Patent 7529564 was granted and assigned to AT&T Intellectual Property I on May, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Systems and methods for timed ring suppression are disclosed. After a communications device receives an incoming call and the ringer is activated to produce an initial audible alert, the ringer of the communications device may be silenced for subsequent audible alerts until the calling party hangs up or until the call is further processed.