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Defining of a telephone's ringing tone

  • US 6,501,967 B1
  • Filed: 02/20/1997
  • Issued: 12/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telephone, which comprises a sound generator for generating a ringing tone as a response to an incoming call, a memory for storing a signal representing the ringing tone, means for retrieving the signal from the memory and for inputting the signal to the sound generator for generating the ringing tone, and sound reproduction means for reproducing the ringing tone generated by the sound generator, said telephone further comprising means for inputting information defining the ringing tone as characters, each character defining both pitch and duration of a tone, and further comprising a display and means for producing a stave on the display, and for inputting said characters on the stave.

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