User-selectable environments for mobile communications devices

摘要

At a mobile communications device, a communication is received from a communication source. An indication of an environment type associated with the communication source is obtained, and a check is made as to whether the indication of the environment type associated with the communication source matches a current environment type of the mobile communications device. An initial notification (and optionally a leave-behind notification) of the communication is presented only if the indication of the environment type associated with the communication source matches the current environment type of the mobile communications device.

主权项

1. A method implemented in a mobile communications device, the method comprising:
receiving an incoming call from a communication source; obtaining an indication of an environment type associated with the communication source; checking whether the indication of the environment type associated with the communication source matches a current environment type of the mobile communications device, the current environment type indicating an environment in which the mobile communications device is being used; when the indication of the environment type associated with the communication source does not match the current environment type of the mobile communications device: refraining from presenting an initial notification of the incoming call; and maintaining a record of the incoming call after the call is completed; responsive to the current environment type of the mobile communications device being subsequently changed from one of a personal environment or a work environment to another of the personal environment or the work environment: presenting one or more leave-behind notifications of previously missed calls from one or more communication sources associated with the other of the personal environment or the work environment, the one or more leave-behind notifications including a leave-behind notification of the recorded call when the indication of the environment type associated with the communication source matches the current environment type of the mobile communications device based on the subsequent change; and changing a manner in which information is presented on the mobile communications device by at least using an information store that maintains an indication of how the information is to be displayed for the other of the personal environment or the work environment.