Recommending Preferred Ringer Settings For A Mobile Communications Device

Abstract

Recommending preferred ringer settings for a mobile communications device, including: receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, location information identifying a location of the mobile communications device; receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, ringer setting information identifying a ringer setting of the mobile communications device; identifying one or more location zones; and determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones.

1 . A method of recommending preferred ringer settings for a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
 receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, location information identifying a location of the mobile communications device;   receiving, from one or more mobile communications devices, ringer setting information identifying a ringer setting of the mobile communications device;   identifying one or more location zones; and   determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 receiving, from an unconfigured mobile communications device, location information identifying a location of the unconfigured mobile communications device; 
 determining, in dependence upon the location of the unconfigured mobile communications device, a location zone of the unconfigured mobile communications device; and 
 sending, to the unconfigured mobile communications device, preferred ringer settings for the location zone of the unconfigured mobile communications device. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 receiving, from a mobile communications device, a rejection of recommended ringer settings; and 
 updating, in dependence upon the rejection of recommended ringer settings, preferred ringer settings for a location zone that includes the mobile communications device. 
 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising:
 receiving, from a mobile communications device, an acceptance of recommended ringer settings; and 
 updating, in dependence upon the acceptance of recommended ringer settings, preferred ringer settings for a location zone that includes the mobile communications device. 
 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein determining, in dependence upon the location information and the ringer setting information, preferred ringer settings for each of the one or more location zones further comprises:
 determining whether the ringer settings for each of the one or more mobile communications devices were actively set; and assigning a greater weighting to the ringer settings for each of the one or more mobile communications devices that were actively set. 
 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising maintaining a preferred ringer settings repository, the preferred ringer settings repository associating a particular location zone with preferred ringer settings for each location zone. 
     
     
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