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US 2006/0233335 A1Published application
Request to block use of remotely selected ring tone
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsGerald Pfleging, George Wilkin, David Zahn
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Abstract
A request is received from a user of a communication device to block a use of a ring tone remotely selected by another user for an incoming call to the communication device. The ring tone remotely selected by the other user is blocked from being played to the user of the communication device on the incoming call to the communication device.
Claims20
A method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request from a user of a communication device to block a use of a ring tone remotely selected by another user for an incoming call to the communication device;
- and
- blocking the ring tone remotely selected by the other user from being played to the user of the communication device on the incoming call to the communication device.
A method, comprising the steps of:
- receiving one or more ring tone blocking criteria from a user of a communication device;
- and
- blocking a use of a ring tone remotely selected by another user for an incoming call to the communication device if one or more characteristics of the ring tone or the incoming call match the one or more ring tone blocking criteria.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a ring tone server that receives a request from a user of a communication device to block a use of a ring tone remotely selected by another user for an incoming call to the communication device;
- wherein the ring tone server blocks the ring tone remotely selected by the other user from being played to the user of the communication device on the incoming call to the communication device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.