Personal ring tone message indicator
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1. A method of creating a message including a ringing tone comprising:
- accessing a server operable to create messages;
creating a message by a sender;
selecting a ringing tone by the sender from said server; and
combining said ringing tone with said message by said server, wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of said message so said ringing tone selected by the sender is automatically played upon receipt of said message by a receiver.
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Abstract
A system and method of message indicating that enable the sender of a message to chose the ringing tone of the receiver'"'"'s cellular telephone upon arrival of the sender'"'"'s message. The sender has the ability to either choose or create the ringing tone to be played on the receiver'"'"'s cellular telephone. The sender also has the ability to create either SMS or multimedia messages to be sent with the ringing tone. The ringing tones may also be chosen or downloaded from Internet sites.
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66 Claims
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1. A method of creating a message including a ringing tone comprising:
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accessing a server operable to create messages; creating a message by a sender; selecting a ringing tone by the sender from said server; and combining said ringing tone with said message by said server, wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of said message so said ringing tone selected by the sender is automatically played upon receipt of said message by a receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A message indicating system in which a sender sends a message to a receiver, comprising:
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a messaging server operable to create a message; a storage server operable to store a plurality of different message indicating ringing tones, and wherein a message indicating ringing tone selected from the storage server by a sender is played automatically by a receiving unit of a receiver when the message created by the sender using the messaging server arrives at the receiving unit, wherein said ringing tone is combined with the message, and wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of the message so the ringing tone is automatically played upon receipt of the message by the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of indicating arrival of a message sent by a sender, comprising:
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providing a message indicating ringing tone by a sender; and ringing a receiver'"'"'s receiving unit with the message indicating ringing tone provided by the sender upon arrival of the sender'"'"'s message at the receiver'"'"'s receiving unit, wherein said ringing tone is combined with the message, and wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of the message so the ringing tone is automatically played upon receipt of the message by the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A message indicating system in which a sender sends a message to a receiver, comprising:
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a server operable to create a message containing a sender-selected ring tone, wherein the sender-selected ring tone is played automatically by a receiving unit when the message created by the server arrives at the receiver'"'"'s receiving unit, wherein said ringing tone is combined with the message, and wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of the message so the ringing tone is automatically played upon receipt of the message by the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46)
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47. A method of creating a message including a ringing tone comprising:
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accessing a server operable to create messages; creating a message by a sender; creating a ringing tone by the sender using said server; and combining said ringing tone with said message by said server, wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of said message so said ringing tone selected by the sender is automatically played upon receipt of said message by a receiver. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 61)
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52. A method of receiving from a sender a message-indicating ringing tone message by a receiver'"'"'s receiving unit comprising:
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receiving an over-the-air command from a telecom switch; receiving a message from the sender which includes a message-indicating ringing tone; and using the message-indicating ringing tone instead of a ringing tone stored in the receiver'"'"'s receiving unit to indicate arrival of the message; wherein said over-the-air command causes the receiving unit to use the message-indicating ringing tone, wherein said ringing tone is combined with the message, and wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of the message so the ringing tone is automatically played upon receipt of the message by the receiver. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55)
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56. A message indicating system comprising:
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an MMS multimedia messaging server operable to create MMS messages; an SMS server operable to create SMS messages; a telecom switch operable to send over-the-air commands to cellular telephones; and a ringing tone editing server operable to create new ringing tones and store a plurality of ringing tones, wherein the ringing tone editing server is interconnected to said MMS multimedia messaging server and said SMS server, wherein messages created by said MMS multimedia messaging server or said SMS server are combined with a ringing tone selected or created by a sender into a message-indicating message and sent to a receiver'"'"'s cellular telephone, wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of the message so that the ringing tone is automatically played upon receipt of the message by the receiver, wherein said telecom switch sends an over-the-air command to the receiver'"'"'s cellular telephone, said over-the-air command causes the receiver'"'"'s cellular telephone to play the ringing tone of the message-indicating message instead of a different ringing tone stored in the receiver'"'"'s cellular telephone upon arrival of the message at the receiver'"'"'s cellular telephone.
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57. A method of creating a message including a ringing tone comprising:
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accessing a server operable to create messages; creating a ringing tone by a sender using said server; creating a message by the sender; and combining said ringing tone with said message by said server, wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of said message so said ringing tone selected by the sender is automatically played upon receipt of said message by a receiver. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60)
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62. A method of creating a message including a ringing tone comprising:
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accessing a server operable to create messages; selecting a ringing tone by a sender from said server; creating a message by the sender; and combining said ringing tone with said message by said server, wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of said message so said ringer tone selected by the sender is automatically played upon receipt of said message by a receiver. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65)
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66. A method for sending a message and a ringing tone from a sender to a receiver'"'"'s telephone, comprising:
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a sender creating a message and selecting a ringing tone; sending by the sender the created message and the selected ringing tone to the receiver'"'"'s telephone; and playing back the ringing tone on the receiver'"'"'s telephone in response to receiving the message from the sender, wherein said ringing tone is combined with the message, and wherein said ringing tone becomes a header of the message so the ringing tone is automatically played upon receipt of the message by the receiver.
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