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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Harsha Shirahatti, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sanjeevi Balasubramanian, San Jose, CA (US);
Sriram Subramanian, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Nischay Goel, San Jose, CA (US);
Shiva Krishna Narra, San Jose, CA (US);
Vijay Venkataraman, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen C. Schweizer, Mountain View, CA (US);
Krisztian Kiss, Hayward, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
This Application describes mechanisms to provide priority levels for call connection requests and/or messages from a sending device to a receiving device. The receiving device is configured to allow prioritized notification alerts for incoming call connection requests and/or for incoming messages from a sending device to override a silent or do not disturb mode for one or more contacts based on i) a priority level provided with the call connection request or message and ii) a priority setting for the sending device or a set of devices associated with a user of the sending device.