Ringtone caller id
OwnerJason A. Ashtoninventor
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Abstract
A device provides a sender-selected notification. In one embodiment, upon an incoming message from the sender, the device provides a warning notification followed by the sender-selected notification. In one embodiment, the sender-selected notification is associated with a commercial offer. In one embodiment, the phone concurrently provides a visual display identifying the caller by name, the identification not requiring a user of the phone to associate a name with a phone number. In one embodiment, the phone allows for sender-selected notifications to be disabled for a caller.
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A device providing a sender-selected notification for the sender when the sender selects the sender-selected notification, wherein upon an incoming message from the sender the device provides a notification followed by the sender-selected notification.
A device providing a sender-selected notification for the sender when the sender selects the sender-selected notification, wherein upon an incoming message from the sender, the device provides the sender-selected notification and wherein the sender-selected notification is associated with a commercial offer.
A phone providing a reverse ringtone when the sender selects the reverse ringtone for a call, the reverse ringtone being provided at the phone upon a call from the caller, wherein the phone concurrently provides a visual display identifying the caller by name, the identification not requiring a user of the phone to associate a name with a phone number.
A phone providing a reverse ringtone when the sender selects the reverse ringtone for a call, the reverse ringtone being provided at the phone upon a call from the caller, wherein the phone allows for reverse ringtones to be disabled for that caller.
A device providing a sender-selected notification for the sender when the sender selects the sender-selected notification, wherein upon an incoming message from the sender, the device provides the sender-selected notification and wherein the device is part of an open system that defaults to allowing senders to provide the sender-selected notifications.
A sending device is used to select a sender-selected notification for a message at a receiving device, wherein the receiving device uses the sender-selected notification for the call and wherein the sending device uses the sender-selected notification for the message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.