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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
May. 05, 2003
Eric Gould Bear, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chad Magendanz, Issaquah, WA (US);
Aditha May Adams, Seattle, WA (US);
Carl Ledbetter, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Steve Kaneko, Medina, WA (US);
Dale C. Crosier, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert Scott Plank, Bellevue, WA (US);
Eric Gould Bear, Bellevue, WA (US);
Chad Magendanz, Issaquah, WA (US);
Aditha May Adams, Seattle, WA (US);
Carl Ledbetter, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Steve Kaneko, Medina, WA (US);
Dale C. Crosier, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robert Scott Plank, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A do not disturb system and method in a computer system at which communications such as voice calls and text messages are received. A user or process may set a computer system into a do not disturb mode, in which any communication routed through the machine will be evaluated against a set of rules to determine how that communication is to be handled, based on criteria such as the source of the communication and the type of communication. A notification and outgoing action is selected and performed in accordance with user-configurable settings. The outgoing action may include a return communication to the source of the communication indicating that the do not disturb mode is in effect.