GENERATION OF MULTI-MEDIA RINGTONES FROM A FRIEND'S RECENT SOCIAL DATA

• US 20120071142A1
• Filed: 09/26/2011
• Published: 03/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: InfoMedia Services Limited
• Original Assignee: InfoMedia Services Limited
• Inventors: MEDVED, Jonathan William, GOLDFARB, David Elliot, DONI, Eshed
• Application Number:
  US13/244,955
• Publication Number:
  US 20120071142A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations

Abstract

A communications device includes a receiver to receive social data of a friend of a user of the communications device and an animator to animate the social data for playing on the communications device upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between the user and the friend.

Claims

1. A method implementable in software, the method comprising:

receiving social data of a friend of a user of a communications device; and

animating said social data for playing on said communications device upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between said user and said friend.

2. The method according to claim 1 wherein said social data is accessible to said user via a social network.

3. The method according to claim 1 and also comprising previously associating said social data of a friend with said friend'"'"'s contact information.

4. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said animating comprises animating said social data as an animated ringtone.

5. The method according to claim 1 and also comprising previously downloading said social data.

6. The method according to claim 5 and wherein said previously downloading also comprises:

accessing said social data from said social network without input from said user.

7. The method according to claim 6 and also comprising:

periodically performing said accessing; and

storing said received social data on said user'"'"'s communication device.

8. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said triggering event is at least one of an incoming call, an outgoing call, an ongoing call, an end of a call, and an SMS alert.

9. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said animating comprises producing a slide show from said social data.

10. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said social data comprises at least one of images, text and facts.

11. A communications device comprising:

A receiver to receive social data of a friend of a user of said communications device; and

An animator to animate said social data for playing on said communications device upon an occasion of a communications related triggering event between said user and said friend.

12. The communications device according to claim 11 wherein said communications device comprises a modem to access said social data via a social network.

13. The communications device according to claim 11 and also comprising a contact list in which to previously associate said social data of a friend with said friend'"'"'s contact information.

14. The communications device according to claim 11 and wherein said animator comprises a unit to provide said animated social data to a media player as an animated ringtone.

15. The communications device according to claim 11 and also comprising a downloader to previously download said social data.

16. The communications device according to claim 15 and wherein said downloader comprises:

A unit to access said social data from said social network without input from said user.

17. The communications device according to claim 16 and also comprising:

An activator to periodically perform said accessing; and

A storage unit to store said received social data on said user'"'"'s communication device.

18. The communications device according to claim 11 and wherein said triggering event is at least one of an incoming call, an outgoing call, an ongoing call, an end of a call, and an SMS alert.

19. The communications device according to claim 11 and wherein said animator comprises a slide show generator to produce a slide show from said social data.

20. The communications device according to claim 11 and wherein said social data comprises at least one of:

images, text and facts.