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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Devrim Varoglu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sarin S Mehta, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04M 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/587 (2013.01); H04L 51/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A suppression override engine on a user device may be configured to detect communication alert suppressions. An incoming communication from a third party may be detected. Upon detecting the communication, the suppression override engine can override the communication alert suppression if it determines that the incoming communication is responsive to a prior communication from the user device. By overriding the alert suppression the user is then alerted to the incoming communication.