摘要 |
A method (100) or system (600) of controlling audible alerts includes detecting (102) a communication event among participant devices (204 and 206), detecting (104) a non-participant device (208, 210 or 212) within a predetermined range of a participant device, and sending (106) a wireless control signal by at least one among the participant devices to the nonparticipant device to control audible alert functions. The wireless control signal can be sent (108) after a start of the communication event and can be sent (110) for example using Bluetooth signaling, signaling using an IEEE 802.11 standard, or any other signaling. The method can mute (112) audible alerts on the non-participant device in response to receipt of the wireless control signal.
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