TELEPHONE APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF PLAYING A SPECIFIC RING BACK TONE

• US 20060291634A1
• Filed: 07/18/2005
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
• Inventors: Yeh, Sheng-En
• Application Number:
  US11/160,977
• Publication Number:
  US 20060291634A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.01
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones

Abstract

A telephone apparatus capable of playing a specific ring back tone and a method for controlling a telephone apparatus to play a specific ring back tone are disclosed. The method includes: setting a user setting to assign the telephone apparatus to adopt a specific ring back tone; and deciding to allow or to not allow the telephone apparatus to play the specific ring back tone according to the user setting when the telephone apparatus attempts to establish a connection with another telephone apparatus.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a telephone apparatus to play a specific ring back tone, comprising:

setting a user setting to assign the telephone apparatus to adopt a specific ring back tone; and

deciding to allow or not to allow the telephone apparatus to play the specific ring back tone according to the user setting when the telephone apparatus attempts to establish a connection with another telephone apparatus.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user setting is set to record a specific phone number corresponding to the specific ring back tone;

and the telephone apparatus plays the specific ring back tone when the another telephone apparatus corresponds to the specific phone number.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user setting comprises a phone book that is utilized for recording the relationship between the specific phone number and the corresponding specific ring back tone.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the telephone apparatus attempts to establish a connection with another telephone apparatus, the telephone apparatus begins playing the specific ring back tone if the telephone apparatus has received a ring back tone control signal outputted by a switch.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an output signal generated by a switch; and

determining if the output signal contains a default ring back tone after the output signal is received;

if so, the telephone apparatus decides to play the specific ring back tone.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the telephone apparatus is a mobile phone.

7. A telephone apparatus capable of playing a specific ring back tone, comprising:

a memory unit for recording a user setting and a specific ring back tone; and

a ring back tone control unit for deciding to play the specific ring back tone or not to play the specific ring back tone according to the user setting when the telephone apparatus attempts to establish a connection with another telephone apparatus.

8. The telephone apparatus of claim 7, wherein the ring back tone control unit controls to play the specific ring back tone when the another telephone apparatus corresponds to the specific phone number.

9. The telephone apparatus of claim 8, wherein the user setting comprises a phone book that is utilized for recording the relationship between the specific phone number and the corresponding specific ring back tone.

10. The telephone apparatus of claim 7, wherein the ring back tone control unit controls to play the specific ring back tone after the ring back tone control unit receives a ring back tone control signal outputted by a switch.

11. The telephone apparatus of claim 7, wherein the ring back tone control unit is further utilized for receiving an output signal generated by a switch, and determining if the output signal contains a default ring back tone;

if so, the ring back tone control unit controls to play the specific ring back tone.

12. The telephone apparatus of claim 8, being a mobile phone.