Patent ID: 8836502

Claim:
media device comprising: a sensor for generating a sensor signal based on at least one current environmental condition associated with the media device, a temporal source for generating a temporal signal associated with the media device, wherein the temporal signal includes at least one of a current time and a current date, a data store for storing a plurality of known condition vectors in a condition vector database, wherein each known condition vector identifies an environmental condition and a temporal condition, and wherein at least one of the known condition vectors identifies a temporal condition that includes at least one of a time data field and a date data field, and a processor for controlling an incoming call alert of the media device by assigning a first weight to the sensor signal and a second weight to the temporal signal, combining the weighted sensor and temporal signals to form a received condition vector, comparing the received condition vector with the stored plurality of known condition vectors, selecting a closest matching condition vector from the plurality of known condition vectors based on the received condition vector, and determining the incoming call alert of the media device based on the closest matching condition vector.