Configurable phone option to increase or decrease ring tone volumes
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJames E. Bostick, Randolph M. Forlenza, John P. Kaemmerer, Raghuraman Kalyanaraman
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Abstract
A ring tone controller and method is provided. The ring tone controller includes a linear and non-linear ring tone volume controller. The linear ring tone volume and the non-linear ring tone volume controller are adapted to controlling a volume of the ring tone signal over a predetermined user set period. The linear ring tone volume and the non-linear ring tone volume controller are also adapted to controlling a volume of the ring tone signal over a predetermined second user set period contiguous with the firs set period.
Claims20
A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for increasing or decreasing a ring tone signal volume, the method comprising:
- linearly controlling a first volume of the ring tone signal over a first set period;
- and
- linearly controlling a third volume of the ring tone signal over a third set period contiguous with the first set period.
A ring tone controller comprising:
- a linear ring tone volume controller wherein the linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to linearly controlling a first volume of the ring tone signal over a first set period and wherein the linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to linearly controlling a third volume of the ring tone signal over a third set period contiguous with the first set period;
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- a non-linear ring tone volume controller wherein the non-linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to non-linearly controlling a second volume of the ring tone signal over a second set period and wherein the non-linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to non-linearly controlling a fourth volume of the ring tone signal over a fourth set period contiguous with the second set period.
A device having an alerting signal, the device comprising:
- a processor;
- a keypad coupled to the processor;
- a microphone coupled to the processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor;
- a speaker coupled to the processor;
- a display coupled to the processor;
- an antenna coupled to the processor;
- and
- an alerting signal controller coupled to the processor wherein alerting signal controller comprises:
- a linear ring tone volume controller wherein the linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to linearly controlling a first magnitude of the alerting signal over a first set period and wherein the linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to linearly controlling a third magnitude of the alerting signal over a third set period contiguous with the first set period and wherein the linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to:
- linearly increasing or decreasing the magnitude of the alerting signal over the first set period;
- linearly increasing or decreasing the magnitude of alerting signal over the third set period;
- a non-linear ring tone volume controller wherein the non-linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to non-linearly controlling a second magnitude of the alerting signal over a second set period and wherein the non-linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to non-linearly controlling a fourth magnitude of the alerting signal over a fourth set period contiguous with the second set period and wherein the non-linear ring tone volume controller is adapted to:
- non-linearly increasing or decreasing the magnitude of the alerting signal over the second set period;
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- non-linearly increasing or decreasing the magnitude of the alerting signal over the fourth set period.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.