| 摘要 |
A system for communicating between two devices wherein a communication is sent between a sender and a receiver, wherein the receiving device is selectively operable to emit at least one alert/notification when the communication is received, characterised in that the sender may, upon sending the communication, determine whether or not at least one alert is emitted by the receiving device when the communication is sent. The arrangement may allow a sender to override the local settings at the receiver to enable alerts e.g. override a silent notification mode and provide an audible, tactile and/or visual notification/alert when a communication is received from the sender. The communication may be an SMS, email or phone call between the devices. The sender may, in one embodiment, disable alerts at the receiver for the communication, such as to not disturb a potentially sleeping recipient. Further the receiver may maintain the local settings despite an override indication. The sender may specify a degree of the urgency of the communication using a priority indication and the incoming communication may be alerted in various modes depending on the indicated urgency. |
