Patent ID: 8611272

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: determining, by a mobile device, that the mobile device is located in a geographic location that a user of the mobile device has previously associated with disabled audio notifications; in response to determining that the mobile device is located in a geographic location that the user of the mobile device has previously associated with disabled audio notifications, activating, by the mobile device, a mode in which the mobile device does not allow audible notifications to be output upon receipt of requests to establish communication; after activating the mode, determining, by the mobile device, that the mobile device is no longer located in the geographic location that the user of the mobile device has previously associated with disabled audio notifications; and in response to determining that the mobile device is no longer located in the geographic location that the user of the mobile device has previously associated with disabled audio notifications, deactivating, by the mobile device, the mode in which the mobile device does not allow audio notifications to be output upon receipt of requests to establish communication.