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CUSTOM RINGBACK TONE SYSTEMS AND METHODS

  • US 20140066033A1
  • Filed: 11/13/2013
  • Published: 03/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mobile-telephony-device-implemented method for configuring a ringback tone service, the method comprising:

  • determining, by said mobile-telephony device, an indication to suggest one or more callers to a user of said mobile-telephony device;

    obtaining, by said mobile-telephony device, historical call data describing a plurality of recent calls placed by a plurality of recent callers to said mobile-telephony device in a recent-past period of time;

    identifying, by said mobile-telephony device, a plurality of frequent callers among said plurality of recent callers based at least in part on said historical call data;

    selecting, by said mobile-telephony device, from among said plurality of frequent callers a caller for whom no custom ringback tone is currently provisioned for calls placed by said caller to said mobile-telephony device;

    identifying, by said mobile-telephony device, a plurality of custom ringback tones that are currently available to said user to provision for calls placed by said caller to said mobile-telephony device; and

    prompting, by said mobile-telephony device, said user to select one of said plurality of custom ringback tones to provision as a custom ringback tone for calls placed by said caller to said mobile-telephony device.

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