Selective alert processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9055422-B2
Application number	US-201414313292-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2014
Priority date	Dec 20, 2010
Publication date	Jun 9, 2015
Grant date	Jun 9, 2015

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes receiving, at a vehicle computing system, a notification that an incoming communication is being sent to a wireless device in communication with the vehicle computing system. The method also includes determining that a do not disturb function is active in the vehicle computing system and blocking a notification to a driver regarding the incoming communication. Finally, this method includes sending a command from the vehicle computing system to the wireless device to silence any notification that the wireless device provides in conjunction with the incoming communication.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a processor configured to:
engage a do-not-disturb (DND) state;
block an incoming call while the DND state is active;
determine that a blocked call corresponds to a phone approved to bypass the DND state; and
facilitate communication with the phone after blocking the call by automatically calling back the phone after blocking the phone and determining that the phone is approved to bypass the DND state.

2. Th…

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Elliott Doron M
• Hernandez Ivette

Classifications

• H04M1/72569

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/16 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W4/12

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M1/6091

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04M3/436

  Electricity · mapped topic