Patent ID: 8463242

Claim:
A mobile wireless communications device comprising: a wireless transceiver; a user input device; and a processor configured to cooperate with said wireless transceiver and said user input device to set a plurality of notification preferences, each notification preference being scheduled for a time period, and the notification preferences being associated with different types of notification content, send the plurality of notification content preferences from the mobile wireless communications device to a notification server, receive the notifications from the notification server, the notifications including the corresponding type of notification content based on a respective notification preference and the time period, set an override option on the mobile wireless communications device, detect an override condition by the mobile wireless communications device, send a message to the notification server based upon the override option being set and the override condition being detected, and including an update regarding which notification preference the notification server should use for sending notifications, and receive the notifications from the notification server comprising notification content based on the updated notification preference included in the message.