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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2018
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Scott M. Frank, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Robert Jackson Starr, Decatur, GA (US);
John P. Ruckart, Atlanta, GA (US);
Steven Neil Tischer, Atlanta, GA (US);
Samuel N. Zellner, Dunwoody, GA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
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.