# US 2016/0366286 A9 · Ringtone caller id > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2016/0366286 A9 - Document ID: US20160366286A9 - Status: Published application - Kind: A9 - Application number: 14/176,786 - Filed: 2014-02-10 - Published: 2016-12-15 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-14 - Inventors: Jason A. Ashton - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20160366286A9 ## CPC - H04M 19/041: {Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability} - H04M 19/04: the ringing-current being generated at the substations - H04W 4/16: Communication-related supplementary services, e.g. call-transfer or call-hold - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1 wherein the notification is a warning notification. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein a delay between the warning notification and the sender-selected notification is selectable at the device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein in-between the warning notification and the sender-selected notification a normal notification is provided. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the notification is a normal notification. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device is a phone and the sender-selected notification is a reverse ringtone. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device allows a user to select which possible senders can provide a sender-selected notification. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device can allows for a user to select which possible senders need not have a warning notification before the sender-selected notification. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the sender-selected notification is associated with a commercial offer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device allows for a user to select if sender-selected notifications are to be disabled for the sender. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the device is part of an open sender selected notification system that defaults to allowing senders to provide the sender-selected notifications. ### Claim 12 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. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein the commercial offer is displayed along with the sender-selected notification. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12 wherein the sender-selected notification is a commercial offer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein the device is a phone and the sender-selected notification is a reverse ringtone. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein the device allows a user to select which possible senders can provide a sender-selected notification. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein upon an incoming message from the sender, the device provides a warning notification followed by the sender-selected notification. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The device of claim 12, wherein the device allows for a user to select if sender-selected notifications are to be disabled for the sender. ### Claim 19 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. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The phone of claim 19, wherein a reverse lookup is used to determine the identification. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The phone of claim 19, wherein the reverse ringtone is analyzed to determine the identification. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The phone of claim 19, wherein the device allows for a user to select if reverse ringtones are to be disabled for the caller. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The phone of claim 19, wherein the device is part of an open system that defaults to allowing senders to provide the reverse ringtones. ### Claim 24 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. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The phone of claim 24, 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. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The device of claim 24, wherein the phone is part of an open system that defaults to allowing senders to provide the reverse ringtones. ### Claim 27 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. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The device of claim 27 wherein the open system uses an app obtained from a phone-based app store. ### Claim 29 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. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The sending device of claim 29, wherein the sending phone provides a visual display of an identifier for the sender-selected notification. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The sending device of claim 29, wherein the sender selected notification is used as the dial tone at the sending phone and as the ringtone at the receiving phone.