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US 8,135,114 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for creating an answer tone for a computing device with phone capabilities or a telephone
AssigneeMspot, Inc.
InventorsDaren Tsui, Edwin Ho, Derek Lyon
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for creating an answer tone for a computing device with phone capabilities or a telephone is disclosed.
Claims14
A method for generating an answer tone, comprising:
- selecting a track;
- determining if a user who selected the track owns full track rights for that track;
- generating a clip when the user has the full track rights;
- previewing said clip;
- purchasing said clip;
- associating said clip with a first computing device;
- storing said clip on a second computing device;
- and
- transmitting said clip from said second computing device to said first computing device as an answer tone when said first computing device initiates a phone call.
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A system for generating an answer tone, comprising:
- a first computing device configured to enable a user to select a track;
- a second computing device coupled to said first computing device, said second
- computing device configured to determining if said user owns full track rights for that track;
- said first computing device further configured to generate a clip when the user has the
- full track rights, to enable the user to preview said clip, and to enable the user to purchase said clip;
- said second computing device further configured to associate said clip with a third computing device and to transmit said clip to said third computing device as an answer tone when said third computing device initiates a phone call.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.