System for providing alert notifications for a communication device
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- storing in a communication device an offset and a further offset in respect to a starting point of an alert source file containing information used to indicate at least audio or video signals, and so indicating a partial segment of the alert source file; and
using the indicated segment of the alert source file as an alert notification to signal to a user of the communication device the occurrence of an event.
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Abstract
Applications (11b 11d) and data files (11a 11c 11e) for a communication device (10) enabling the device to use a segment of a media or multimedia file (11a) (an audio file or one or more components of an audio-video file) stored in the communication device (10) to alert a user of the communication device (10) to the occurrence of an event, and to do so in a way that conserves memory. The invention provides an offset selector application (11b) by which a user is able to indicate that a particular segment of the media file (11a) is to be used to signal the occurrence of an event. Instead of storing the segment in the communication device (10), the offset selector application (11b) typically stores only offsets (21a 21b) in respect to the media file (11a), and the offsets are used in combination with the media file (11a) to provide the alert notification.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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storing in a communication device an offset and a further offset in respect to a starting point of an alert source file containing information used to indicate at least audio or video signals, and so indicating a partial segment of the alert source file; and
using the indicated segment of the alert source file as an alert notification to signal to a user of the communication device the occurrence of an event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer program product for defining event notifications, comprising:
- a computer readable storage structure embodying computer program code thereon for execution by a computer processor included in a host device, wherein said computer program code includes instructions for;
defining an offset and a further offset in respect to a starting point of an alert source file containing information used to indicate at least audio or video signals, and so indicating a partial segment of the alert source file; and
storing in a memory storage the information that indicates the said partial segment to the device to be used in an event notification. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
- a computer readable storage structure embodying computer program code thereon for execution by a computer processor included in a host device, wherein said computer program code includes instructions for;
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19. A communication device, comprising:
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means for storing in the communication device an offset and a further offset in respect to a starting point of an alert source file containing information used to indicate at least audio or video signals, and so indicating a partial segment of the alert source file; and
means for using the indicated segment of the alert source file as an alert notification to signal to a user of the communication device the occurrence of an event. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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