US 2019/0245970 A1 · System and Method for Modifying or disabling the Ringtone for an Incoming Call Based on the Existence or Nonexistence of Previous Calls from the Same Caller

Abstract

The present invention provides a system for managing and disabling phone ring tone profiles, the system comprising: a storage system comprising (a) a plurality of ringtones adapted to be activated when an incoming call is made; (b) at least one list of identified callers to execute at least one data processing system, said at least one data processing system comprising: an acquiring module operable to read an identifier of said incoming call or an incoming message; a detecting module operable to detect if the identifier exists in said at least one list in the system, to determine the caller from said list, and to detect how many incoming calls have been made within a predetermined period of time and a disabling module adapted to either activate or disable said ringtones.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A telecommunication device comprising:

a. a memory configured to store:
i. a plurality of tones for an incoming communication, and
ii. a list of caller identity records, including at least one member selected from the group consisting of:
a caller identifier and caller number;
b. a processor configured to execute programming instructions, which when executed by the processor causing the processor to:
i. receive an incoming caller identity parameter associated with an incoming communication to the mobile telecommunication device;
ii. detect whether the caller identity parameter is stored on said list of stored caller identities;
iii. determine that a number of incoming communications received from the incoming caller within predetermined a period of time exceeds a predefined threshold, and
iv. activate at least one of said ringtones for said incoming communication.

6 more elements

A computer-readable storage medium, having computer-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a computer micro-processor enabling a communication device to vary an incoming communication notification signal comprising:

a. computer-executable instructions for storing on said communication device a plurality of ring tone profiles, wherein one ring tone profile is a mute ring tone profile and at least one second ring tone profile is an audible ring tone profile;
b. computer-executable instructions for recording at least one list of identified callers on said communication device;
c. computer-executable instructions for acquiring an identifier of at least one member selected from the group consisting of:
an identifier of an incoming call and identifier of an incoming message;
d. computer-executable instructions for detecting that an acquired identifier exists in said at least one list on said communication device;
e. computer-executable instructions for determining that a number of incoming communications having at least one characteristic selected from a group consisting of:
being made from the same identifier and being made by the same caller, within a predetermined period of time, exceeds a predefined threshold;
f. computer-executable instructions for setting the current ringtone profile to said at least one audible ring tone profile.

5 more elements

A system for enabling a notification signal of a communication device to vary comprising:

a. a means of storing on said communication device a plurality of ring tone profiles, wherein one ring tone profile is a mute ring tone profile and at least one second ring tone profile is an audible ring tone profile;
b. a means of recording at least one list of identified callers on said communication device;
c. a means of acquiring an identifier of at least one member selected from the group consisting of:
an identifier of an incoming call, identifier of an incoming communication and identifier of an incoming message;
d. a means of detecting that an acquired identifier exists in said at least one list on said communication device;
e. a means of determining that a number of incoming communications which have been made within a predetermined period of time having at least one characteristic selected from a group consisting of:
being made from the same identifier and being made by the same caller;
and
f. a means of setting the current ringtone profile to said at least one audible ring tone profile.

6 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/390,587Filed 22 Apr 2019

Priority

27 Mar 2012

Published

8 Aug 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification23 codes

H04M 3/436
Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers: arrangements for screening incoming calls , i.e. evaluating the characteristics…
H04M 1/27453
Using static electronic memories, e.g. chips: directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
H04M 1/57
Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers: arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called…
H04M 1/72451
With means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions: according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications

Family

Application61/615,938Us provisional application · filed 27 Mar 2012

Application14/129,787Continuation in part · filed 27 Dec 2013

Application14/643,362Division · filed 10 Mar 2015

Application15/193,060Division · filed 26 Jun 2016

Application15/935,985Division · filed 26 Mar 2018

Application16/390,587Division

Application14/643,362Continuation in part

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