voice-based distinguishable alert signal, having a first associated sound intensity value and including at least three audibly perceptible, voice-based words; estimating a value of a background sound level that is present at the radiotelephone at a time the incoming call signal is received; when the background sound level value is less than a selected threshold background sound value, providing the incoming call notification signal at the first sound intensity value; and when the background sound level value is at least equal to the threshold background sound value, providing the incoming call notification signal at a second sound intensity value that is larger than the first sound intensity value.