Customized ringtones and method for their production
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1. A method for fabricating a ringtones for use with wireless and wireline telephones, comprising:
- receiving an incoming telephone call from a calling party to a called party;
recording a ringtone from the incoming call;
sending a data message to the calling party or other telephone number including information associated with the recorded ringtone, and whereby the recorded ringtone is installed within the memory of the calling party'"'"'s telephone or other party'"'"'s telephone and is effective to function as a ringtone.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the production of custom made ringtones for use with both mobile wireless phones and wireline phones.
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1. A method for fabricating a ringtones for use with wireless and wireline telephones, comprising:
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receiving an incoming telephone call from a calling party to a called party;
recording a ringtone from the incoming call;
sending a data message to the calling party or other telephone number including information associated with the recorded ringtone, and whereby the recorded ringtone is installed within the memory of the calling party'"'"'s telephone or other party'"'"'s telephone and is effective to function as a ringtone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 30)
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31. A computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable components of a ringtone creation system, comprising:
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a call receiver component with an input capability and a notification capability, the input capability being configured to receiving an inbound telephone call, the notification capability being configured to notify the ringtone creation system of the inbound telephone call;
a caller identifier component being configured to identify a calling party that originated the inbound telephone call;
a recording component being configured to record information presented by the calling party during the inbound telephone call; and
a transmission component being configured to transmit the recorded information to the identified calling party. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33)
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34. A computer-implemented method for creating a ringtone, comprising the steps of:
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receiving an incoming telephone call from a calling party to a called party;
recording information presented to the called party by the calling party over the incoming call; and
creating a ringtone from the recorded information for use in conjunction with subsequent telephone calls of which the calling party is a party. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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