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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2006
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Jeffrey A. Sierawski, Grayslake, IL (US);
Mark A. Barros, Wellington, FL (US);
John H. Bujold, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Jeffrey A. Sierawski, Grayslake, IL (US);
Mark A. Barros, Wellington, FL (US);
John H. Bujold, Lake Worth, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A communication device () includes a transceiver () for receiving a call, a received calls memory () for storing call sources () and for storing an associated call count () for each call source (), a user preferences memory () for storing a set of call quantity categories and a corresponding set of alerts, and a processor (). The processor () is programmed to: identify a call source of a received call, retrieve a call count for the call source, categorize the call count into a call quantity category, provide a command signal to an alert circuit () identifying a unique alert associated with the call quantity category, and optionally increment the call count. The communication device () further includes the alert circuit () for alerting using the unique alert identified by the processor ().