System and method for karaoke style ringback tones and karaoke style ringtones

• US 20090185669A1
• Filed: 06/09/2006
• Published: 07/23/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Interop Technologies LLC
• Original Assignee: Interop Technologies LLC
• Inventors: Rigas, Roy B., Buch, William H., Zitnik, Stephen J.
• Application Number:
  US11/450,134
• Publication Number:
  US 20090185669A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/217.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/041 Encoding the ringing signal, i.e. providing distinctive or selective ringing capability
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42017 Customized ring-back tones

Abstract

A system and method are described for permitting a telephone user to customize the identification of a call setup process. The telephone user is permitted to create a karaoke style recording by causing an underlying musical track to be mixed with the voice of the user. The karaoke style recording is stored for later use as a ringback tone and/or ringtone, as desired, to identify the call setup process.

Claims

1. A method of permitting a telephone user to customize the identification of a call setup process to calling parties, comprising the steps of:

permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording by causing an underlying musical track to be mixed with the voice of the user;

causing the karaoke style recording to be stored for later use as a ringback tone;

causing the karaoke style recording to be used as a ringback tone for a telephone number associated with the user to identify the call setup process to calling parties.

2. The method as defined by claim 1 wherein the user may select the underlying musical track from a plurality of available underlying musical tracks.

3. The method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording is set up and conducted by utilizing messaging driven interactive voice response technologies.

4. The method as defined by claim 3 wherein the interactive voice response technologies utilize dual tone multi-frequency technologies.

5. The method as defined by claim 3 wherein the interactive voice response technologies utilize voice recognition technologies.

6. The method as defined by claim 3 wherein the user sings or otherwise speaks into the handset during a studio session for recordation of the karaoke style recording.

7. The method as defined by claim 6 further comprising the step of carrying out a network latency correction function for the karaoke style recording.

8. The method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording is set up and conducted by utilizing web driven interactive voice response technologies.

9. The method as defined by claim 8 wherein the user sings or otherwise speaks into the handset during a studio session for recordation of the karaoke style recording.

10. The method as defined by claim 9 further comprising the step of carrying out a network latency correction function for the karaoke style recording.

11. The method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording is set up and conducted by utilizing wireless application protocol driven interactive voice response technologies.

12. The method as defined by claim 11 wherein the user sings or otherwise speaks into the handset during a studio session for recordation of the karaoke style recording.

13. The method as defined by claim 12 further comprising the step of carrying out a network latency correction function for the karaoke style recording.

14. The method as defined by claim 1 wherein the step of permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording is set up and conducted by utilizing IP protocol.

15. The method as defined by claim 14 wherein a personal computer and a personal computer client based application are used for setting up and conducting the creation of the karaoke style recording.

16. The method as defined by claim 15 wherein the user sings or otherwise speaks into a microphone associated with the personal computer during a studio session for recordation of the karaoke style recording.

17. The method as defined by claim 14 wherein the handset and a handset client based application are used for setting up and conducting the creation of the karaoke style recording.

18. The method as defined by claim 1 comprising the further step of permitting the user to permit review and comment regarding the karaoke style recording.

19. The method as defined by claim 18 wherein the user may permit review of the karaoke style recording through a publicly accessible webpage.

20. A method of permitting a telephone user to customize the identification of a call setup process upon receipt of calls from calling parties, comprising the steps of:

permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording by causing an underlying musical track to be mixed with the voice of the user;

causing the karaoke style recording to be stored for later use as a ringtone;

causing the karaoke style recording to be used as a ringtone for a telephone number associated with the user to identify the call setup process.

21. The method as defined by claim 20 further comprising the step of delivering the karaoke style recording to the handset for storage and later use as a ringtone.

22. The method as defined by claim 20 wherein the user may select the underlying musical track from a plurality of available underlying musical tracks.

23. The method as defined by claim 20 wherein the step of permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording is set up and conducted by utilizing messaging driven interactive voice response technologies.

24. The method as defined by claim 23 wherein the interactive voice response technologies utilize dual tone multi-frequency technologies.

25. The method as defined by claim 23 wherein the interactive voice response technologies utilize voice recognition technologies.

26. The method as defined by claim 23 wherein the user sings or otherwise speaks into the handset during a studio session for recordation of the karaoke style recording.

27. The method as defined by claim 26 further comprising the step of carrying out a network latency correction function for the karaoke style recording.

28. The method as defined by claim 20 wherein the step of permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording is set up and conducted by utilizing web driven interactive voice response technologies.

29. The method as defined by claim 28 wherein the user sings or otherwise speaks into the handset during a studio session for recordation of the karaoke style recording.

30. The method as defined by claim 29 further comprising the step of carrying out a network latency correction function for the karaoke style recording.

31. The method as defined by claim 20 wherein the step of permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording is set up and conducted by utilizing wireless application protocol driven interactive voice response technologies.

32. The method as defined by claim 31 wherein the user sings or otherwise speaks into the handset during a studio session for recordation of the karaoke style recording.

33. The method as defined by claim 32 further comprising the step of carrying out a network latency correction function for the karaoke style recording.

34. The method as defined by claim 20 wherein the step of permitting the telephone user to create a karaoke style recording is set up and conducted by utilizing IP protocol.

35. The method as defined by claim 34 wherein a personal computer and a personal computer client based application are used for setting up and conducting the creation of the karaoke style recording.

36. The method as defined by claim 35 wherein the user sings or otherwise speaks into a microphone associated with the personal computer during a studio session for recordation of the karaoke style recording.

37. The method as defined by claim 34 wherein the handset and a handset client based application are used for setting up and conducting the creation of the karaoke style recording.

38. The method as defined by claim 20 comprising the further step of permitting the user to permit review and comment regarding the karaoke style recording.

39. The method as defined by claim 38 wherein the user may permit review of the karaoke style recording through a publicly accessible webpage.