Distinctive ring tones prompted by call urgency and context
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsSreenivasa Rao Gorti, Stephen Mark Mueller, Jeffrey Lewis Brandt, Huitao Liu
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Abstract
A method includes receiving, at a destination communication device, information related to a communication from a source communication device. The method further includes determining, at the destination communication device, a designation of the source communication device based on the information. The method further includes selecting, based on the designation, a prompt from multiple prompts. The method further includes sending the prompt from the destination communication device to the source communication device. The prompt is a request for second information related to urgency of the call.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a destination communication device, information related to a communication from a source communication device;
- determining, at the destination communication device, a designation of the source communication device based on the information;
- selecting, based on the designation, a prompt from multiple prompts;
- and
- sending the prompt from the destination communication device to the source communication device, the prompt to request second information related to urgency of the communication.
A method of processing communication data, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a destination communication device, information related to a communication from a source communication device;
- determining, at the destination communication device, a designation of the source communication device based on the information;
- selecting, based on the designation, a prompt from multiple prompts;
- sending the prompt from the destination communication device to the source communication device, the prompt to request second information related to urgency of the communication;
- and
- identifying, based on the designation and based on the second information, a particular destination device for the communication.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations including:
- processing information related to a communication from a source communication device;
- determining a designation of the source communication device based on the information;
- selecting, based on the designation, a prompt from multiple prompts;
- and
- generating the prompt to be sent to the source communication device, the prompt to request second information related to urgency of the communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.