GROUP SHARING OF MEDIA CONTENT

• US 20080014911A1
• Filed: 07/12/2007
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: XpresSpa Group, Inc. (f/k/a FORM Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: XpresSpa Group, Inc. (f/k/a FORM Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Goldfarb, David Elliot, MEDVED, Jonathan William
• Application Number:
  US11/776,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20080014911A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/435 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 7/0024 Services and arrangements where telephone services are combined with data services arrangements which combine a telephonic equipment and a computer H04M7/0012

Abstract

A communications device includes a personalization content manager and a media player. The manager receives group media clips of a group that shares common media content. The media player plays at least one of the group media clips on the occasion of call-related activity with another of the members. A method includes enabling members of a group to define a media clip for use as a common call-related media tone for the members.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

enabling members of a group to define a media clip for use as a common call-related media tone for said members.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said enabling comprises:

after receipt of a latest media clip from one member of said group, downloading said latest media clip to communications devices of said members.

3. The method according to claim 1 and also comprising providing a listing with details regarding said media clips to said communications devices.

4. The method according to claim 3 and wherein said details comprise at least one of the following:

a name for said member that posted said media clip, a posting time stamp, an identifier for said media clip, an associated media clip, a link to an associated media clip, and a text message.

5. The method according to claim 4 and wherein said details are sorted according to said posted time stamps.

6. The method according to claim 3 and also comprising enabling said members to select and play said media clip from said listing.

7. A method comprising:

receiving group media clips on a communications device of a user belonging to a group that shares common media content; and

playing at least one of said group media clips on the occasion of call-related activity between said user and another of said members.

8. The method according to claim 7 and wherein said played media clip is the most recently defined said common media content available.

9. The method according to claim 7 and also comprising associating said received group media clip with each member of said group.

10. The method according to claim 7 and also comprising receiving details regarding said media clips.

11. The method according to claim 10 and wherein said details comprise at least one of the following:

a name for said member that posted said media clip, a posting time stamp, a clip identifier for said media clip, an associated media clip, a link to an associated media clip and a text message.

12. The method according to claim 11 and wherein said details are sorted according to said posted time stamps.

13. The method according to claim 12 and also comprising enabling said user to select and play said media clip from said listing.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a database to store media clips; and

a group manager to enable members of a group to define a media clip from said database for use as a common call-related media tone for said members.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 wherein also comprising:

a downloader to download a latest media clip defined by one member of said group to communications devices of said members.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14 and wherein said group manager comprises a group table with details regarding said media clips.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16 and also comprising a downloader to download said table to said communications devices.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16 and wherein said details comprise at least one of the following:

a name for said member that posted said media clip, a posting time stamp, an identifier for said media clip, an associated media clip, a link to an associated media clip, and a text message.

19. The apparatus according to claim 18 and wherein said details are sorted according to said posted time stamps.

20. A communications device comprising:

a personalization content manager to receive group media clips of a group that shares common media content; and

a media player to play at least one of said group media clips on the occasion of call-related activity with another of said members.

21. The apparatus according to claim 20 and wherein said played media clip is the most recently defined said common media content available.

22. The apparatus according to claim 20 and wherein said personalization content manager comprises an associator to associate said received group media clip with each member of said group.

23. The apparatus according to claim 20 and wherein said personalization content manager comprises a listing of details regarding said media clips.

24. The apparatus according to claim 23 and wherein said details comprise at least one of the following:

a name for said member that posted said media clip, a posting time stamp, a clip identifier for said media clip, an associated media clip, a link to an associated media clip and a text message.

25. The apparatus according to claim 24 and wherein said details are sorted according to said posted time stamps.

26. The apparatus according to claim 23 and wherein said personalization content manager comprises means to enable said user to select and play said media clip from said listing.