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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2015
Vtech Telecommunications Limited, Tai Po, New Territory, HK;
Holger Janssen, Richmond, CA;
Other;
Abstract
A method and system for automatically changing the operation of signaling features in a telephone are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes: storing, in a first handset of a telephone system, quiet mode settings that specify a start time and an end time for a quiet mode signaling feature; wirelessly transmitting, from the first handset of the telephone system to a second handset of the telephone system, the quiet mode settings that specify the start time and the end time for the quiet mode signaling feature; and updating quiet mode settings for the quiet mode signaling feature in the second handset in response to receiving quiet mode settings from the first handset, and wherein the first handset and the second handset of the telephone system self-check the status of their quiet mode settings.