Patent ID: 7397908

Claim:
A method for enabling quiet mode operation of a telephone system comprising a plurality of telephone devices comprising a base unit and one or more handsets, wherein at least one telephone device is operable to receive information over a radio frequency link from at least one other of the plurality of telephone devices and is switchable to update its operation with the information or not to update its operation, the information related to the quiet mode operation, the method comprising performing the following operations in a first telephone device of the plurality of telephone devices: setting a start time associated with the quiet mode operation in the memory of the first telephone device; setting an end time associated the quiet mode operation in the memory of the first telephone device; selecting at least one signaling feature associated with the telephone system; entering instructions for operation of the at one least signaling feature between the start time and the end time; and enabling the quiet mode operation of the at least one signaling feature associated with the first telephone device between the start time and the end time.