Alerts for Messages

• US 20170034678A1
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Sutcliffe, Geoff
• Application Number:
  US15/293,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20170034678A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1895 for short real-time information, e.g. alarms, notifications, alerts, updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/576 associated with a pictorial or graphical representation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42051 where the notification is included in the ringing tone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/4872 Non-interactive information services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

Scores, fight songs, and other sports oriented alerts are provided for electronic communications. Different network addresses may be associated with different sports teams. When a communications request is processed, sports scores and video highlights may be played as ringtones to alert of an email, text, or call.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, a text message associated with a recipient'"'"'s network address;

querying, by the server, an electronic database for the recipient'"'"'s network address, the electronic database having electronic associations between network addresses and sports teams;

retrieving, by the server, a sports team of the sports teams from the electronic database, the sports team having an electronic association with the recipient'"'"'s network address; and

sending, by the server, an indication of the sports team to the recipient'"'"'s network address for presentation as an alert of the text message.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving a score associated with the sports team.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising sending the score to the recipient'"'"'s network address.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving a filename that is electronically associated with the sports team.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising sending the filename to the recipient'"'"'s network address.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving a file that is electronically associated with the sports team.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising sending the file to the recipient'"'"'s network address.

8. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a memory device, the memory device storing code, the code when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising;

receiving a text message associated with a recipient'"'"'s network address;

querying an electronic database for the recipient'"'"'s network address, the electronic database having electronic associations between network addresses and sports teams;

retrieving a sports team of the sports teams from the electronic database, the sports team having an electronic association with the recipient'"'"'s network address; and

sending the text message to the recipient'"'"'s network address, the text message comprising an indication of the sports team for presenting an alert of the text message.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a score associated with the sports team.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the operations further comprise sending the score as the indication of the sports team.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a filename that is electronically associated with the sports team.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the operations further comprise sending the filename as the indication of the sports team.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a file that is electronically associated with the sports team.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the operations further comprise sending the file as the indication of the sports team.

15. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving a text message associated with a recipient'"'"'s network address;

querying an electronic database for the recipient'"'"'s network address, the electronic database having electronic associations between network addresses and sports teams;

retrieving a sports team of the sports teams from the electronic database, the sports team having an electronic association with the recipient'"'"'s network address;

retrieving a video file that is electronically associated with the sports team having the electronic association with the recipient'"'"'s network address;

sending the text message to the recipient'"'"'s network address; and

sending the video file to accompany the text message to a device associated with the recipient'"'"'s network address, the video file for presentation by the device as an alert of the text message.

16. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a score associated with the sports team.

17. The memory device of claim 16, wherein the operations further comprise sending the score to the recipient'"'"'s network address.

18. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a filename that is electronically associated with the sports team.

19. The memory device of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise sending the filename to the recipient'"'"'s network address.

20. The memory device of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise sending a file that is electronically associated with the sports team.