Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Location-based alerting
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Application No.: US14974909Application Date: 2015-12-18
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Publication No.: US09961502B2Publication Date: 2018-05-01
- Inventor: Scott Frank , Robert Starr , John Ruckart , Steven Tischer , Samuel Zellner
- Applicant: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, LP
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property l, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property l, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Main IPC: H04B1/38
- IPC: H04B1/38 ; H04W4/02 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04L29/08 ; H04M1/67

Abstract:
A method may use location information to transmit alert information to a communications device. Such a method may include receiving location information identifying a physical location of a mobile device; responsive to receiving an indication of communication intended for the mobile device, selecting an alerting tone based on the physical location of the mobile device; and providing instructions to adjust an alerting mechanism of the mobile device based on the selecting of the alerting tone. Other methods and systems are also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160100292A1 LOCATION-BASED ALERTING Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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