Methods and devices for distributing ringtone
AssigneeSprint Spectrum L.P.
InventorsKosol Jintaseranee, Soshant Bali
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Abstract
Methods and systems for distributing ringtones are provided. A callee device, such as a cellular telephone, may receive an association request, via a communication network, that contains a reference to a ringtone and an identifier of a caller device. In response to receiving the association request, the callee device may form an association between the ringtone and the caller device. Then, upon receiving an indication that the caller device has initiated a call to the callee device, the callee device may play out the ringtone.
Claims18
A method for associating a first ringtone with a first caller device, wherein a callee device and the first caller device are both communicatively coupled to a communication infrastructure, the method comprising:
- the callee device receiving, via the communication infrastructure, a first association request, wherein the first association request contains a first reference to the first ringtone and a first identifier associated with the first caller device;
- the callee device determining that the first identifier is in a trust group defined by the callee device, wherein the trust group contains a list of identifiers of caller devices trusted by the first callee device, and wherein the list of caller devices is based on contact information from a social networking account of the first callee device;
- in response to receiving the first association request and the first identifier being in the trust group, the callee device forming a first association between the first ringtone and the first caller device;
- after forming the first association, the callee device receiving, via the communication infrastructure, a first indication that the first caller device has initiated a first call to the callee device;
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- based on the first association, the callee device playing out the first ringtone.
A callee device communicatively coupled to a communication infrastructure, wherein a first caller device is also communicatively coupled to the communication infrastructure, the callee device comprising:
- a processor;
- a data storage;
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- program instructions, stored in the data storage and executable by the processor, to (i) receive, via the communication infrastructure, a first association request, wherein the first association request contains a first reference to a first ringtone and a first identifier associated with the first caller device, (ii) determine that the first identifier is in a trust group defined by the callee device, wherein the trust group contains a list of identifiers of caller devices trusted by the callee device, and wherein the list of caller devices is based on contact information from a social networking account of the callee device (iii) in response to receiving the first association request and the first identifier being in the trust group, form a first association between the first ringtone and the first caller device, (iv) after forming the first association, receive, via the communication infrastructure, a first indication that the first caller device has initiated a first call to the callee device, and (v) based on the first association, play out the first ringtone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.