SOURCE AUDIO IDENTIFIERS FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
First Claim
1. A method for audibly informing a call recipient of a phone call from a caller, the method comprising:
- receiving a phone call from a caller directed to a recipient;
determining whether the phone call is associated with an audio identifier that identifies the caller and that is designated by the caller; and
conditioning rendering of the audio identifier on whether the phone call is determined to be associated with the audio identifier, the audio identifier being rendered multiple times in repetition so as to be made perceivable as a ring tone for the phone call.
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Abstract
Audibly informing a recipient of an arrival of a digital communication from a sender includes receiving a digital communication from a sender directed to a recipient and determining whether the digital communication is associated with an audio identifier that identifies the sender of the digital communication and that is designated by the sender of the digital communication. Perception by the recipient of the audio identifier is conditioned on whether the digital communication is determined to be associated with the audio identifier. The audio identifier is perceived prior to or concurrent with perception of the digital communication by the recipient.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for audibly informing a call recipient of a phone call from a caller, the method comprising:
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receiving a phone call from a caller directed to a recipient; determining whether the phone call is associated with an audio identifier that identifies the caller and that is designated by the caller; and conditioning rendering of the audio identifier on whether the phone call is determined to be associated with the audio identifier, the audio identifier being rendered multiple times in repetition so as to be made perceivable as a ring tone for the phone call. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer system for audibly informing a recipient of an arrival of a phone call from a caller, the computer system comprising:
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a data store configured to store audio identifiers; and a digital communication processor configured to; receive a phone call from a caller directed to a recipient, determine whether the phone call is associated with an audio identifier that identifies the caller and that is designated by the caller, and access the audio identifier from the data store and condition rendering of the audio identifier on whether the phone call is determined to be associated with the audio identifier, the audio identifier being rendered multiple times in repetition so as to be made perceivable as a ring tone for the phone call.
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21. An apparatus for audibly informing a call recipient of a phone call from a caller, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a phone call from a caller directed to a recipient; means for determining whether the phone call is associated with an audio identifier that identifies the caller and that is designated by the caller; and means for conditioning rendering of the audio identifier on whether the phone call is determined to be associated with the audio identifier, the audio identifier being rendered multiple times in repetition so as to be made perceivable as a ring tone for the phone call.
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