GENERATION OF VIDEO CLIPS FROM A FRIEND'S RECENT SOCIAL STREAM
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1. A method for playing ringtones on a user'"'"'s communications device, the method comprising:
- requesting a media ringtone to be generated from at least a media stream of a friend, wherein said media stream is accessible to said user via a social network;
receiving said media ringtone on said device;
associating said media ringtone with said friend; and
playing said media ringtone upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between said user and said friend.
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Abstract
A method for playing ringtones on a user'"'"'s communications device includes requesting a media ringtone to be generated from at least a media stream of a friend, where the media stream is accessible to the user via a social network, receiving the media ringtone on the device, associating the media ringtone with said friend; and playing the media ringtone upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between the user and the friend.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for playing ringtones on a user'"'"'s communications device, the method comprising:
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requesting a media ringtone to be generated from at least a media stream of a friend, wherein said media stream is accessible to said user via a social network; receiving said media ringtone on said device; associating said media ringtone with said friend; and playing said media ringtone upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between said user and said friend. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for generating ringtones to be played on a user'"'"'s communications device, the method comprising:
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receiving a request from said user to generate a ringtone from at least a friend'"'"'s media stream, wherein said media stream is accessible to said user via a social network; generating said ringtone from at least said media stream; and downloading said generated ringtone to said user'"'"'s communications device associated with said user with at least an indication that at least said generated ringtone is to be played upon the occasion of a communications related triggering event between said user and said friend. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A user'"'"'s communications device comprising:
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a social stream media requestor to request generation of a media ringtone, said media ringtone to be generated from at least a media stream associated with a friend of said user; a media ringtone manager to associate said media ringtone with at least one communications event involving a friend'"'"'s communication device associated with said friend; and a media player to play said media ringtone upon the occasion of said communications event.
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17. A media clip generator comprising:
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means for receiving a request from a user to generate a media ringtone, said media ringtone to be generated from at least a media stream associated with a friend of said user; a social stream interface to at least access and receive said media stream from a social network, wherein said user and said friend are associated with each other on said social network; a clip generation utility to generate said media ringtone from at least said media stream; and means for providing said media ringtone to a communications device associated with said user.
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18. The media clip generator according to claim 30 and wherein said media clip generator is implemented on said device.
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19. The media clip generator according to claim 30 and wherein said media clip generator is implemented on a server with access to said communications device and said social network via the Internet.
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20. The media clip generator according to claim 32 and wherein said server is also a community server for members of a media sharing community, wherein said user and said friend are among said members and are also defined within said community as “
- buddies”
that share media content with each other.
- buddies”
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